Gathered in front of the consulate building in Manhattan, the crowd carried Turkish and East Turkestan flags and chanted slogans such as “Freedom to East Turkestan,” “Stop killing Uighurs”.

Olympics-Athlete hailed by Uyghur advocates for ‘East Turkestan’ flag By Karolos Grohmann and Mitch Phillips Posted on February 6, 2022 Ski Jumping – Men’s NH Ind. Trial for Comp.

Some were carrying the flag of “East Turkestan”, the term many Uygur separatists use for Xinjiang, which has a blue backdrop with a white crescent moon.

The display of political symbols, like the East Turkestan flag, is strictly forbidden at the Olympics in Beijing. At 50,000 people, Turkey hosts the largest population of Uyghur residents outside ...

Pro-Uighur chants and flags have become commonplace in Hong Kong’s marches but Sunday’s rally was the first to be specifically dedicated to Uighurs.

Ethnic Uighur demonstrators, waving Turkish and blue East Turkestan flags, set fire to a Chinese flag during a protest against China near the Chinese Consulate in Istanbul July 21, 2011. Reuters ...

Brothers are forcefully being sent to camps," the Muslim player tweeted in Turkish, to a background of the East Turkestan flag. "The Muslims are silent. Their voice is not heard." ...

BEIJING — A ski jumper at the Winter Olympics was hailed by advocates for Uyghurs on Sunday after displaying what they said was the flag of the independence movement of East Turkestan, a group ...

Brothers are forcefully being sent to camps," the Muslim player tweeted in Turkish, to a background of the East Turkestan flag. "The Muslims are silent. Their voice is not heard." ...