Washington DC, April 6 -- The East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE) commemorated the 36th anniversary of the 1990 Baren Uprising, describing it as a "legitimate act of national anti-colonial resistance" against what it called China's "colonial occupation" of East Turkistan.

In a post on X, the ETGE said the anniversary was marked through demonstrations in Washington, D.C. and Edmonton, where officials and members of the East Turkistani community gathered to honour those killed during the uprising and call for international action against China.

According to the ETGE statement, the uprising began on April 5, 1990, when thousands of East Turkistanis in Baren Township protested against coercive population control policies, including al...