east turkistan islamic movement

Noun
  1. A group of Uighur Muslims fighting Chinese control of Xinjiang;
    Declared by China in 2001 to be terrorists although there is a long history of cycles of insurgency and repression (synset 108036666)
    referred to in: act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear
    domain region: sinkiang, xinjiang, xinjiang uighur autonomous region - an autonomous province in far northwestern China on the border with Mongolia and Kazakhstan; the largest province in the People's Republic of China and the homeland of the Uighur people
    is an instance of: foreign terrorist organization, fto, terrorist group, terrorist organization - a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals
    same as: east turkestan islamic movement

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