The event was organized by East Turkistan National Movement (ETNM) and the East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE). The participants of the event called on the international community to intervene and stop "China's ongoing colonization, genocide and occupation campaigns."
Washington [US], July 6 (ANI): Dozens of Uyghurs gathered for a rally in front of the White House here on Tuesday to mark the 13th Anniversary of the Urumchi massacre and called on the US government to recognize East Turkistan as an occupied country and support its right to national self-determination and independence.