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22 of the captives in Guantanamo were alleged to have been associated with the [[East Turkestan Independence Movement]] (ETIM).<ref name=Wapo050824> | 22 of the captives in Guantanamo were alleged to have been associated with the [[East Turkestan Independence Movement]] (ETIM).<ref name=Wapo050824> | ||
[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/23/AR2005082301362_pf.html Chinese Detainees Are Men Without a Country: 15 Muslims, Cleared of Terrorism Charges, Remain at Guantanamo With Nowhere to Go], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', [[August 24]] [[2005]] | [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/23/AR2005082301362_pf.html Chinese Detainees Are Men Without a Country: 15 Muslims, Cleared of Terrorism Charges, Remain at Guantanamo With Nowhere to Go], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', [[August 24]] [[2005]] | ||
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Revision as of 01:54, 23 November 2007
The Uighur ethnic group is a Turkic ethnic group originally from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China. The Uighurs practice Islam.
Nationalists refer to their homeland as East Turkestan. 22 of the captives in Guantanamo were alleged to have been associated with the East Turkestan Independence Movement (ETIM).[1]