Yusupbek Mukhlisi

Yusupbek Mukhlisi (1920–2004)[1][2] was a Uyghur nationalist and the leader of the United Revolutionary Front of East Turkestan (URFET).[3][4] He lived in-exile with other former URFET members in Almaty, Kazakhstan,[5][6] after fleeing to the Soviet Union in 1960.[7]

Yusupbek Mukhlisi
Leader of the United Revolutionary Front of East Turkestan
In office
1969–2001
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born1920[1]
Kashgar, Republic of China
Died2004[2]
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Political partyUnited Revolutionary Front of East Turkestan

Along with Taynutdin Basakov, Mukhlisi also led the Committee for East Turkestan until its dissolution around the late 1990s.[2]

References

  1. "Kazakhstan: Exiled Uighurs Step Up Fight Against Beijing". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  2. Reed, J. Todd; Raschke, Diana (2010). The ETIM: China's Islamic Militants and the Global Terrorist Threat. ABC-CLIO. p. 40. ISBN 9780313365409. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  3. Hutzler, Charles (11 February 1997). "Chinese blame riots on Islamic sect, exile group blames executions". AP News. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  4. Reed 2010, p. 37.
  5. "Riots sparked off by public executions, says leader of exiles". The Irish Times. 12 February 1997.
  6. Gottlieb, Esther (2017). Identity Conflicts: Can Violence be Regulated?. Routledge. ISBN 9781351513876. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  7. Cook, Ian G.; Murray, Geoffrey (2001). China's Third Revolution: Tensions in the Transition Towards a Post-communist China. Psychology Press. p. 133. ISBN 9780700713073. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
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