Dozens of Uyghurs and American supporters, led by the East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE) and East Turkistan National Movement (ETNM) urged the United States Congress to introduce and pass legislation recognizing East Turkistan as an occupied territory.
The participants in the candlelight vigil displayed posters describing the Baren revolution that started as a peaceful protest on April 5, 1990, by the villagers in Baren township near Kashgar against the continued Chinese policy of forced assimilation and population control etc.
Around 120 Uyghur men and women joined the protest which was addressed by local Uyghur leader Abdullahad Udun, General Secretary of East Turkestan Human Right Watch (ETHR) and activist Omer Qarim.
The Indian Army on Monday organised the third General Sundarji Memorial Lecture at Manekshaw Centre to commemorate the memory of one of India's foremost military thinkers.
Patna (Bihar) [India], April 3 (ANI/PNN): Bihar's online education institute, Vidyakul, organised a sankalp mahotsav and felicitation programme at Vidyapati Bhavan in Patna. At the event, Vidyakul felicitated its state- and district-level toppers in the Bihar board intermediate exams. Thousa
Palm Sunday was well celebrated in churches on Rameswaram Island. The devotees gathered to partake in the festival in a traditional manner and carry cut palm leaves in their hands during the processions.
Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday said that the Ministry of Ayush will organise the 'Yoga Mahotsav' on April 7 to commemorate the 75 days to International Day of Yoga at Assam's Dibrugarh University campus.