United Revolutionary Front of East Turkestan

The United Revolutionary Front of East Turkestan (Chinese: 東突厥斯坦聯合革命陣線; URFET) was a Uyghur nationalist group in Xinjiang, that participated in the Xinjiang conflict as an armed separatist force. The group was supported logistically by the Soviet Union until 1989.[1]

The group was led by Yusupbek Mukhlisi, who lives in-exile with other former URFET members in Almaty, Kazakhstan.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Reed 2010, p. 37.
  2. ↑ "Riots sparked off by public executions, says leader of exiles". 12 February 1997.
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