Washington DC, Jan. 26 -- The East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE) has issued a strong condemnation of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) over its official engagement with the People's Republic of China, accusing the bloc of legitimising what it describes as genocide and crimes against humanity against Muslims in Occupied East Turkistan.

In a statement released during an official visit by an OIC delegation to China, led by Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha, the ETGE expressed "profound alarm" at planned meetings with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials and stops in Occupied East Turkistan. The government-in-exile said the visit comes amid what it characterises as systematic repression, religious persecution, force...