East Turkestan independence movement, advocates of an independent, self-governing East Turkestan
In the April elections, he polled 112,144 votes, ahead of runner-up Professor Eyo Etim Nyong of the Action Congress of Nigeria, who polled 19,378 votes.
On June 16, 2009, Representative Bill Delahunt convened hearings to examine how organizations were added to the US blacklist in general, and how the ETIM was added in particular.