Supporters of the Uighurs have protested across the world in response to the violence in Xinjiang last week. From Reuters:
Demonstrators threw eggs, Molotov cocktails and stones at several Chinese embassies and consulates, including in Ankara, Oslo, Munich and the Netherlands, Xinhua said, after reports of rioting in Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang province.
“Supporters of the East Turkestan separatists started well-orchestrated and sometimes violent attacks on Chinese embassies and consulates in several countries soon after the riots occurred last Sunday,” Xinhua said.
“The attacks against China’s diplomatic missions and the Urumqi riots seemed to be well-organized.”
MSNBC reports on a demonstration by Turks in Istanbul:
Thousands of Turks protested in an Istanbul square Sunday to denounce ethnic violence in China’s Xinjiang province that has killed 184 people and call on their government to intervene to protect Muslim Uighurs there.
Turks share ethnic and cultural bonds with the Turkic-speaking Uighurs and the government has expressed concern over the Chinese treatment of Uighurs following the riots. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan even likened the situation in Xinjiang to genocide.