[2] Since its founding, ETNM has organized numerous demonstrations calling for the independence of East Turkistan[7][8] and lobbied members of the US Congress to enact bills to help "protect" the Uyghur and other Turkic peoples of Xinjiang.
[citation needed] On 1 October 2019, the 70th Anniversary of the People's Republic of China, Hudayar joined dozens of Uyghurs, Tibetans, Hong Kongers, Mongolians, and Kazakhs in front of the United Nations in New York City, where he called on the United Nations to recognize China's atrocities against Uyghurs, Tibetans, and others as a genocide and to recognize East Turkistan, Tibet, and South Mongolia as Occupied Territories.
[20] In late February 2020, ETNM called on the international community to turn their attention to the alleged plight of the Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples in East Turkistan amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
"[22][23][24] On 19 June 2020, ETNM held a demonstration in front of the White House to thank the United States Government for passing and signing the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act into law.
[27][28] The complaint is the first attempt to use an international legal forum to challenge China over allegations of extensive human rights abuses against Muslim Turkic people in Xinjiang.
[33] Hudayar told Radio Free Asia's Chinese service that "for too long we have been oppressed by China and its Communist Party and we have suffered so much that the genocide of our people can be no longer ignored.