US revokes Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement terrorist designation

The US Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo, has revoked the designation of the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) as a terrorist organisation under Section 212(a)(3)(B)(vi)(II) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. See Notice. A State Department spokesperson is reported to have said that ETIM, founded in the Xinjiang region of China, was removed from the list because “for more than …