Uyghur Resistance Reading

Gardner Bovingdon's article is the first source I have encountered which address the Uyghur people in China. I have a Uyghur friend who immigrated to the United States from the East Turkistan region/Xinjiang. She had spoken to us about the ethnic and religious differences between her people and the other Chinese (Han) who rule over her people, and about how the Uyghur in Xinjiang have been in rebellion/resistance against Beijing rule. I think the ethnic differences between my friend's Uyghur people and the Han are summed up best whenever she goes to a Chinese restaurant. She grew up learning Mandarin Chinese the East Turkistan/Xinjiang region in the People's Republic of China. Thus, when she orders food at a Chinese restaurant, she orders in fluent Mandarin, and the Han Chinese waiters/waitresses show shock and surprise when they see and hear fluent Mandarin spoken by someone whose appearance is that of a Middle Eastern person rather than an ethnic Chinese. My friend would then explain(in Mandarin) to the waiters/waitresses about her background of growing up in Xinjiang.
I would use this reading to introduce students to the plight of the Uyghur people, and discuss the extremely complicated situation there. One one hand, one can say that the Uyghur people are fighting for independence and for their religious freedoms, and that they are fighting against the Communist genocide on the Uyghur in Xinjiang. Still, on the other hand, a group fighting against Han rule in Xinjiang region, the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, has been designated as a terrorist organization by the UN and other governments, including the PRC and the US. What to do in such a complex circumstance? Gardner's Bovingdon's article will effectively "get my students' feet wet" on this complicated topic of Uyghur Resistance.