Definition of "Akto"

In 1990 a fight between armed locals and the police and military flared up in Baren, in Akto, near Kashgar, in which at least 22 people were killed, of whom six were members of the security forces; some sources say the locals had intended to initiate an armed uprising.

1992, “Xinjiang: Unquiet Spring”, in Tibet Information Network (Background Papers on Tibet)‎, page 51

In April 1990 a group of Kyrgyz started a riot at Baren in Akto county, which led to exchanges of fire and a number of deaths.

1994, Peter Fedinand, editor, The New States of Central Asia and their Neighbours‎, Council on Foreign Relations Press, page 100

The Akto region is a part of China that has been rocked with conflict. In April 1990 an “armed counter revolutionary rebellion” occurred in Baren Township of Akto County. “There were over twenty deaths, mainly of members of Islamic minorities. Later in 1990...fifty mosques were closed down and the construction of 153 others was halted.”

2000, Paul Hattaway, Operation China: Introducing all the Pooples of China‎, Piquant, page 31

This was a boon for the PRC as there had been increasingly violent incidents in Xinjiang since the 1990 Baren Incident in Akto county, which borders Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

2019, Tak-ling Terry Woo, “Religion and Politics in the People's Republic of China: An Appraisal of Continuing Mistrust and Misunderstanding”, in Roy C. Amore, editor, Religion and Politics: New Developments Worldwide‎, MDPI, page 88

The East Turkistan Government in Exile and the overwhelming majority of East Turkistanis across our global diaspora commemorated the 30th Anniversary of the Baren Revolution, also known as the Baren Uprising, or the Baren Massacre, which erupted on April 5, 1990 in East Turkistan's Akto County.

2020 April 5, “30th Anniversary of the Baren Revolution”, in The Voice of East Turkistan‎, volume 1, number 3, page 17