China, Uyghurs and Thailand
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UN experts urge Thailand not to deport dozens of Uyghurs to China where they face ‘real risk of torture’
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UN Experts: Thailand Must Halt Deportation Of 48 Uyghurs To China
UN experts urge Thailand not to deport 48 Uyghurs to China
United Nations human rights experts have urged Thailand not to send 48 Uyghurs in its custody back to China, warning they are at risk of torture, ill-treatment and "irreparable harm" if returned. Human rights groups and some Thai lawmakers have raised concerns in the past week that the transfer to China of the Uyghurs,
Thai authorities have denied any immediate plan to send 48 Uyghur refugees back to China after UN experts urged a stop. Rights groups accuse Beijing of widespread abuses of Uyghurs, a mostly Muslim minority in China.
Human rights advocates are demanding to know why the UN’s refugee agency hasn’t done more to secure the Uyghurs’ right to asylum.
US President Donald Trump's incoming secretary of state is among those calling for Thailand not to deport a group Uyghurs to China, where it is feared they would face persecution.
With Thailand set to become the biggest nation in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage on Thursday, we look at the situation across the globe.
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) alleged that Thailand have consistently violated its prisoners' right to health under international law, in a report submitted to the UN Special
Thai authorities denied Wednesday there was an immediate plan to send back to China 48 Uyghurs held in the country's detention centres, after UN experts warned the group could face torture if they return.
The experts’ statement comes less than a week after Republican Sen. Marco Rubio said he would lobby Thailand against deporting the 48 Uyghurs to China during a hearing on his nomination for the post of U.S. secretary of state, which he was confirmed for on Monday.
The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has called on Thailand to immediately stop the planned deportation of 48 Uyghurs to China, citing serious risks of torture and inhumane treatment.
The recent killing of Cambodian dissident Lim Kimya in Thailand and the potential deportation of Uyghur refugees highlight Thailand's inability to pro
The government of Thailand must immediately halt the possible transfer of 48 Uyghurs to the People’s Republic of China, United Nations experts said on Tuesday, warning that the group was at real risk of torture or other cruel,
The United Nations called on Thailand Wednesday to immediately halt the deportation of 48 Uyghurs to China, warning that the detainees face a real risk of torture, enforced disappearance and other
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