Byline: By Uyghur Times StaffTime and Date: March 14, 2025 The U.S. State Department has announced a new visa restriction policy targeting foreign government officials complicit in the forced return of Uyghurs and other ethnic or religious groups at risk of persecution to China. The announcement comes in response to […]
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Sources reveal that the United States and Canada offered to resettle 48 Uyghurs who had been detained in Thailand for over a decade. However, Bangkok allegedly refrained from acting on these offers due to fears of upsetting China. Despite these proposals, most of the Uyghurs were forcibly deported to China […]
Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said the forced return of the Uyghurs, who had been detained in Thailand for over 11 years, was deeply troubling. “This violates the principle of non-refoulement for which there is a complete prohibition in cases where there is a real risk of torture, ill-treatment, or […]
By Uyghur Times StaffFebruary 29, 2025 A group of at least 40 Uyghur men, who had been detained in Thailand for over a decade, were forcibly deported to China, Thai and Chinese officials confirmed on Thursday. The men, fearing imprisonment or even death, had made a public appeal last month […]
By Uyghur Times StaffJanuary 18, 2024 Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai reaffirmed on Thursday that Thailand would adhere to human rights and international law in addressing the case of 48 Uyghur refugees who have been detained since 2013, reports Thai’s Nation website. Phumtham emphasized that Thailand has […]
By Uyghur Times Team Ahmat Davutoğlu (Chairman of the Future Party and Former Prime Minister of the 62nd, 63rd, and 64th Turkish Republic Governments) urged Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan to take immediate action to stop the deportation of Uyghur detainees by the Thai government, calling it a “humanitarian crisis.” […]
#StopDeportUyghurs Tahir Imin Uyghurian Hello, dear brothers and sisters, according to a recent report from AP News, the Thai government is about to deport 43 Uyghur prisoners to China. The situation is dire, the risks are severe, and the danger is immense! In this critical time, we have three ways […]
“Thailand has been holding more than 40 Uyghur asylum seekers in immigration detention for a decade”, Human Rights Watch reports.
Uyghur refugee dies after almost nine years of arbitrary detainment in Thailand´s immigration detention facility, World Uyghur Congress (WUC) writes in a press release.