Uyghurs detained in Thailand for more than a decade are at risk of being sent back to China, sparking urgent calls for ...

A total of 48 Uyghurs detained for over a decade in Thailand now face the imminent threat of being sent back to China and ...

Thailand has denied that but fears for their safety have persisted and lawyer Chuchart Kanpai submitted a petition on Jan. 29 ...

The family was detained in Thailand in 2014 after fleeing increasing repression in their hometown in China's Xinjiang ...

Thai authorities should not forcibly return Uyghur asylum seekers to China.

In 2015, Thailand deported 100 Uyghurs to China, sparking international outcry. The fate and whereabouts of those returned are unknown, UN experts said last year.

The Uyghur people from northwest China have been fleeing systemic oppression there for years. Now, 48 of them being held in ...

Thailand has said it has no plan to deport the men from the mostly Muslim minority from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region ...

Refugees should not be pushed back and they should be granted temporary asylum without being locked up in immigration ...

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China's leader Xi Jinping and visiting Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra have vowed to crack down on the scam ...

US lawmakers Brian Mast and Young Kim have urged Thailand to reconsider deporting 48 Uyghur refugees, citing fears of ...