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

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

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

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 ...

Jan. 19, 2025 Dozens of Uyghur men who fled persecution in their native China only to find themselves detained in Thailand have entered the second week of a hunger strike in Bangkok. Their fast is ...

The plight of 48 Uyghur detainees in Thailand has drawn international scrutiny as the group’s hunger strike protesting their possible return to China stretches into day 15 with the U.S. State ...

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