US imposes sanctions on Thai officials after Uyghur men are deported to China
The U.S. State Department has announced sanctions on an unknown number of current and former Thai officials for their role in deporting at least 40 Uyghur men to China despite worries that they could be jailed or even face death there.
US imposes Visa sanctions on Thai officials over Uyghur deportations
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Friday that the U.S. has imposed sanctions on several Thai officials for deporting at least 40 Uyghurs to China. Washington states that the deported individuals will face persecution upon arrival in China.
US sanctions Thailand’s officials over deportation of Uighurs to China
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced sanctions against an unidentified number of officials in Thailand for deporting at least 40 Uighurs to China last month, despite apprehensions they could be persecuted.
Germany, rights groups slam Thailand for deporting Uighurs to China
The German government and human rights organizations have criticized Thailand's deportation of a group of people belonging to the the Muslim Uighur minority to China, warning that they could face serious human rights abuses.
U.S. Punishes Thai Officials Over Deportation of Uyghurs to China
The State Department said it was “combating China’s efforts to pressure governments to forcibly return Uyghurs and other groups to China.”
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40 Uyghur men detained in Thailand for more than a decade have been deported to China
The Chinese embassy in Thailand has confirmed that a group of Uyghur men detained in Thailand for more than a decade have been deported to China TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A group of Uyghur men detained in ...
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Thailand deports 40 Uighur men back to China after more than a decade in detention
TAIPEI--A group of at least 40 Uighur men detained in Thailand for more than a decade have been deported to China, Thai and Chinese officials said Thursday. The men made a public appeal last ...
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The plight of the Uighurs
What’s behind the recent unrest? A concerted campaign by Beijing to assert control over a restive region that for centuries was dominated by the Uighurs (pronounced WEE-gurs), Turkic-speaking ...
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'It is hell': Exiled Uighurs powerless to help the 'disappeared' in prisons
The group talks about drone footage which has recently emerged showing what looks like hundreds of blindfolded Uighur men in chains being loaded onto trains, apparently headed for the camps.
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More than 60 persecuted Christians arrested in Bangkok; 40 Uighurs deported to China
On Thursday, around 40 men from the persecuted Uighur ethnic minority group in China were deported by Thai authorities after over a decade in the country. Citing local sources and a member of the ...
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My day as an Uighur Muslim in China
The arrests brought further street protests on Tuesday, mainly by Uighur women complaining their men had been arbitrarily held by police. is a journalist and copyrighter who lives in London.
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In Britain, Jews are leading the fight against the oppression of China’s Uighur Muslims
But few encounters have affected Hasenson-Gross as profoundly as the one she had in 2019 with Rahima Mahmut, a U.K.-based activist for the rights of Uighurs, a Muslim minority that is the target ...
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What is happening with the Uighurs in China?
They point to attacks in 2013 and 2014, which Uighur militants claimed responsibility for. In 2017, the Xinjiang government passed a law prohibiting men from growing long beards and women from ...