International pressure is mounting on Thailand – including from the new US administration – over the fate of dozens of Uyghur ...

A group of 48 ethnic minority Muslims who fled Chinese persecution have been held in Thailand for almost 11 years ...

On January 22, 2025, several UN experts published a statement indicating that the Government of Thailand must immediately ...

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 advocates are demanding to know why the UN’s refugee agency hasn’t done more to secure the Uyghurs’ right to ...

The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) raised alarm over the ongoing hunger strike by 48 Uyghur refugees in Bangkok, which has now ...

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

The UN indicated Friday it was urging Thailand not to send dozens of detained Uyghurs to any country where they risk ...

The experts’ statement comes less than a week after Republican Sen. Marco Rubio said he would lobby Thailand against ...

US President Donald Trump's incoming secretary of state is among those calling for Thailand not to deport a group Uyghurs to ...

On January 10, the detained Uyghurs began a desperate hunger strike after being presented with “voluntary return” forms, a thinly veiled prelude to forced repatriation. Their plea, captured in ...

BANGKOK: Thai authorities denied on Wednesday (Jan 22) there was an immediate plan to send back to China 48 Uyghurs held in ...