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

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

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

Dozens of men from the ethnic minority sought escape from repression in China a decade ago, but have been detained in ...

The AP’s vast network of sources and collaborative reporting led to the first report on detained Uyghurs in Thailand who face ...

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

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.

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

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

On Sunday, researcher Nyrola Elimä reported that authorities in Thailand’s immigration detention center have separated 48 Uyghurs from other prisoners and prepared the former group for possible ...

The United Nations called on Thailand on Wednesday to immediately halt the deportation of 48 Uyghurs to China, warning that the detainees face a real risk of torture, enforced disappearance, and ...

Thai authorities have denied any immediate plan to send 48 Uyghur refugees back to China after UN experts urged a stop.