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Published on: 11/01/2025 | 05:48:05
AI Summary:
43 Uyghur men held in Bangkok made a public appeal to halt imminent threat of deportation. “We could be imprisoned, and we might even lose our lives,” the letter says. The Associated Press says the men are at risk of abuse and torture if they are sent back. Immigration police say they have been trying to take care of the detainees as best as they could. They say the men are fed poorly, kept in overcrowded concrete cells with few toilets, denied sanitary goods like toothbrushes or razors. Beijing says the Uyghurs are jihadists, but has not presented evidence. Uyghur activists and rights groups say the men are innocent and expressed alarm over their possible deportation. They say they face persecution, imprisonment, and possible death back in China. The U.N. Agency acknowledged receipt of the applications but has been barred from visiting the UYghurs to this day. Muhammad says though his father crossed into Thailand illegally, he was innocent of any other crime. “We have nothing to do with terrorism and we have not committed any terrorism,” he says.
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Over 300 Uyghurs fleeing China were detained in 2014 by Thai authorities near the Malaysian border. In 2015, Thailand deported 109 detainees to China against their will, prompting international outcry. Another group of 173 Uyghurs, mostly women and children, were sent to Turkey, leaving 53 Uyghurs stuck in Thai immigration detention and seeking asylum. Since then, five have died in detention, including two children.