Thailand: Halt Imminent Forcible Return of Two Uyghur Men to China

Thailand: Halt imminent forcible return of two Uyghur men to China

Responding to reports that two Uyghur men recently moved to an Immigration Detention Centre in Thailand face imminent forcible deportation to China, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard said: “Thai authorities must immediately halt any plans to forcibly return these two Uyghur men to China, where they face a real risk of torture, arbitrary detention […]

Opposition MP warns against deporting two Uyghur detainees to China

People’s Party MP Sasinan Thamnithinan has warned that returning two Uyghur detainees to China would violate Thailand’s anti-torture law.

Thailand: Two Uyghurs at Risk of Return to China

Click to expand Image Detainees stand behind cell bars at the police immigration detention center in Bangkok, Thailand, January 21, 2019. © 2019 Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo (Bangkok) – Thai authorities should not forcibly return two Uyghur men to China, where they face grave risks of torture and other serious abuses, Human Rights Watch said today. The two men, whose names are not public for security reasons, were transferred from prison to immigratio…

🚨 HUMAN RIGHTS ALERT 🚨 Will Thailand send two Uyghur men back to China and deepen its complicity in their persecution?

#StopTransnationalRepression | Two Uyghur refugees detained in Thailand since 2014, one of them since childhood, were moved from prison to the Immigration Detention Centre (Suan Phlu) in Bangkok on 21 October 2026 following a royal pardon. They now await deportation.1 Both have told their legal representatives they do not consent to return to China, yet their representatives have not been allowed to see them since the transfer.2 Their fate now r…