US EditionThai officials secretly planned to deport Uyghurs while making repeated public denials
- In late February, representatives of a Thai Muslim organization reassured 40 Uyghur men that they would not be deported to China, yet they were sent back less than 72 hours later.
- The Thai government had planned the deportation secretly since December, despite public denials and statements to lawmakers.
- Following the deportations, the U.S. imposed sanctions on several Thai officials, and the European Union condemned the actions of the Thai government.
- Chinese officials claimed that the deported Uyghurs were treated well, while reports from Uyghur activists contradict this narrative.
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Deutsche Welle
einnews.comThailand's Uyghur deportations: Balancing China and the West
The recent deportation of more than 40 Uyghur refugees from Thailand has ignited global outrage, and raised questions about Bangkok's geopolitical stance between China and the West.
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Thai officials secretly planned to deport Uyghurs while making repeated public denials
Testimony from parliamentary inquiries and other evidence shows that top Thai officials secretly decided to hand a group of Uyghur detainees over to China while denying plans to do so in public, giving the detainees and their advocates no chance to make a last-ditch appeal before they were bundled o
Kanwee opens audio clip of Uyghurs not wanting to return to China, Bhumtham doesn't believe - points out many lies See Think Mon, 2025-03-24 - 23:56 March 24, 2025 At the parliament, the 26th meeting of the House of Representatives (2nd annual ordinary session) was a meeting on the motion for a general debate to vote no confidence in Paethongtarn Shinawatra, Prime Minister. Prachatai summarizes the foreign policy issues that the opposition debat…
At the end of February, representatives of a Muslim organization in Thailand brought a reassuring message to 40 terrified Uighur men who were to be sent back to China: the government had no immediate plans to deport them.
Kanwee slams sending Uighurs back to China, a moral drama to whitewash the government, and slams breaking promises in the country as bad enough, but doing it on the international stage is even worse. On March 24, 2025, at the parliament, in the House of Representatives meeting chaired by Mr. Pichet Chueamuangphan, First Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, the urgent motion to open a general debate for a vote of no confidence in indiv…
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