A Thai lawyer is seeking the release of 42 Uyghurs who have spent over a decade in detention and who rights groups fear could be deported to China where they would be at risk of torture.

Chuchart Kanpai, a Thai attorney, has petitioned for the release of 42 Uyghur men who have been detained in Thailand for over ten years. The men were arrested on immigration charges in 2013 while ...

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

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

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 ...

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

The UN indicated Friday it was urging Thailand not to send dozens of detained Uyghurs to any country where they risk "significant" harm, after reported plans to deport them to China.

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.

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

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