He thought he had escaped Beijing’s clutches only to vanish back into China
December 12, 2024 | Washington Post
[…]“The Chinese government has paralyzed the U.N.’s systems,” said Omer Kanat, executive director of the Uyghur Human Rights Project […] “The U.N.’s mission is to protect refugees, but they have been deported back despite all the guarantees given by the UNHCR and other agencies.”
China has for years demanded the return of Uyghurs who fled to other countries, including Thailand, Egypt and Pakistan. Hundreds of Uyghurs have been extrajudicially deported since the acceleration of the crackdown against the Muslim minority in 2017, particularly from Central and Southeast Asia, North Africa and the Middle East — according to Uyghur activists and human rights reports — or are being detained indefinitely in those regions.
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