Posts Tagged ‘Asylum’
UHRP Welcomes Bipartisan Senate Bill: Preventing the Forced Return of Uyghurs Act
August 6, 2025 | 9:00 a.m. EDTFor Immediate ReleaseContact: Omer Kanat +1 (202) 790-1795, Peter Irwin +1 (646) 906-7722 The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) welcomes the bipartisan Preventing the Forced Return of Uyghurs Act (S.2502), introduced by sponsor Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and co-sponsor Senator John Cornyn (R-TX). Since 2011, UHRP has published nine…
Read MoreUyghur Deportations from Thailand Part of a Decade of Betrayal
On July 8, 2015, Thai authorities shackled and hooded at least 109 Uyghur men then placed them on a plane bound for China. Chinese state media released footage showing the men, blindfolded and restrained, surrounded by armed police.
Read MoreUN Refugee Agency Failing to Protect Uyghur Refugees: New UHRP Report
The UN’s global refugee agency has failed to fulfill its mandate to safeguard Uyghurs outside their homeland, according to a new report by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP), “I Escaped, But Not to Freedom”: Failure to Protect Uyghur Refugees.
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