Posts Tagged ‘Asylum’
Uyghur 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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