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 ...

The plight of 48 Uyghur detainees in Thailand has drawn international scrutiny as the group’s hunger strike protesting their ...

Chuchart Kanpai, a Thai lawyer, seeks the release of 42 Uyghur men detained for over a decade in Thailand. Arrested in 2013 on immigration charges, they're at risk of deportation to China, where ...

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 ...

The Uyghurs fled China – which has been accused of grave human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region against Uyghurs – more ...

On January 22, 2025, several UN experts published a statement indicating that the Government of Thailand must immediately ...

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.

Thai authorities denied on Jan. 22 that there was an immediate plan to send back to China 48 Uyghurs held in the country's ...

The family was detained in Thailand in 2014 after fleeing increasing repression in their hometown in China's Xinjiang ...

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.