Relatives plead with Thailand not to deport 48 Uyghur men to China Detainees fear their return could be imminent despite UN experts urging Bangkok to halt the possible transfer.
Relatives of Uyghurs detained in Thailand for more than a decade have begged the Thai authorities not to deport the 48 men back to China, after the detainees suggested their return appeared imminent.
A UN panel of experts this week urged Thailand to “immediately halt the possible transfer”, warning the men were at “real risk of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment if they are returned”.
China’s embassy in Thailand said reports about the Uyghurs detained in Thailand were “spreading false narratives”.
Bilal Ablet, whose elder brother Shakir Hamid is being held in an immigration detention centre in Bangkok, said the men had been “forgotten by the world”.
