The move appeared intended to discourage Thailand and other countries from such deportations. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A source told the watchdog that five Uighurs are held in the Klong Prem Central Prison while three are housed at the Bangkok ...

Thailand deports 48 Uighurs to China, prompting outrage from activists over risks of torture and human rights abuses.

We call on Chinese authorities to provide full access to verify the well-being of the returned Uighurs on a regular basis,” ...

Notably, Indonesia — the world’s largest Muslim-majority country — has remained silent. This silence is unsurprising. China is Indonesia’s largest trading partner and top investor, making Jakarta ...

Rights groups and some Western governments accuse Beijing of widespread abuse of ethnic minority Uighurs. Read more at ...

Thailand deported dozens of Uighurs to China on Thursday despite warnings from human rights groups that they would face persecution on their return, drawing swift condemnation from the United Nations.

Recent clashes between anti-government groups and security forces in Syria have put the Alawite community in the spotlight.

At least 1 million Uighurs have been interned since 2017 in more than 85 identified camps within Xinjiang-- an autonomous region in Northwest China, according to Western reports. Most of the ...

What’s behind the recent unrest? A concerted campaign by Beijing to assert control over a restive region that for centuries was dominated by the Uighurs (pronounced WEE-gurs), Turkic-speaking ...

The Uighurs in Xinjiang have a history of initiating an independence movement in the 1930s under the name "East Turkestan." Following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the changing political ...