PUBLISHED : 22 Jan 2025 at 18: 50
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The Suan Phlu immigration detention centre in Bangkok has been home to 43 Uyghur detainees for more than a decade. (File Photo)
United Nations (UN) experts have urged Thailand not to deport 48 Uyghurs to China and to treat people deprived of their liberty more humanely.
In a statement released on Wednesday, the Geneva-based experts called on the government to immediately halt the possible transfer of the 48 Uyghurs back to China because they could face torture or other cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment if they are sent back.
They said the 48 Uyghurs are thought to be part of a larger group of approximately 350 people arrested in Thailand in 2014, after enterin
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