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China takes advantage of a distracted world, pressures Thailand to deport Uyghurs: Sarah Teich for Inside Policy

By January 20, 2025No Comments

Deporting these Uyghur men to the hands of a regime that is inflicting genocide on their people is a breach of international law and tantamount to signing their death certificates.

While the world watches Trump’s inauguration, Israel-Gaza developments, and wildfires in California, China is taking advantage of a distracted international community by ramping up pressure on the Thai government to deport 48 Uyghur men. The Thai government appears to be caving to the pressure. Deportations back to China seem imminent.

The Uyghurs, a predominantly-Muslim minority group primarily residing in the Xinjiang region of China, are enduring genocide, with millions held in detention camps where torture, including sexual violence, is widespread. Many Uyghurs fled China – particularly in the early days of the genocide when leaving the country was still possible – and ended up in various countries along China’s borders, including Khazakstan, Kyrgystan, Laos, and Thailand.

> Read the full article on the Macdonald-Laurier Institute website.