Among the prominent voices adding pressure on Thailand was US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who told his Senate ...

National police chief Pol Gen Kittharath Punpetch has defended the treatment of Uyghurs being detained in Bangkok, saying if their treatment was poor, claims would have surfaced in media reports long ...

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

Human rights advocates are demanding to know why the UN’s refugee agency hasn’t done more to secure the Uyghurs’ right to asylum.

Chinese authorities close Uyghur farmers' water wells in southern Xinjiang, Nordic Council launches Arctic program ...

they face “being sent back to a country whose government we know will persecute them – that’s why they left in the first place”. More than a decade on, the fact that these 48 Uyghurs ...

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.

The surprise statement by new US Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging Thailand not to deport 40-plus Uyghurs who are currently being detained in Thailand to China has shone a much-needed ...

National police chief Pol Gen Kittharath Punpetch has defended the treatment of Uyghurs being detained in Bangkok, saying if their treatment was poor, claims would have surfaced in media reports ...

Journalists are not allowed inside. Lawyers usually warn their clients to avoid being sent there if at all possible. There are 43 Uyghurs there, plus another five being held in a Bangkok prison ...

Incoming U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said during his confirmation hearing last week he will use his country's strong relationship with Thailand to prevent the Uyghurs from being sent back.