
Thailand: Thailand secretly deported 48 Uygars secretly. Defending this exile, Thailand had said that it worked according to laws and human rights obligations. At the same time, now a big disclosure has been made about this.
Canada and the US had offered to rehabilitate 48 Uygars detained in Thailand for more than a decade, but Thailand did not take action on these proposals for fear of damaging relations with China.
United Nations human rights experts raised their voice
According to a report by Reuters, United Nations Human Rights experts had warned against sending Uygars back to China as they could face torture and misconduct there. Despite this, Thailand exiled him of China.
Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister said this in a statement
Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Minister Fummatha Vachayachai said that no country gave any concrete proposal to resettles 48 Uygars. He told reporters, “We waited for more than 10 years and I talked to many big countries, but no one told me firmly.”
According to Reuters report, American and Canadian officials have confirmed these proposals and Australian sources have also indicated a similar offer.
China’s embassy released a statement in Bangkok
The Chinese embassy in Bangkok said in a statement that 48 Chinese illegal migrants, who had not committed any serious crime, have returned home to join their families after being separated for more than 10 years.
‘China did not want to do angry’
The Thai Ambassador to Canada and the US between 2013 and 2017 and Pisan Manavapat, who was Senator before retiring in 2024, said that at least three countries had approached Thailand with proposals to resettle the Uygars. However, he refused to name these countries.
Pisson told the Reuters, “We did not want to offend China, so we did not take a decision on the political level to pursue it.” China is Thailand’s largest trade partner and has close trade relations between the two countries.
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