Dozens of Uyghurs in Thai prisons fear being returned to China

Nearly a decade after fleeing China, more than 50 Uyghurs remain in Thai detention facilities, living in constant fear of being returned as China has been accused of grave human rights abuses.

 “The situation is appalling,” a source told AFP, adding, “They live with the fear that if they are sent back to China, they will suffer persecution there.”

 “It is clear that the Uyghurs are a private security issue,” said Khalida Tagarinsuk, president of the Human Rights Association.

 Earlier, the Director of Human Rights Watch in Geneva, John Fisher, considered that the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, provides sufficient evidence for China to commit crimes beyond war crimes, against the Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region.

 The director of Human Rights added that the report includes “condemnation of Chinese human rights violations against Uyghurs and other Muslims in China’s Xinjiang region.”

 He pointed out that former United Nations Commissioner Michelle Bachelet, “explained how these violations may amount to crimes against humanity, which are more serious international crimes.”