Foreign Secretary statement on Thailand鈥檚 deportation of 40 Uyghur Muslims to China
The Foreign Secretary made a statement following Thailand鈥檚 decision to deport聽40 Uyghur Muslims to China.
Foreign Secretary David Lammy said:聽
The UK disagrees in the strongest terms with Thailand鈥檚 decision to deport 40 Uyghur Muslims to China. This is despite Thailand鈥檚 international obligations in relation to non-refoulement聽and the well-documented ongoing human rights violations in Xinjiang.聽聽
The UK calls for the human rights of this group to be upheld, and we urge China to implement the wider recommendations of the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights in relation to Xinjiang.
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- In 2022, the independent and authoritative Xinjiang Assessment conducted by the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights concluded that the extent of arbitrary and discriminatory detention of members of Uyghur and other predominantly Muslim groups may constitute international crimes, in particular crimes against humanity.
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