Thailand deports 40 Uyghur asylum seekers to China

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Open this photo in gallery: A vehicle with a load of unidentified passengers leaves the detention center in Bangkok, Thailand, Feb. 27, 2025.Nuttaphol Meksobhon/The Associated Press Dozens of Uyghur asylum seekers have been deported from Thailand to China, Bangkok confirmed Thursday, despite warnings from human rights groups and the United Nations that they faced risk of torture and ill-treatment. Thai Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said the 40 men, some who have been in the country for more than a decade, had been sent to China after receiving assurances that they would be looked after there. At a regular news conference...