Munich, July 26 -- The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) and the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) have strongly condemned the deportation of a 21-year-old Uyghur man, Arafat Adil, from Germany to China, describing the move as a violation of international human rights obligations and warning that it exposed him to the risk of arbitrary detention, prolonged interrogation and torture.

According to a press release issued by the WUC, Adil was deported by German authorities on July 21 via Frankfurt Airport to Beijing despite being a Uyghur from East Turkistan (Xinjiang), a community that rights groups say faces systematic persecution by the Chinese government.

As cited in the WUC press release, Adil was reportedly taken into custody and interro...