India, Nov. 5 -- Amnesty International said Thai authorities must immediately halt any plans to forcibly return two Uyghur men recently moved to an Immigration Detention Centre in Thailand to China, citing what it described as a real risk of torture, arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance. The call was made by Amnesty International Secretary General Agnès Callamard in comments responding to reports of an imminent deportation.
Detention and access concerns
Amnesty International said the two men are among five Uyghurs remaining in Thailand from a group of over 300 apprehended without charge by Thai authorities on 13 March 2014 after fleeing persecution and discrimination in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
According to Am...