Uyghur asylum seekers keep dying in Thailand's detention centres

Apr 26, 2023

Mattohti is the fifth Uyghur asylum seeker to die in Thai detention over the past nine years. In 2018, a 27-year-old man died of...

New details emerge of uyghur asylum seekers' torture in China after fifteen years of deportation

Nov 28, 2024

Cambodia deported 20 Uyghur asylum seekers back to China fifteen years ago, where they were imprisoned, tortured, and subjected to severe human rights abuses,...

East Turkistan Government in Exile condemns deportation of Uyghur refugees by Thailand and Turkiye

Jan 13, 2025

The East Turkistan Government in Exile issued a strong condemnation of Thailand and Turkiye's reported plans to deport Uyghur asylum seekers and refugees to...

World Uyghur Congress exposes harassment of refuge-seeking Uyghurs abroad

Jun 20, 2024

The WUC urged international human rights organisations and host countries to abide by their obligations under the 1951 Refugee Convention and uphold the principle...

WUC raises concerns over Uyghur children's rights, China's Ethnic Unity law and Germany deportation case in weekly brief

Jul 26, 2026

The World Uyghur Congress (WUC), in its latest weekly brief, highlighted a series of developments concerning the rights of Uyghurs, including a submission to...

Morocco's extradition of Uyghur asylum seeker to China could lead to serious rights violations, argue UN experts

Dec 16, 2021

New York [US], December 17 : Four UN independent human rights experts called on Thursday for Morocco to reverse its decision to extradite an...