US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced sanctions against an unidentified number of officials in Thailand for ...

The move appeared intended to discourage Thailand and other countries from such deportations. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Recent clashes between anti-government groups and security forces in Syria have put the Alawite community in the spotlight.

We call on Chinese authorities to provide full access to verify the well-being of the returned Uighurs on a regular basis,” ...

Rights groups and some Western governments accuse Beijing of widespread abuse of ethnic minority Uighurs. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Thailand deported dozens of Uighurs to China on Thursday despite warnings from human rights groups that they would face persecution on their return, drawing swift condemnation from the United Nations.

What’s behind the recent unrest? A concerted campaign by Beijing to assert control over a restive region that for centuries was dominated by the Uighurs (pronounced WEE-gurs), Turkic-speaking ...

Chinese authorities have moved to close a large number of mosques used by ethnic Uighurs in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. In both the region capital of Urumqi and Kashgar in the western ...

BANGKOK: Thailand's deportation of 40 Uighurs to China last week was in the South-east Asian country's best interest due to ...

Notably, Indonesia — the world’s largest Muslim-majority country — has remained silent. This silence is unsurprising. China is Indonesia’s largest trading partner and top investor, making Jakarta ...

Although most of the 300 arrested in Thailand were sent to Turkey, CSW reports that 109 were deported to China. A source told the watchdog that five Uighurs are held in the Klong Prem Central Prison ...

The German government and human rights organizations have criticized Thailand's deportation of a group of people belonging to ...