China Grows Ever More Repressive

Even in the context of China’s steadily deteriorating human rights situation, the developments of the last few weeks have been remarkable.

On July 9, Thailand, under pressure from Beijing, deported more than 100 Uighurs, a Muslim, ethnically Turkic Muslim people who live in China’s Northwest province of Xinjiang. In repatriating the Uighurs, Thailand’s government broke international law regarding the protection of refugees and ignored a plea from the United States, a longtime ally. According to the Uighur Human Rights Project, Uighurs previously sent back to China from countries including Malaysia, Burma, and Cambodia have been imprisoned.