WASHINGTON—Bipartisan lawmakers on the House China Committee are sounding alarm over the plight of 48 Uyghurs who have been detained in Thailand for over a decade, warning the Thai authorities against sending them back to China over the immediate abuses they might face.
“We are deeply concerned about Thai authorities’ reported plans to forcibly deport 48 Uyghur refugees to the People’s Republic of China, when third countries are willing to assume custody,” Rep.s John Moolenaar (R-Mich.) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), the chairman and ranking member of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, told The Epoch Times via email on Feb. 25. They said the action, if true, would mark as a clear violation of international human rights norms….