ID ); $exclude_types = array( '' ); $exclude_types = apply_filters( 'eat_exclude_types', $exclude_types ); // do nothing if the post has already a featured image set if ( $already_has_thumb ) { return; } // do the job if the post is not from an excluded type if ( ! in_array( $post_type, $exclude_types ) ) { // get first attached image $img = rv_auto_featured_image_catch_that_image( $post ); $attachment_id = attachment_url_to_postid( $img ); if ( $attachment_id ) { // add attachment ID add_post_meta( $post->ID, '_thumbnail_id', $attachment_id, true ); } } } // set featured image before post is displayed (for old posts) add_action( 'the_post', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); // hooks added to set the thumbnail when publishing too add_action( 'new_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'draft_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'pending_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'future_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); function rv_auto_featured_image_catch_that_image( $post ) { // Find the images in the post_content. $output = preg_match_all( '//i', $post->post_content, $matches ); $first_img = isset( $matches[1][0] ) ? $matches[1][0]:''; // if no images found, do nothing if ( empty ( $first_img ) ) { return false; } return $first_img; } } Canada ‘Deeply Concerned’ After Thailand Deports 40 Uyghurs to China – BCI 24 News Network
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Canada ‘Deeply Concerned’ After Thailand Deports 40 Uyghurs to China

28 February 2025 11:20 PM
BCI 24 News Network

The Canadian government has raised concerns over the Thai government’s decision to return dozens of Uyghur Muslims to China this week, saying it puts them at “a serious risk of torture, mistreatment, repressive surveillance, arbitrary detention and forced labour.”
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly made the comments in a statement on Feb. 27, the same day 40 Chinese nationals, who Beijing says were involved in illegal immigration, arrived in China, as confirmed in an online statement from China’s Ministry of Public Security.
The deported individuals were among the Uyghurs who had been detained in Thailand for over a decade after fleeing there in 2014 in hope of seeking asylum, according to the U.N. Refugee Agency….