Thailand defends the deportation decision as the United States indicates that it will impose visa restrictions on the official accomplices of deportations.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced sanctions against an unidentified number of civil servants in Thailand to expel At least 40 Uighurs For China last month, despite apprehensions, they could be persecuted.
Rubio declared on Friday in a statement which he immediately imposed restrictions on visas on current officials and former managers or accomplices of deportations. No Thai officials have been appointed.
For years, the rights for the defense of rights have accused China of generalized abuses, in particular the Mass detention of ousonsAn ethnic mainly Muslim minority of around 10 million people in the western region of Xinjiang. Beijing rejects these claims.
“We are committed to fighting China’s efforts to put pressure on governments to force ours and other groups in China, where they are subject to torture and forced disappearances,” said Rubio.
The Ministry of Thailand for Foreign Affairs said on Saturday on Saturday with countries that had expressed their concerns concerning the security of men that China assured that they would be unscathed and that Thailand would follow their well-being.
“Thailand has always confirmed a long tradition of humanitarianism, in particular to provide assistance to displaced people from various countries for more than half a century and will continue to do so,” the ministry said in a statement.
The Ministers of Defense and Justice in Thailand said they had a trip to visit men in China next week. A number of Thai journalists have been invited to join them.
More than 300 Uighurs fleeing China were detained in 2014 by the Thai authorities. In February, 48 Uighrs remained in Thai detention when the authorities prepared to send them back to China, despite calls from Thai legislators and international officials not to do so.
Rubio condemned the return “in the strongest possible terms”, saying that “Uighurs have faced persecution, forced work and torture” in China.
In Facebook publications, the China Embassy in Bangkok said that 40 Chinese nationals who had been “trafficked” had been repatriated to the
Rubio was a long -standing critic of Beijing, and he was sanctioned twice by the Chinese government in 2020 for his support for the rights and residents of Hong Kong.
