Thailand forcibly sends nearly 100 Uighurs back to China

[WorldNews]

By Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Pracha Hariraksapitak BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand has sent nearly 100 Uighurs Muslims back to China, a move likely to anger Turkey and exacerbate Ankara's row with Beijing over its treatment of the Turkic language-speaking and largely Muslim minority. Hundreds, possibly thousands, of Uighurs have fled unrest in China's western Xinjiang region where hundreds of people have been killed, prompting a crackdown by Chinese authorities. "Thailand sent around 100 Uighurs back to China yesterday.

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