China seeks arrest of five Uighurs held in Thailand: Bangkok

The five were jailed for trying to escape immigration detention in 2020. Of that group, the two pardoned remain in custody awaiting deportation, a rights campaigner and an official told AFP last week. - Photo: AFP

BANGKOK: Five Uighurs detained in Thailand since 2014 are subject to Chinese arrest warrants, the kingdom’s security chief said on Wednesday (Nov 4), adding that a court would decide if they would be returned to China.

Human rights groups have raised concerns about the men – members of the Muslim minority group who activists say are persecuted in China – after two of them were pardoned by Thailand in October.

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这五人因试图逃离2020年的移民拘留中心而被判入狱。一名人权活动人士和一名官员上周告诉法新社，其中两人获得赦免，目前仍被拘留等待遣返。——图片：法新社

曼谷：泰国安全部门负责人周三（11月4日）表示，自2014年以来在泰国被拘留的五名维吾尔族人受到中国的逮捕令约束，并补充说，法院将决定他们是否会被遣返回中国。

人权组织对这两名男子表示担忧，他们是穆斯林少数群体成员，活动人士称他们在中国遭受迫害。此前，其中两人于 10 月份被泰国赦免。

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