National rights body to host meeting on Uighurs expulsion

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National rights body to host meeting on Uighurs expulsion
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The National Human Rights Commission is seeking opinions from all interested parties to the controversial deportation of Uighur migrants to China.

Commissioner Niran Pitakwatchara said yesterday that his office has called a meeting on the issue on Friday with the National Council for Peace and Order, Foreign Ministry, Immigration Police as well as the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and Human Rights Watch. Domestic and international rights experts are also invited.

The NHRC wants to hear from the government why it expelled the migrants and from the non-governmental agencies their objections.

Many countries and local civil sectors have criticised Thailand for repatriating 109 Uighur Muslims to China, as they believe that the Uighurs would face prosecution or punishment by death.

However, China's official Xinhua agency has said the Uighurs had been on their way "to join jihad", and that 13 of them had fled China after being implicated in terrorist activities.

Two more had escaped detention, Xinhua said.

A Chinese police investigation had uncovered several gangs recruiting people for jihad, and Turkish diplomats in some Southeast Asian countries had facilitated the illegal movement of people, it said. Hundreds of angry Turkish protesters stormed the Thai honorary consulate in Istanbul and destroyed the office. The Turkish government stopped short of condemning the attack but deplored Thailand for the deportation.

China's CCTV news channel over the weekend showed footage of the Uighurs being escorted on a plane back to China. The migrants were handcuffed and hooded to prevent their faces from being seen. The images caused outrage from many groups.

The Thai government has called for understanding from all sides, saying all procedures followed international norms. Sansern Kaewkamnerd, a deputy government spokesman, said that when evidence was uncovered that an illegal migrant found on Thai soil had committed crimes in another country and his nationality has been identified, Thailand has no other choice but to send the person back to his country of origin.

It was crucial to respect domestic and international laws. The discontent would subside when all sides based their arguments on reason, he said.

Referring to the CCTV footage, Veerachon Sukhontapatipak, another deputy government spokesman, said it was important to understand that in such circumstances it was necessary to have strict control in order to ensure security on board the aircraft.

"Some of them were even linked to terrorist organisations."

China had reaffirmed that it would give fair treatment to all concerned and those who were not involved with terrorism, he said.

Somchai Sawangkarn, deputy chairman of the National Legislative Assembly's foreign affairs committee, recommended that the Chularatchamontri, Thailand's Muslim spiritual leader, be consulted on the case.

The United States and the UNHCR never complained when Thailand sent 176 Uighurs to Turkey, he said.

"It was only since Thailand sent 109 Uighurs - some believed to be terrorists in Xinjiang - out of Thailand that a mob attacked the Thai consulate in Istanbul," he said.

It was strange that no police or security officers were present at the time of the attack, he said.

"Turkey's government should apologise for having let the mob damage the Thai office, but instead it issued a statement blaming Thailand," he argued.

Ankara knew well that the group of people was sent back to China at the request of China's government according to an extradition treaty. They were returned for prosecution as they were suspected of causing misfortune, he said.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/National-rights-body-to-host-meeting-on-Uighurs-ex-30264325.html


-- The Nation 2015-07-13

[Somtamnication]

"They were returned for prosecution as they were suspected of causing misfortune".

Oh Ma Ga! What a stupid, asinine statement that is.

The next time I open a fortune cookie and it causes me misfortune, I am suing!

[smedly]

National rights body to host meeting on Uighurs expulsion

why not hold the meeting in China, and while you are there you can check to see if these people you care so much about are being treated fairly

[bangkokfrog]

The answer is simple... these unfortunate people have the 'wrong' skin color, speak the 'wrong' language, and follow the 'wrong' religion in the eyes of the army and many of the traditional elite. So they are treated as if their lives are worth nothing. Sadly, much like the Rohingya and those innocent people killed at Krue Se and Tak Bae.

[BSJ]

From my point of view I don't give a hoot what happens to them. The Chinese can have the please of dealing with the problem.

[Bluespunk]

From my point of view I don't give a hoot what happens to them. The Chinese can have the please of dealing with the problem.

Such humanity.

[petedk]

The answer is simple... these unfortunate people have the 'wrong' skin color, speak the 'wrong' language, and follow the 'wrong' religion in the eyes of the army and many of the traditional elite. So they are treated as if their lives are worth nothing. Sadly, much like the Rohingya and those innocent people killed at Krue Se and Tak Bae.

You read what the PM regards them as.

Pretty much sums it up.

[CWMcMurray]

So why didn't the Turkish raid the Chinese Embassy?

Why is everyone else responsible for Chinese human rights issues , but China is not?

If the Chinese gov treats them unfairly, the world condemnation should be squarely on the Chinese gov...

[Oziex1]

So why didn't the Turkish raid the Chinese Embassy?

Why is everyone else responsible for Chinese human rights issues , but China is not?

If the Chinese gov treats them unfairly, the world condemnation should be squarely on the Chinese gov...

Chinese lack of human rights is widely and regularly condemned.

[LannaGuy]

They were hooded and chained on the plane and will face unspeakable horror. The Junta asks for 'understanding'

well I, for one, understand

[mmh8]

<deleted>. the US can barely disagree with it this time - I am pretty sure there are numerous Uigurs in camp xray and all that rounded up for their religious leanings. the west has lost its moral footing in all these cases now a days and just makes some correct sounding noises.

everyone jumps on the wrong religion bandwagon nowadays which really don't help this type of issue. not a western government that has not jumped on the mixing up religion with terrorists line.

lucky no one is sending those turks to jail for attitude adjustment. it sounds as if someone ought to make a noise about this. and the western world will get a lecture on human rights from turkey - next stop it will be how to do banking from the greeks.

[sawadee1947]

The answer is simple... these unfortunate people have the 'wrong' skin color, speak the 'wrong' language, and follow the 'wrong' religion in the eyes of the army and many of the traditional elite. So they are treated as if their lives are worth nothing. Sadly, much like the Rohingya and those innocent people killed at Krue Se and Tak Bae.

very good. I agree with you. But unfortunately even here on TV there are some expats supporting the soldier here and his decision.

They can kick them off like animals (or kill them as they did with Rohingya).

[EnglishJohn]

If people want to go join ISIS then they should be allowed to take a one way journey. After that they are terrorists who are never allowed back into the civilised world.

They believe everything is according to Allah's will (as preached by a power hungry human being of course) and so they can meet their fate at the wrong end of the weapons their God mysteriously gave to the other side.

It's a win-win situation.

You certainly don't want to encourage these people to come to your country.

[HiSoLowSoNoSo]

They were hooded and chained on the plane and will face unspeakable horror. The Junta asks for 'understanding'

well I, for one, understand

Saw the pictures, really disgusting. How can you put hoods on women and children during a flight?

[Bluespunk]

They were hooded and chained on the plane and will face unspeakable horror. The Junta asks for 'understanding'

well I, for one, understand

Saw the pictures, really disgusting. How can you put hoods on women and children during a flight?

To treat people who know they are going back to face persecution this way is beyond belief. The terror they must have felt is appalling.

Edited July 13, 2015 by Bluespunk

[razer]

China saying they were going to join the jihadists is plausible ... there is empirical evidence of this world-wide.

Why is it so politically incorrect to say the jihadists aim is to destabilize governments through lethal attacks on soft targets? Fearing Muslim insurgents coming illegally into a country is not a phobia ... it is a real threat.

The NGO's attack the deportation of illegal immigrant Muslims then they attack the Muslim insurgents for brutal attacks on soft targets. They can't lose, can they? NGO's get the headlines but offer no solutions. NGO's prefer one sided arguments.

During my career, terrorism was all around me because of the places I lived and had to go for my job ... The PLO, IRA in London, ETA in Spain, FARC in Columbia ... yes some bombs went off at places I dined, near places I worked, and hijackings in areas where I was flying in and out of frequently... the constant threat of kidnapping. A friend was kidnapped in Columbia and held for ransom six months. Really screwed his brain with PTSD.

Compassion is a very good thing ................ but so is reason and a little experience.

[Bluespunk]

NGOs offer lots of solutions but no one wants to follow them at government level because it means hard decisions have to be made that may not be the ones they want. The scum behind terrorist equally do not want to follow them because that means having to compromise.

This is not the NGOs fault.

Yes they criticise the appalling actions of both governments and terrorists. This is not presenting a one sided argument with no solution. Their solution is to stop commuting atrocities and start to deal with the real issues at a root level.

Long may they continue to do so, because often as not they are the only ones speaking for those caught between the govt and the terrorists or those suffering because of the state sanctioned brutality of authoritarian governments.

Edited July 13, 2015 by Bluespunk

[FangFerang]

They werte deported to China because China wanted to punish them, and Thais consider them 'krok', just as diplomatic Prayuth said.

[nithisa78]

From my point of view I don't give a hoot what happens to them. The Chinese can have the please of dealing with the problem.

you're the appointed spokescreature for the totally irreverent and useless. you not those you're blaspheeming.

you're the reason Muslim won't eat pig.

[nithisa78]

They were hooded and chained on the plane and will face unspeakable horror. The Junta asks for 'understanding'

well I, for one, understand

Saw the pictures, really disgusting. How can you put hoods on women and children during a flight?

To treat people who know they are going back to face persecution this way is beyond belief. The terror they must have felt is appalling.

It would seem at this point they are dead to the world. Lord have mercy.

[mmh8]

China saying they were going to join the jihadists is plausible ... there is empirical evidence of this world-wide.

Why is it so politically incorrect to say the jihadists aim is to destabilize governments through lethal attacks on soft targets? Fearing Muslim insurgents coming illegally into a country is not a phobia ... it is a real threat.

The NGO's attack the deportation of illegal immigrant Muslims then they attack the Muslim insurgents for brutal attacks on soft targets. They can't lose, can they? NGO's get the headlines but offer no solutions. NGO's prefer one sided arguments.

During my career, terrorism was all around me because of the places I lived and had to go for my job ... The PLO, IRA in London, ETA in Spain, FARC in Columbia ... yes some bombs went off at places I dined, near places I worked, and hijackings in areas where I was flying in and out of frequently... the constant threat of kidnapping. A friend was kidnapped in Columbia and held for ransom six months. Really screwed his brain with PTSD.

Compassion is a very good thing ................ but so is reason and a little experience.

I guess you beleive everything cnn tells you too. there is evidence of some of the j9ihadists found in afghan working with taliban coming from England and US - by your logic it means lets lock them all up too.

what does the great source of cnn say aobut that?