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"#Uyghur activists in Germany and in four U.S. cities gathered outside Thai consulates and embassies on Friday, demanding that the Southeast Asian government improve the condition of Uyghur refugees in detention in Thailand." rfa.org/english/news/u…
"The protesters also demanded that Thailand allow U.N. human rights officers to have access to them, and to release them and work with third countries to resettle and reunite the refugees with their families."
"“It is extremely distressing to receive the news of another death in the Thai IDC,” Arkin told Radio Free Asia, referring to Bangkok's Immigration Detention Center, notorious for its overcrowded and squalid conditions for inmates.
“The Thai government has to improve the conditions of detention of Uyghur detainees,” she said.
“We call on Thailand to immediately release the detainees to a safe third country and to give access to UNHCR,” Arkin said, referring to the U.N. refugee agency, or the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.
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