Uyghur asylum seekers keep dying in Thailand's detention centres

Apr 26, 2023

Mattohti is the fifth Uyghur asylum seeker to die in Thai detention over the past nine years. In 2018, a 27-year-old man died of...

New details emerge of uyghur asylum seekers' torture in China after fifteen years of deportation

Nov 28, 2024

Cambodia deported 20 Uyghur asylum seekers back to China fifteen years ago, where they were imprisoned, tortured, and subjected to severe human rights abuses,...

World Uyghur Congress exposes harassment of refuge-seeking Uyghurs abroad

Jun 20, 2024

The WUC urged international human rights organisations and host countries to abide by their obligations under the 1951 Refugee Convention and uphold the principle...

Belarusian border committee says Polish soldier seeking political asylum

Dec 17, 2021

Minsk [Belarus], December 17 (ANI/Sputnik): Belarus' State Border Committee on Friday said that a Polish soldier has requested political asylum in Belarus in protest...

South Korea witnesses surge in Russian asylum seekers

Feb 26, 2024

South Korean authorities have reported a remarkable increase in Russians seeking asylum in the country, marking a significant surge in applications last year

176 asylum seekers evacuated from Libya to Rwanda

Dec 11, 2021

Tripoli [Libya], December 11 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Friday it evacuated 176 vulnerable asylum seekers from Libya...