Cambodia deports Uighur asylum seekers despite UN protests

Cambodia has forcibly sent a group of 20 Muslim asylum-seekers back to China, despite protests from the UN, whose staff intervened to try to prevent the expulsions.

Amnesty International has warned the Uighurs could be tortured on their return to China.

The Uighurs, including two children, fled after ethnic rioting in July and slipped out of the country with the help of a secret missionary network. Chinese authorities have labelled them criminals, and Cambodia said it was deporting them because they had entered the country illegally.