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.

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.

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