Saturday, December 19, 2009

Cambodia to expel group of 20 Uighurs back to China

Saturday, 19 December 2009
BBC News

A group of 20 Chinese Uighurs who had fled to Cambodia after ethnic riots in the city of Xinjiang in July will be expelled, an Cambodian official says.
He said they had to be expelled because they had entered Cambodia illegally.
The decision follows intense pressure by China, which has referred to the group as criminals.
A US-based Uighur rights body said that as members of a Muslim minority, the group were likely to face persecution in China.

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