泰国人权组织无视维吾尔政策 私自派去土耳其

AS IT IS 2015-07-23 Thailand Rights Group to Oversee¹ Talks on Uighur Policy 泰国人权组织无视维吾尔政策 私自派去土耳其

A United Nations agency is pressing Thailand to let more than 50 ethnic² Uighurs travel to Turkey, instead of sending them to China. Thai officials have faced criticism from rights groups and other countries for forcibly returning another group of Uighurs to China earlier this month.

The secretary general of Thailand’s National Security Council has been attempting to ease fears over China’s treatment of the returned Uighurs. This week, Anusit Kundakorn went to the detention³ center in Xinjiang where the 109 Uighurs are being held. He told Thai reporters that they are living in good conditions. He called the camp “clean and neat.”

The official said 13 of those sent to China are being investigated for possible involvement in terrorism. China has accused some Uighurs of working with militants⁴ such as the Islamic State group.

Thai officials have been negotiating with both China and Turkey for more than a year. The talks were launched after more than 350 Uighurs were found in hiding in Thailand.

About 180 Uighurs, mostly women and children, were sent to Turkey after receiving legal immigration documents. Turkey often provides such documents to Uighurs because of cultural links to the ethnic minority and claims that Uighur Muslims face persecution⁵ in China.

But more than 50 Uighurs remain at a Bangkok immigration detention center.

Vivian Tan is with the Office of the UN High Commissioner⁶ for Refugees. She says the Thai government should give the group permission to travel freely.

“Well, basically, UNHCR has appealed to the government of Thailand to refrain from deporting⁷ people forcibly in (the) future. We’re urging the government to allow people who are still here (in Thailand) to depart voluntarily to a place where the government is willing to receive them.”

Benjamin Zawacki is a human rights advocate and lawyer. He says Thailand failed to let international organizations examine the cases of the Uighur refugees before sending them to China.

The Uighurs in Thailand have denied that they are from China. They instead claim that they are from Turkey. Turkish officials have visited them and provided them with legal travel documents to enter Turkey. But Thai officials have delayed the process because of pressure from China.

Because of criticism of Thailand’s actions, the National Human Rights Commission called an urgent meeting of officials from national security, immigration and the foreign ministry⁸. United Nations officials and human rights organizations also were invited to the talks.

Commissioner Niran Pitakwatchara said processing future refugee claims must be based on human rights values. He also said that the more than 50 Uighurs still in Thailand should be sent to Turkey. But reports say Chinese officials are keeping pressure on Thailand to send the Uighurs to China.  

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has declined to comment on where the Uighurs will be sent. He has only said that they will remain in Thailand “for a while.”

Words in This Story

forcibly - adj. made or done with physical force

persecution – n. the act of threatening of treating others in a harmful way because of their race, religion or other beliefs

advocate – n. someone who argues for or supports a cause; activist

1 oversee   

vt.监督，管理

参考例句：

• Soldiers oversee the food handouts.士兵们看管着救济食品。
• Use a surveyor or architect to oversee and inspect the different stages of the work.请一位房产检视员或建筑师来监督并检查不同阶段的工作。

2 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

3 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

4 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

5 persecution   

n. 迫害,烦扰

参考例句：

• He had fled from France at the time of the persecution. 他在大迫害时期逃离了法国。
• Their persecution only serves to arouse the opposition of the people. 他们的迫害只激起人民对他们的反抗。

6 commissioner   

n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员

参考例句：

• The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
• He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。

7 deporting   

v.将…驱逐出境( deport的现在分词 )；举止

参考例句：

8 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。