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Uyghurs detained in Thailand say they face deportation and persecution in China

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43 Uyghur men held in Bangkok made a public appeal to halt what they called an imminent threat of deportation.

The 43 men are a Turkic , majority Muslim ethnicity native to China ’s far west Xinjiang region.

They say they face persecution, imprisonment, and possible death back in China .

Advocates and relatives describe harsh conditions in immigration detention.

A Uyghur living in Turkey says his father Muhammad Ahun is one of the men detained in Thailand .

He says he was innocent of any other crime and had already paid fines and spent over a decade in detention.

“I don’t understand what this is for. Why?” Muhammad said.