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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday announced sanctions against officials from Thailand, a US ally, for their role in deporting at least 40 Uyghurs to China, where Washington says the members of the Muslim group will face persecution.

The US is "committed to combating China's efforts to pressure governments to forcibly return Uyghurs and other groups to China, where they are subject to torture and enforced disappearances," the State Department said in a statement.

The move appeared intended to discourage Thailand and other countries from such deportations.

While the United States has imposed sanctions in the past on Thailand, including by suspending military aid after military coups, and has also targeted Thai individuals and companies for violating sanctions on third countries, a leading Southeast Asia expert said he could not recall sanctions on Thai government officials, who were not named in Rubio's announcement.

Thailand's February deportation of the Uyghurs, held in detention for a decade, came despite warnings from United Nations human rights experts that they were at risk of torture, ill-treatment and "irreparable harm" if returned.

God1000:
You see US hypocrisy under this lunatic, a country that is currently deporting migrants without following due process is busy placing sanctions on another country for doing similar thing.

This is unbelievable hypocrisy

Fearing for her life in Iran after converting from Islam to Christianity, Artemis Ghasemzadeh, 27, arrived at the United States southern border hoping for asylum.

Instead, she was flown handcuffed and shackled by the US military to Panama, where she has been sent to a remote camp in the midst of a sprawling jungle.

US President Donald Trump was elected in part to clamp down on illegal immigration and has stepped up deportations of people his administration has called "illegal alien criminals".

God1000:
The nation Thailand

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-sanction-thai-officials-over-deportation-uyghurs-china-2025-03-14/

panafrican:
Thailand is the refuge of hundreds of thousands of Americans. careful out there.

Ewedegubbler:
He is trying to save mumu Muslims but Islamabads are Gona find fault as always and cry as and moan like a pregnant cow

God1000:
You see US hypocrisy under this lunatic, a country that is currently deporting migrants without following due process is busy placing sanctions on another country for doing similar thing.

This is unbelievable hypocrisy

MadamExcellency:
The brain is made up of left and right sides but the majority of Nairalanders neglect to use both sides for more informed judgment.

Trump fights for White - It's a problem
Trump fights for Black - He is selective.
Trump stands up for Muslims - He is a lunátīc
Trump laments for treatment of Christians as second-class citizens - Oh, he is evil.

Trump seeks peace - No, they want WW3.

They always hide their ulterior motives as if we don't know the reason for such antagonistic and crude character. Enough of this crudeness. Use both sides of your brain and be human for once.

Trump is right.

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Hypocrite.
Same people arresting and deporting pro Palestinian protesters in USA.