The United States has announced sanctions against Thai officials involved in the deportation of 40 Uyghurs back to China. These individuals, who belong to a persecuted Muslim minority group, had been detained in Thailand for nearly a decade.

The State Department says the United States and other countries made repeated offers to Thailand to resettle more than three dozen Uyghur men before they were deported back to China, where rights grou

Human rights advocates say at least some of the eight ethnic minority Uyghurs who remain in Thailand’s custody since authorities deported 40 others to China last month are at risk of the same fate.