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Forced return of 11 Uighurs from Malaysia

25 August 2011

Malaysian civil society Press statement FORCED RETURN OF 11 UIGHURS: IT IS ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT We, the undersigned civil society organizations strongly condemn the deportation of 11 Chinese citizens of Uighur ethnicity by the Malaysian government on August 18. It is a blatant violation of international law and/or international customary law against refoulement (forced return). [...]

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INCREASE PROTECTION OF REFUGEES; NOT IRRELEVANT, POORLY PLANNED AMNESTY PROGRAM

25 August 2011

TENAGANITA Women’s Force, Press Statement. August 24, 2011   Refugees with UNHCR cards were informed through their organizations, two days ago that they needed to get registered into the biometric system  at Putrajaya Immigration office.  Thousands of people – elderly, ill, young children, mothers with babies stood for hours in a cramped place, waited only [...]

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