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Mon 12 Dec 2009Cambodian deportation of Muslim Uighurs criticised by UN
PHNOM PENH – Cambodia has deported back to China 20 Muslim Uighurs who fled the country after deadly ethnic violence this year, according to a government official, despite concerns they will face persecution by Beijing.
The Uighurs, a Turkic Muslim ethnic group – members of which were involved in rioting in western China that killed nearly 200 people in July – were smuggled into Cambodia in recent weeks.
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