Diaspora & Uyghur Watch, 4 November 2026
Diaspora & Uyghur Watch, 4 November 2026
Two Uyghur men in Thailand are fighting not to be sent back to China. They have spent more than 12 years in Thai detention after fleeing in 2014, and Thailand now says China must file a formal extradition request, which the men can challenge in court. Rights groups warn they face torture if returned. Source: Reuters
Sixty-five years after the first Turkish workers arrived in Germany, many of the survivors are getting by on small pensions. Retirees with Turkish citizenship receive about 890 euros a month on average, 360 euros less than German pensioners, and three times as many need top-up welfare to make ends meet. Source: DW
In Greece, a European minority rights group says the Turkish minority faces systematic pressure. It points to four men from a mosque in Xanthi sentenced to 17 months each in June, and to muftis appointed without the community's consent. Source: European Free Alliance
A court in Tirana has agreed to extradite a 32-year-old Turkish citizen to Türkiye, even though she had political asylum in France. Turkish authorities accuse her of links to a banned organisation, and she was sentenced in absentia to four years in Türkiye. Source: Panorama