Rights groups condemn Egypt for alleged deportations of Uyghur students

Egyptian authorities’ alleged arrest and deportation of dozens of Uyghur students is drawing the ire of rights groups, Radio Free Asia reports. Authorities “forced [the students] to sign a form stating that they had joined extremist organizations,” the Uyghur Human Rights Project claims, saying that Egypt’s roundup of Uyghur students comes at the behest of the Chinese government. Human Rights Watch also condemned the “outrageous” arrests, saying the Uyghurs risk torture upon their return to China. One student tells RFA that as many as 200 Uyghur students, most of whom are religious students, have been rounded up by Egyptian authorities since 4 July. Human Rights Watch has put the number of detained at 62.