Munich, March 22 -- A coalition of 57 Uyghur organizations worldwide, in collaboration with the World Uyghur Congress (WUC), has expressed deep gratitude for the Trump administration's strong support for the Uyghur people and urged the restoration of funding for Radio Free Asia's Uyghur Service, warning that its closure would empower China's propaganda efforts and hinder global efforts to combat genocide, according to a press release by World Uyghur Congress.

According to the release, the organisations commended recent actions, particularly the condemnation of Thailand's forced deportation of 40 Uyghur refugees back to China. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's visa restrictions on Thai officials complicit in this deportation were also p...