Bai fled China to Thailand in 2023 following alleged persecution and repression linked to his human rights work and is recognised as an asylum seeker. “Any decision concerning Mr. Bai’s return to China must fully respect Thailand’s international human rights obligations, including the prohibition of refoulement,” they said. *The experts:Special Rapporteurs/Independent Experts/Working Groups are independent human rights experts appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council. Special Procedures experts work on a voluntary basis; they are not UN staff and do not receive a salary for their work. Country-specific observations and recommendations by the UN human rights mechanisms, including the special procedures, the treaty bodies and the Universal Periodic Review, can be found on the Universal Human Rights Index https://uhri.ohchr.org/en/UN Human Rights, country page – Thailand.