- A Thai court on Thursday handed death sentences to two ethnic Uyghur men for the 2015 Erawan Shrine bombing in central Bangkok that killed 20 people and injured about 120 — the trial took more than 10 years.
- The defendants deny the charges and will appeal; their lawyers say the defence wasn’t fully considered and will seek extensions to file appeals.
- The case has an international angle — it followed contentious deportations of Uyghurs from Thailand and drew support for the verdict from China amid wider concerns over Xinjiang.
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