Release Date: 2008-08-09
Original Link: http://presszoom.com/story_145761.html
Source: Hmong National Development
On behalf of the many voiceless Hmong people persecuted and killed in Laos, Hmong National Development, Inc. (HND) from its offices in Washington, D.C., urged the international community to work to also bring to justice key Lao military and communist party officials, who like Radavon Karadzic, are directly responsible for the recent atrocities, massacres and deaths of thousands of innocent Hmong and Laotian civilians in Laos. Hmong National Development, Inc. (HND) praised the international tribunal and court in The Hague, Netherlands, for helping to bring Radavon Karadzic to justice.
(PressZoom.com) - Washington, D.C. - August 9, 2008: Hmong National Development, Inc. (HND) condemned the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic (LPDR) regime for its deadly military attacks and atrocities directed against thousands of unarmed Laotian and Hmong villagers and civilians in Khammouan Province, Xieng Khouang Province, Xaisamboune Closed Military Zone, Luang Prabang Province, Vientiane Province and elsewhere in Laos. http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA26/004/2004
http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA26/003/2007
Laos is ruled by a one-party military regime under the control of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and staunchly allied with the military juntas and dictatorships in Burma, North Korea, Cuba and elsewhere.
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was recently flown from the Serbian capital Belgrade to the The Hague where he will face trial before a UN war-crimes tribunal. HND in cooperation with other human rights and non-governmental organizations has documented the massacre and killing of thousands of innocent and unarmed Hmong and Laotian civilians by key Lao military and political leaders of the communist party in recent months.
"On behalf of the HND and the Hmong community, we staunchly condemn the brutal and corrupt Lao military regime, including the military and communist party leadership, for their ongoing massacre and mass starvation of innocent Hmong civilians in Laos," said Christy Lee, of HND's Washington, D.C. office. "We want these Lao military and party officials to immediately cease these deplorable attacks, including Lao helicopter gunship�s strafing and rocketing Hmong villagers, which have resulted in the deaths of thousands of innocent Hmong women and children in recent months."
http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?lang=e&id=ENGUSA20070323001
In the U.S. Congress, Congressman Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Congressman Frank Wolf (R-VA), Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (R-WI), Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) and fifteeen (15) Members of Congress have recently introduced and cosponsored House Resolution 1273 (H.Res. 1273) which urges the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic (LPDR) to immediate cease its military attacks against the Laotian and Hmong people.
"Key Lao government and military officials should be charged with crimes against humanity and brought before the international court andtribunal in The Hague, Netherlands for war crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing, especially for their killing and mass starvation of the Hmong people," concluded Christy Lee.
http://www.media-newswire.com/release_1066895.html
"Currently, the Lao regime, with the help of Vietnam�s troops, is engaged in major security force and military operations against unarmed civilians and dissident groups," stated Philip Smith, Executive Director of the Center for Public Policy Analysis (CPPA) in Washington, D.C. �Senior Lao military and communist party officials are engaged in crimes against humanity; the Lao LPDR regime is continuing to starve and kill thousands of its own people in the jungles and mountains of Laos, especially innocent Hmong women and children, who wish only to live safely in peace and freedom.�
http://www.media-newswire.com/release_1066895.html
The Lao military, supported by military and special forces units of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is waging a ongoing war of ethnic cleansing and mass starvation according to recent reports by Amnesty International, the Center for Public Policy Analysis (CPPA), the Hmong Lao Human Rights Council (HLHRC), the United League for Democracy in Laos, Inc. (ULDL), the Lao Veterans of America (LVA) and others.
The Lao regime is also engage in intensified religious persecution in Laos of the Hmong and Laotian people, including the arrest, torture and killing of many Christians, with the help of Lao and Vietnamese security and military forces. The Paris-based Lao Movement for Democracy (LMFD) has recently highlighted the ongoing persecution of Christians in Laos in recent months.
http://www.media-newswire.com/release_1063105.html
http://www.media-newswire.com/release_1063064.html
Over 1300 Hmong refugees were forcibly repatriate to Laos by elements of the Thai Third Army at the direction of Thai Prime Minister Samak despite international appeals to halt the forced repatriation. Hundreds have disappeared, have been summarily executed or imprisoned in reeducation camps as political prisoners and designated as enemies of the LPDR regime and the Lao communist party.
http://www.media-newswire.com/release_1070226.html
http://www.media-newswire.com/release_1069871.html
http://asiapacific.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGASA390092007?open&of=ENG-THA
Three (3) Hmong-American citizens from St. Paul, Minnesota, including Mr. Hakit Yang, have been detained and imprisoned in Laos under harsh conditions without charge for nearly one year, after being arrested by Lao military and security forces in 2007. The were brutally interrogated in the notorious Phon Thong Prison in Laos where they were jailed following their arrests elsewhere in Laos.
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