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June 20, 2007
Former American Allies Face Uncertain Future To Date 406 Refugees in Thailand Have Been Deported Back to Laos
Thailand (FFC) Since there isn’t any third country willing to resettle the Hmong refugees who are currently detained by Thai military and police authorities in Phetchaboun , Thailand , Thai authorities have already deported 406 Hmong refugees to Laos since
November 15, 2004 . The government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (LPDRP) does not allow any international diplomat, NGOs, or human rights group to monitor and provide humanitarian aides to these Hmong returnees. There has been no substantial report on the treatment of these people. International community had limited information on the whereabouts of them.
On June 9, 2007 , Thai authorities deported 31 Hmong refugees from the Houay Nam Khao, Thailand to Vientiane , Laos .
On January 26, 2007 , Thai authorities deported 16 Hmong refugees Khouan Keng province, Thailand to Bolikhamxay province, Laos .
On October 18, 2006 , Thai authorities deported 14 Hmong refugees from Loei province to Nongkhai province, Thailand and then to Bolikhamxay province, Laos .
On November 15, 2006 , Thai authorities deported 53 Hmong refugees from Udon Thani , Thailand to Vientiane , Laos .
On August 31, 2006 , Thai authorities deported 35 Hmong refugees from Long Kao, Petchaboun province to Saiyaburi, Laos .
On December 5, 2005 , Thai authorities in the Phetchaboun areas deported 27 Hmong teenagers from the immigration detention facility to Lao authorities in Vientiane , Laos . Last month, ten of the 27 were able to escape and flee to Thailand . Amnesty International and the Bangkok Associate of Press (AP) previously visited these teenager girls and conducted interviews with them.
On November 15, 2004 , Thai authorities deported 69 Hmong refugees who at the time were detained by Thai authorities in the detention facilities Bangkok to Vientiane , the capital city of Laos .
According the reliable sources, these deported Hmong refugees have been detained and jailed at Mouang Paksa, Bolikhamxay province. The detention facility is completely surrounded by a 12 foot cement wall with three layers of barbed wires on top. The facility is located east of Paksa closed to a military camp. At the moment, there is no report on the treatment and conditions of the returnees.
It is essential that the international community works with the Lao government to reach an agreement that will allow NGOs and representatives from the United Nations to visit these people and provide them with humanitarian aides. Under the protection of the Universal Human Rights Declaration of the United Nations, The United Nations and international community are obligated to intervene and make sure that any sovereign nation with legitimate government and a member nation to the United Nations who attempt to continue conducting political persecutions against its citizens. Lao government is one of the several nations that has been continuously conducting political persecutions against the minority groups who fought alongside with the United States during the Vietnam era. The conducts and acts of the political persecutions constitute human rights violations as specified in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of the United Nations.
By Ger VangFact Finding Commission Member
The Fact Finding Commission is dedicated to exposing the plight of the veterans of the U.S. Secret War who have hid in the mountains and jungles of Laos for the past thirty years to escape the retribution of the communist Lao government for their loyalty services to the United States during the U.S. Secret War in Southeast Asia. |
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