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Laos, Bosnia War Crimes Trials: LPDR Condemned by Hmong National
Development, Inc. (HND)
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) - 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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