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Please support human rights in Laos, the Hmong people of Laos are still suffering from decades of genocide and broken promises.
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The Hmong groups today, consisting for the most part of half-starved women and children.
Are made up of relatives of the second or third generation of the former fighters in the Secret War or of simple farmers, who are suspected by the military of supporting groups in hiding. Most have not seen the modern world. Since 1975 far to scared of the government troops who hunt them. At least 12,000 are said to exist, with little food, scavenging in the jungle.
The Hmong could neither plant food nor make fire for fear of being detected by the soldiers. Eating nothing but roots and plants. Many die of starvation, exhaustion, sickness or because injuries cannot be attended to.
The Hmong’s only aim is to escape the murderous violence of the soldiers and survive in peace with the forest.
WHY NOT JUST COME OUT OF THE JUNLE
Over thirty years and a generation later the Hmong are still in hiding and still being attacked, chased, raped and killed by Laotian soldiers. Those who surrender face an uncertain fate. Many who do surrender are treated like dirt often tortured, mutilated and even killed. As for the women and children who surrender many are abused and raped.
Most have not seen the modern world. Since 1975, under the communists, thousands of reports evidence the Hmong have suffered frequent persecution, torture, mass executions, imprisonment, and possible chemical weapons attacks. Reports of these atrocities continue to this day.
THE LAOTIAN GOVERNMENT
The Lao Government generally denies the jungle people exist or that any of this is happening. To the present day the government of Laos denies any violations of human rights against the Hmong, but it also refuses the UN and journalists access to the crisis area.For the Laotian government the would have you believe. the Hmong hiding in the woods are rebels.
THE LAOTIAN TROOPS
Once the Hmong are first pinpointed by fighter aircraft and helicopters are then bombed with chemical warfare agents or grenades. The Hmong who fall into the hands of the advancing ground-troops are cruelly tortured, mutilated, raped, imprisonment and mass executioned.
Not even to babies is any mercy shown.
On 6th April 2006 near the town of Vana Vieng at least 26 women and children were murdered. Twelve children were below the age of ten.
THE WAR THAT NEVER WAS.
The C.I.A. operation, from 1961 until 1975, became known as the Secret War because, unlike in Vietnam, America’s military involvement in Laos was covert. Instead of sending American ground troops to prevent a Communist takeover here, the C.I.A. hired tens of thousands of mercenaries, most of whom were Hmong, a hill-dwelling ethnic minority.
It is stated that 30,000 Hmong were killed in Americans War.
Hmong, who fought as CIA soldiers during the Secret War, retreated into the inaccessible mountains of Laos after being abandoned by the US government.
Still today the Hmong are being Hunted like Animals. pulled out in 1975. They became targets of persecution and retaliation due to their role in the Vietnam War.
WHERE IS LAOS ?
Located: Southeastern Asia, northeast of Thailand, west of Vietnam. Officially called the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
VOICES FROM THE MOUNTAINS.
The Hmong group leader, Blia Shoua Her
“If I surrender, I will be punished,”
“They will never forgive me. I cannot live outside the jungle because I am a former American soldier.”
said Xang Yang, aged 58
“We want America to give us a place to live,” “We w ant America to give us food and medicine“. “If the Americans don’t want to do that,” “they should drop a big bomb on us and end our misery.”
said another veteran, Va Chang, aged 60.
STAND WITH THE BLACK BOOK ORGANIZATIONAll we want is to surviveThe time is well overdue. Support our brothers an sisters of the forest.
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