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• COERR denied access to Hmong refugees

  
  Union of Catholic Asian News — Authority: 135
  BANGKOK (UCAN) — The Catholic Church agency that had looked after some 4,000 ethnic Hmong asylum-seekers before they were deported to Laos, said today [Feb. 8] it still has no access to the people or knowledge of their situation.Catholic Office for Emergency Relief and Refugees (COERR) pledged to continue working ...
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• Don’t drop our cultures

  
  The Collegian Online — Authority: 143
  As a cultural competence specialist, I was shocked to hear that the Multicultural/International (MI) requirements at Fresno State were taken into consideration for elimination.
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• Links & Announcements #20

  
  Asian-Nation : Asian American News, Issues, & Current Events Blog — Authority: 117
  Here are some more announcements and links out that have come my way relating to Asians or Asian Americans. As always, links to other sites are provided for informational purposes and do not necessarily imply an endorsement of their contents. Adjunct Positions in Asian Americans Studies at CUNY The Asian ...
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• Lost Boys of Sudan on journey of hope in Jacksonville

  
  Refugees United Blog — Authority: 116
    Abraham Kuany (left) and John Kuai are “Lost Boys” from Sudan now living in Jacksonville. They arrived seperately in 2001, and with the help of local volunteers, began to make new lives for themselves. Both are now working toward getting into medical school, so they can return to Sudan and help people in ...
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• Expelled Hmong Imprisoned in Laos

  
  democracy for burma — Authority: 454
  Around 50 Hmong refugees who were forcibly repatriated by Thailand to Laos on Dec. 28 have been imprisoned in Paksan jail, according to the Fact Finding Commission (FFC), an American based NGO. It is suggested that the group may have been isolated because of their role as leaders in the camps and during the “secret ...
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• UNHCR looks for ‘dialogue’ with Laos over Hmong (AFP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 182
  AFP - The UN refugee agency said Thursday it still has had no access to thousands of ethnic Hmong expelled from Thailand to Laos last month but was looking for "constructive dialogue" with Lao officials on the matter.
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• Sacramento Journal: For Hmong Hunters, a Guiding Voice in Their New Home

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 901
  Yia Yang, who hosts a Hmong radio show about hunting, and an on-air guest, Capt. Roy Griffith, who runs California’s hunter education program.
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• Govt confirms Hmong returnees treated well

  
  Lao Voices — Authority: 448
  The Lao government has confirmed that no Hmong returnees have been imprisoned or persecuted upon their return to Laos.Chairman of the Lao-Thai border security sub-committee, Brigadier General Bouasieng Champaphanh, spoke to local and international media and members of the diplomatic corps to Laos at a press conference ...
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• Laos inters Hmong refugees

  
  The Daily Clarity — Authority: 129
  For those readers who need a reminder of an ongoing issue, Thailand recently forcefully repatriated several thousand Hmong people back to Laos. It was feared that the Hmong returnees would be mistreated and victimized by authorities there. As a background, the Hmong are a rugged hill people from Laos, many of whom ...
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• Govt reiterates policy for Hmong returnees, welcomes foreign visits

  
  Lao Voices — Authority: 448
  A senior diplomat has announced that the Lao government will be happy to arrange visits to Hmong returnees requested by foreign ambassadors when they have been properly resettled, while reiterating the government’s humanitarian policy to the returnees.Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Phongsavath Boupha restated ...
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• Forced Recantations of Faith Continue in Vietnam

  
  Particular Baptist Kev's Random Thoughts — Authority: 127
  New Christians in northwest violently compelled to return to ancestor worship.HANOI, Vietnam, January 18 (CDN) — A Vietnamese man violently forced to recant his fledgling Christian faith faces pressure from authorities and clansmen to prove his return to traditional Hmong belief by sacrificing to ancestors next ...
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• Lao, Thai foreign ministers discuss returning migrants

  
  Lao Voices — Authority: 448
  Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Thongloun Sisoulith met yesterday with Thailand ’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Kasit Piromya to discuss the return of Lao citizens who entered Thailand illegally several years ago.The group was tricked into thinking they would continue on to the United States, ...
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• Lack of transparency thwarted attempts to safeguard Hmong

  
  democracy for burma — Authority: 454
  Since the end of the Indochina conflict in 1975, Thailand has been a generous host to hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing conflict and political persecution in the region. Many of these people endured terrible hardships and literally fled for their lives. These people, and the international community, will be ...
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• South by Southeast: The hill tribes of Southeast Asia

  
  Gadling — Authority: 697
  Filed under: Hiking , Asia , Burma (Myanmar) , Laos , Thailand , Vietnam Welcome back to Gadlings series on backpacking Southeast Asia, South by Southeast . Southeast Asia is modernizing rapidly. These days, malls line the streets of Thailand and WiFi signals and cell phones blanket the cafes of ...
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• Thai Army restricts journalists from covering Hmong deportation by Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA)

  
  democracy for burma — Authority: 454
  13 January 2010 The Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) expresses grave concern over the Thai military’s attempts to restrict the news coverage of its deportation of 4,000 Hmong refugees from their camp in Thailand’s northern province of Petchabun in December 2009. The Thai Army blocked both Thai and foreign ...
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• US congressmen visit Lao Hmong returnees

  
  Lao Voices — Authority: 448
  (KPL) No evidence of mistreatment of Hmong repatriates from Thailand is recorded as claimed by some groups, said visiting US congressmen.The delegation, led by Chairman Faleomavaega, is visiting Laos as part of a four-nation tour including Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Japan. It is the first US congressional delegation ...
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• Hmong Story Quilt - Escape to a New Life

  
  Priscilla Kibbee — Authority: 123
  Perhaps the best known form of Hmong needle art is "Paj Ntaub Tib Neeg" also called "story cloth" These lovely pictorial embroideries developed very recently in Hmong history. It appears that Hmong men began to draw elements of traditional Hmong stories to help make sure they would be remembered during the times of ...
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• Latest Hmong group returned home

  
  Lao Voices — Authority: 448
  (KPL) Four families with 19 Lao Hmong, the latest group of Lao Hmong at Houai Namkhao camp, Phetchabun province of Thailand, was presented to the Lao authority on the first Friendship Bridge on 7 January.These Hmong people were part of the group of the repatriation to Laos on 28 December.A hand-over ceremony of the ...
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• US congressmen visit Lao Hmong returnees

  
  Lao Voices — Authority: 448
  Visiting US congressmen said they had found no evidence of mistreatment of Hmong who returned to Laos from Thailand, as claimed by some groups.“There is no indication of discrimination or harassment or mistreatment of the people in Phalak village,” Chairman of the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the Global ...
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