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Thailand: The new Thai government must stand up for human rights ...
18 April 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: ASA 39/004/2008 (Public). Date: 18 April 2008. Thailand: The new Thai government must stand up. ...

Document       ASA 39/004/2008

Thailand: Forcible returns of Lao Hmong must end
26 June 2007

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Public Statement. AI Index: ASA 39/009/2007 (Public). News Service No: 121. 26 June 2007. Thailand: Forcible returns of Lao Hmong must end ...

Press Release       ASA 39/009/2007

Thailand: Thai authorities endanger asylum seekers' safety (web ...
20 June 2007

Over 160 Lao Hmong people were returned to their home country from Thailand on Saturday 9 June. They had sought asylum in Thailand, a number had only recently arrived ...

Report       ASA 39/008/2007

Thailand: Further information on fear of forcible return/arbitrary ...
11 June 2007

The group of 48 were forcibly returned to Laos in the early hours of 9 June, together with another 115 Lao Hmong asylum-seekers. Their whereabouts in Laos are not ...

Urgent Action       ASA 39/007/2007

Thailand: Fear of forcible return/arbitrary arrest
8 June 2007

The Thai authorities are reportedly preparing to forcibly return a group of 48 Lao Hmong asylum-seekers, including at least 30 children, in breach of international ...

Urgent Action       ASA 39/006/2007

Lao People's Democratic Republic: Thao Moua and Pa Fue Khang ...
1 June 2007

Thao Moua (pictured right) and Pa Fue Khang (left), both ethnic Hmong Lao nationals, are serving prison sentences of 12 and 15 years respectively following an apparently ...

Report       ASA 26/008/2007

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23 May 2007

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Laos: Further information on forcible return / arbitrary detention ...
28 March 2007

On 8 March the Lao authorities publicly claimed to have "found" 21 girls and young women who have been missing since December 2005, but have not revealed their ...

Urgent Action       ASA 26/006/2007

Laos: Destitute jungle-dwellers living on run from military
23 March 2007

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PRESS RELEASE. AI Index: ASA 26/004/2007 (Public). News Service No: 050. 23 March 2007. Embargo Date: 23 March 2007 00:01GMT. ...

Press Release       ASA 26/004/2007

Lao People's Democratic Republic: Hiding in the jungle - Hmong ...
23 March 2007

Thousands of ethnic Hmong women, men and children live in scattered groups in the Lao jungles, hiding from the authorities, particularly the military. Amnesty ...

Report       ASA 26/003/2007