- Target:
- Everyone
- Region:
- Laos
Many Hmong, who fought as CIA soldiers during the Secret War, retreated into the inaccessible mountains of Laos after the U.S. pulled out in 1975. They became targets of persecution and retaliation due to their role in the Vietnam War.
While most Lao-Hmong are integrated into their country and many Hmong surrendered and continue to come out of the jungle to this day, there are disturbing reports of transgressions by the Lao PDR authorities towards those still in hiding.
Over thirty years and a generation later the Hmong-in-hiding are attacked, chased, raped and killed by Laotian soldiers. Those who surrender face an uncertain fate. “Hunted like Animals”demonstrates that the Hmong-in-hiding in the Laotian military training areas are going through. They endure genocide, the reason why many escape to Thailand, and become refugees.
Source:http://www.rebeccasommer.org/documentaries/Hmong/release.html
We the undersigned would like you to take action in protecting the human rights and conditions of the Hmong People of Laos.
We urge that you be watchful for the Hmong people in the jungles, and desist the brutalities they are faced with regularly. These defenseless, innocent families are being famished and butchered like wild creatures by the Laotian government which is being ignored by the UN and the USA. These atrocities committed are clear violations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. During the Vietnam War, the Hmong people fought on the side of the U.S. and have since been abandoned to cruelty.
For more information, please visit: http://www.rebeccasommer.org/documentaries/Hmong or http://www.hmongihrw.org/
No one should be dehumanized. No one should be deprived of their human rights. If nothing is done, it will only assure that these families are deprived of their human rights.
We appreciate you taking time to read this letter and hope this creates a motion to action in their security & safety.
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The Save the Hmong! Stop the Genocide! petition to Everyone was written by Lisa and is in the category Human Rights at GoPetition.