"The Communist party leadership and military generals in Vietnam need to immediate halt their propaganda and armed attacks against Hmong Christians and Catholics in Vietnam and Laos," stated Christy Lee, Executive Director of Hmong National Development, Inc. in Washington, D.C.
(PressZoom) - Hmong National Development, Inc. ( HND ), in Washington, D.C., today denounced military and communist party officials of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam ( SRV ) for their scathing propaganda attacks against Hmong Catholics and Christians in state-owned media reports. HND also criticized SRV communist party and military leaders in Hanoi for their increased military and security force intervention in Laos and their role, with the Lao military, in persecuting and killing Hmong and Laotian Christians and religious and political dissidents.
"The Communist party leadership and military generals in Vietnam need to immediate halt their propaganda and armed attacks against Hmong Christians and Catholics in Vietnam and Laos," stated Christy Lee, Executive Director of Hmong National Development, Inc. in Washington, D.C. "Vietnam's state media attacks and religious persecution directed against Hmong Catholics is deplorable and is meant to stir up hostility and attacks against Hmong Catholic and Protest religious believers in Vietnam and Laos."
http://www.vietcatholic.net/News/Html/58576.htm
Vietnam Catholic News ( Vietcatholic News ) reported on September 16, 2008: "Angered by the active participation of Hmong Catholics in Hanoi protests, both at the former nunciature and at Thai Ha, state-run media direct their attacks at Hmong Catholics describing them as superstitious, naive, docile, and childlike people. Fr. John Nguyen Ngoc Nam Phong has warned that the ongoing campaign of mockeries against Catholics on state media could divide the country deeply." http://www.vietcatholic.net/News/Html/58576.htm
"Vietcatholic News continued in their report: sixteen Hmong Catholic women in Hoa Binh province have been mocked on state run media since Monday just because they travelled 38 miles from Van Nghia, Hoa Binh to join Thai Ha protestors. The 16 women brought with them large brass gongs, musical instruments that Hmong use in various occasions, but in particular, when they want to draw attentions of the listeners to their laments of sufferings."
"We also strongly condemn the SRV communist leadership in Vietnam for their increased military and security force intervention in Laos in support of the Lao communist regime's attacks and increased persecution Laotian and Hmong Catholic and Protestant Christian religious believers," continued Christy Lee.
Christy Lee said in conclusion: "In Laos, due to increased intervention by Vietnam's communist party officialdom and Vietnam's secret police and military, Lao and Hmong Christians are being forced to renounce their faith and are not allowed to practice their faith or worship independently or privately; Compass Direct and other religious freedom organizations concerned about Christians have reported about increased abuses in Laos and Vietnam against Lao and Hmong believers." http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&idelement=5547&lang=en&length=short&backpage=archives&critere=Laos&countryname=&rowcur=0
"The religious freedom violations in Vietnam and Laos against the freedom-loving Lao and Hmong religious believers, including Catholics, Christians and traditional animists, are being undertaken jointly by the military and security forces of these two countries in a relentless and brutal fashion, that includes, torture, abduction, arbitrary arrests, extrajudicial killings as well as outright military assaults and a Bosnia and Darfur-like campaign of military encirclement and mass starvation," stated Jade Her of Hmong National Development, Inc. ( HND ).
"The Lao and Vietnamese military and communist party officials responsible for these religious freedom violations, human rights abuses, war crimes and crimes against humanity, that include the high-priority targeting of Hmong Catholics and Chistians in Laos and Vietnam, need to be held accountable by the international community," Jade Her concluded.
The Hmong Lao Human Rights Council, Inc. ( HLHRC ) and the Center for Public Policy Analysis ( CPPA ) have reported that thirty-one ( 31 ) Hmong, including Christians and religious and political dissidents, were recently arrested in Laos by Lao military and security forces, following a recent military and mass starvation campaign that is largely directed by Vietnam in Laos and which includes the active participation of SRV troops, advisors and security personnel.
http://media-newswire.com/release_1073302.html
The Paris, France-based Lao Movement for Human Rights ( LMHR ) has documented the Hanoi-backed Lao government's in killing and persecuting Christians in increasing and alarming numbers and horrific ways. http://media-newswire.com/release_1072587.html
Hmong National Development, Inc. ( HND ) has urged the international court in the Hague to investigate and indict key Lao and Vietnamese military and community party officials for war crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity as a result of the mass starvation and killing of thousands of unarmed Laotian and Hmong civilians and religious and political dissidents in recent months and years as documented by Amnesty International and other independent human rights organizations and journalists.
http://presszoom.com/story_145795.html
Hmong National Development, Inc. ( HND ) is non-profit organization incorporated and registered in Washington, D.C.
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Contact:
Laurie Vue
Tele. ( 202 )629-0377
Hmong National Development, Inc.
P.O. Box 96503
Washington, D.C. 20090-6503
e-mail:
info@hmongnationaldevelopment.com
On the web:
http://www.hnd-inc.org
http://www.hnd-hmongnationaldevelopment.org
http://www.hmongnational.com
(PressZoom) - Hmong National Development, Inc. ( HND ), in Washington, D.C., today denounced military and communist party officials of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam ( SRV ) for their scathing propaganda attacks against Hmong Catholics and Christians in state-owned media reports. HND also criticized SRV communist party and military leaders in Hanoi for their increased military and security force intervention in Laos and their role, with the Lao military, in persecuting and killing Hmong and Laotian Christians and religious and political dissidents.
"The Communist party leadership and military generals in Vietnam need to immediate halt their propaganda and armed attacks against Hmong Christians and Catholics in Vietnam and Laos," stated Christy Lee, Executive Director of Hmong National Development, Inc. in Washington, D.C. "Vietnam's state media attacks and religious persecution directed against Hmong Catholics is deplorable and is meant to stir up hostility and attacks against Hmong Catholic and Protest religious believers in Vietnam and Laos."
http://www.vietcatholic.net/News/Html/58576.htm
Vietnam Catholic News ( Vietcatholic News ) reported on September 16, 2008: "Angered by the active participation of Hmong Catholics in Hanoi protests, both at the former nunciature and at Thai Ha, state-run media direct their attacks at Hmong Catholics describing them as superstitious, naive, docile, and childlike people. Fr. John Nguyen Ngoc Nam Phong has warned that the ongoing campaign of mockeries against Catholics on state media could divide the country deeply." http://www.vietcatholic.net/News/Html/58576.htm
"Vietcatholic News continued in their report: sixteen Hmong Catholic women in Hoa Binh province have been mocked on state run media since Monday just because they travelled 38 miles from Van Nghia, Hoa Binh to join Thai Ha protestors. The 16 women brought with them large brass gongs, musical instruments that Hmong use in various occasions, but in particular, when they want to draw attentions of the listeners to their laments of sufferings."
"We also strongly condemn the SRV communist leadership in Vietnam for their increased military and security force intervention in Laos in support of the Lao communist regime's attacks and increased persecution Laotian and Hmong Catholic and Protestant Christian religious believers," continued Christy Lee.
Christy Lee said in conclusion: "In Laos, due to increased intervention by Vietnam's communist party officialdom and Vietnam's secret police and military, Lao and Hmong Christians are being forced to renounce their faith and are not allowed to practice their faith or worship independently or privately; Compass Direct and other religious freedom organizations concerned about Christians have reported about increased abuses in Laos and Vietnam against Lao and Hmong believers." http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&idelement=5547&lang=en&length=short&backpage=archives&critere=Laos&countryname=&rowcur=0
"The religious freedom violations in Vietnam and Laos against the freedom-loving Lao and Hmong religious believers, including Catholics, Christians and traditional animists, are being undertaken jointly by the military and security forces of these two countries in a relentless and brutal fashion, that includes, torture, abduction, arbitrary arrests, extrajudicial killings as well as outright military assaults and a Bosnia and Darfur-like campaign of military encirclement and mass starvation," stated Jade Her of Hmong National Development, Inc. ( HND ).
"The Lao and Vietnamese military and communist party officials responsible for these religious freedom violations, human rights abuses, war crimes and crimes against humanity, that include the high-priority targeting of Hmong Catholics and Chistians in Laos and Vietnam, need to be held accountable by the international community," Jade Her concluded.
The Hmong Lao Human Rights Council, Inc. ( HLHRC ) and the Center for Public Policy Analysis ( CPPA ) have reported that thirty-one ( 31 ) Hmong, including Christians and religious and political dissidents, were recently arrested in Laos by Lao military and security forces, following a recent military and mass starvation campaign that is largely directed by Vietnam in Laos and which includes the active participation of SRV troops, advisors and security personnel.
http://media-newswire.com/release_1073302.html
The Paris, France-based Lao Movement for Human Rights ( LMHR ) has documented the Hanoi-backed Lao government's in killing and persecuting Christians in increasing and alarming numbers and horrific ways. http://media-newswire.com/release_1072587.html
Hmong National Development, Inc. ( HND ) has urged the international court in the Hague to investigate and indict key Lao and Vietnamese military and community party officials for war crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity as a result of the mass starvation and killing of thousands of unarmed Laotian and Hmong civilians and religious and political dissidents in recent months and years as documented by Amnesty International and other independent human rights organizations and journalists.
http://presszoom.com/story_145795.html
Hmong National Development, Inc. ( HND ) is non-profit organization incorporated and registered in Washington, D.C.
__
Contact:
Laurie Vue
Tele. ( 202 )629-0377
Hmong National Development, Inc.
P.O. Box 96503
Washington, D.C. 20090-6503
e-mail:
info@hmongnationaldevelopment.com
On the web:
http://www.hnd-inc.org
http://www.hnd-hmongnationaldevelopment.org
http://www.hmongnational.com