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Mekong Governments Delay the Xayaburi Dam Pending Further Study Civil Society Demands Clear Commitment from Laos to Stop All Construction Activities
Siem Reap, Cambodia – In a crucial decision for the people and ecosystems of the Mekong River Basin, the governments of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam agreed today to delay the Xayaburi Dam, the first of eleven dams proposed for the Mekong River, pending further study on the impacts of the proposed Mekong mainstream dams. Japan and other international donors will be asked to assist in conducting the studies. No timetable for the delay was announced.
The government representatives did not give a joint press conference, but rather spoke to journalists separately. Te Navuth, Secretary General of the Cambodian National Mekong Committee told reporters, "When the four member countries agreed to conduct a further study, this meant the construction would not start until we have a clear result."
“Today the Mekong governments responded to the will of the people of the region. We welcome the recognition that not nearly enough is known about the impacts of mainstream dams to be able to make a decision about the Xayaburi Dam,” said Ms. Ame Trandem, Southeast Asia Program Director for International Rivers. “In line with today’s important decision, we expect that construction on the Xayaburi Dam will immediately stop and equipment will be cleared from the site. We expect the governments will provide a clear timeline and consultation process for the studies, and that the prior consultation process will remain open.”
“The Mekong governments made the right decision today, but it is only the beginning,” said Ms. Nguy Thi Khanh of Vietnam Rivers Network. “The governments need to take further steps to make their joint commitment a reality. They should agree on a roadmap for conducting further scientific studies to understand the Mekong River, building on the recommendations of the Strategic Environmental Assessment. They should commit not to pursue any mainstream dams until these studies are complete and meaningful public consultation occurs. We hope the Lao government will act in good faith and immediately halt all construction activities at the dam site and withdraw all construction equipment.”
The agreement to delay the Xayaburi Dam and conduct further studies was confirmed at a meeting of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) Council today in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The agreement was reportedly first made by the four Prime Ministers of the MRC Member Countries at the 3rd Mekong-Japan Summit held on the sideline of the 19th ASEAN Summit in Bali, Indonesia in November 2011.
“Ultimately the only responsible solution is to cancel the Xayaburi Dam and other dams planned for the Mekong River. We are confident that scientific studies on the Xayaburi Dam’s impacts, conducted in a transparent, participatory, and independent manner, will reach the same conclusion,” said Mr. Teerapong Pomun, Director of Living River Siam, a Thai NGO working to protect rivers and people.
The decision builds on the outcomes of a meeting of the four governments last April, when Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam called for further studies of the project’s transboundary impacts and public consultations before deciding on the dam. At that time, Vietnam also called for a ten-year moratorium on all mainstream dams in line with the recommendations of a 2010 Strategic Environmental Assessment prepared for the Mekong River Commission.
“While the governments have agreed to a delay, they will eventually need to make a final decision on whether to proceed with the dam,” said Mr. Chhith Sam Ath, Executive Director of the NGO Forum on Cambodia. “We believe that scientific evidence and the voices of the people must be taken into account in any further decisions. Alternative energy options exist that are cheaper and cleaner than these dams. The Mekong governments have succeeded at this first test of regional cooperation, but we cannot stop and rest yet.”
A study released this week demonstrated that power from Xayaburi and other mainstream dams was not needed to meet Thailand’s energy demand, and that cheaper and cleaner options exist that would lower electricity bills and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The Xayaburi Dam and the other dams proposed for the Mekong River have come under intense local and international scrutiny in the past year. Numerous scientific studies have warned about the potentially harmful impacts of these projects to the region’s fisheries, farmers, and local communities. Nevertheless, between April and December, Laos proceeded with preliminary construction and Thailand pursued agreements to purchase 95% of the dam’s electricity.
Media Contacts:
Ms. Ame Trandem, Southeast Asia Program Director, International Rivers: +66 868822426, ame@internationalrivers.org
Mr. Chhith Sam Ath, Executive Director, The NGO Forum on Cambodia, +855 12928585, samath@ngoforum.org.kh
More information:
• Read the Media Kit on the Xayaburi Dam • Learn more about the Save the Mekong Coalition
International Rivers is an environmental and human rights organization with staff in four continents. For over two decades, International Rivers has been at the heart of the global struggle to protect rivers and the rights of communities that depend on them.
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De: Souy Sengsay Objet: RE: ທ່ານ ຫມໍ ຢົງ À: laosnetworkroom@googlegroups.com Date: Jeudi 8 décembre 2011, 17h39
Sabaidii Thane Ath,
Non, Non ! Si je ne m'exprime pas souvent, ce n'est pas du tout parce que j'ai peur de Mister YONG (Bood). Ce Mister n'a rien, absolument rien à me ou à nous effrayer. Il est un diplomate. Je suis un ancien commando expérimenté qui a connu des coups durs. Avez-vous connu un commando qui a peur d'un diplomate ! Bref, je m'amuse ! Quand on n'a pas d'idées ou pas de bonnes idées, il vaut mieux se taire, écouter, observer... au lieu de dire n'importe quoi. Autrement dit, parler pour ne rien dire ou raconter toujours la même chose, ce n'est pas intéressant. Ce serait même pénible pour les internautes qui reçoivent plus de 50 messages inutiles par jour. Il y en a qui s'exprime bien, très bien même. Je les apprécie mais je ne dis pas leurs noms. J'avoue que j'ai supprimé sans les ouvrir, des messages que je juge sans intérêts. Moi même, quand je n'ai pas des idées neuves, je ne veux tout simplement pas déranger les autres. Je n'ai jamais peur des agents de la RDPL ! En plus, j'ai dépassé l'âge d'avoir peur. Malgré mon âge avancé, s'il fallait refaire ce que j'ai fait il y a 40 ans, je n'hésiterai pas une seconde ! Mister YONGBLOOD dirait : Oh ! Khonh Thaô Khi Khouy ! Euh, Khouy Mô Pay xanh léo ! Une chose importante : Il y a des patriotes du forum qui n'apprécient pas l'usage d'une langue étrangère. En ce moment, je ne suis pas équipé pour m'exprimer en LAO ! Soyez sûr, cher Thane Ath, mon propos ici n'a rien contre vous. Nous sommes amis, n'est-ce pas ! C'est simplement pour dire mes raisons de ne pas m'exprimer régulièrement. Nab thu, SOUY
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 04:51:23 -0800 From: ath_dhatpa@yahoo.com Subject: Re: ທ່ານ ຫມໍ ຢົງ To: laosnetworkroom@googlegroups.com
Non, Non ! Si je ne m'exprime pas souvent, ce n'est pas du tout parce que j'ai peur de Mister YONG (Bood ບອດ). Ce Mister n'a rien, absolument rien à me ou à nous effrayer. Il est un diplomate. Je suis un ancien commando expérimenté qui a connu des coups durs. Avez-vous connu un commando qui a peur d'un diplomate ! Bref, je m'amuse ! Quand on n'a pas d'idées ou pas de bonnes idées, il vaut mieux se taire, écouter, observer... au lieu de dire n'importe quoi. Autrement dit, parler pour ne rien dire ou raconter toujours la même chose, ce n'est pas intéressant. Ce serait même pénible pour les internautes qui reçoivent plus de 50 messages inutiles par jour. Il y en a qui s'exprime bien, très bien même. Je les apprécie mais je ne dis pas leurs noms. J'avoue que j'ai supprimé sans les ouvrir, des messages que je juge sans intérêts. Moi même, quand je n'ai pas des idées neuves, je ne veux tout simplement pas déranger les autres. Je n'ai jamais peur des agents de la RDPL ! En plus, j'ai dépassé l'âge d'avoir peur. Malgré mon âge avancé, s'il fallait refaire ce que j'ai fait il y a 40 ans, je n'hésiterai pas une seconde ! Mister YONGBLOOD (ຍົງບອດ ແກວແຂ້ວດຳຫ້ນາແຫລ້)dirait : Oh ! Khonh Thaô Khi Khouy ຄົນເຖົ້າຂີ້ຄູຍ! Euh,ເອີຍKhouy Mô Pay xanh léo ຄູຍໂມ້ໄປຊັ້ນແລ້ວ Une chose importante : Il y a des patriotes du forum qui n'apprécient pas l'usage d'une langue étrangère. En ce moment, je ne suis pas équipé pour m'exprimer en LAO ! Soyez sûr, cher Thane Ath, mon propos ici n'a rien contre vous. Nous sommes amis, n'est-ce pas ! C'est simplement pour dire mes raisons de ne pas m'exprimer régulièrement. Nab thu, SOUY
ເວົ້າຖືກກ່ຽວກັບປະທ້ວງ ສະນັ້ນ ເນື່ອງໃນວັນຄົບຮອບ 63 ປີ ຂອງ”ປະກາດສາກົນກ່ຽວກັບສິດທິມະນຸດ”ຈື່ງເຊີນ ທ່ານຜູ້ຮັກຊາດໄປປະທ້ວງໃນວັນທີ10 ທັນວາ (12) 2011 ເວລາ 18ໂມງ ທີ່ເດີ່ນນ້ຳພຸ ”ແຊງມີແຊລ” ປາຣີສ ຄຸ້ມ 5 . Le 10.12.2011 à 18h à la Fontaine Place Saint Michel, Métro : St Michel-Notre Dame, Paris 5° Cordialement
China, Laos vows to further enhance military relations Source: XINHUA | 2011-12-6 | ONLINE EDITION
VIENTIANE, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Laos and China pledged on Monday to deepen military exchanges and cooperation, strengthen unity and friendship between the two countries'militaries and work together to maintain regional peace and stability.
The vows came out of the meeting between the Lao Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense Douangchay Phichith, Lao Deputy Minister of National Defense Sanyahak Phomvihane (36 years ) Lao Deputy Minister of National Defense Sanyahak Phomvihane (36 years ) Lao Deputy Minister of National Defense Sanyahak Phomvihane (36 years ) Lao Deputy Minister of National Defense Sanyahak Phomvihane (36 years ) Lao Deputy Minister of National Defense Sanyahak Phomvihane (36 years ) and the visiting Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Cai Yingting.
Douangchay said the Lao side appreciates the Chinese side's long-term support and help which have contributed to the Lao social economic development and national defense building. The Lao Party, government and military attach great importance to developing relations with China, and are willing to make joint efforts with the Chinese side to further promote the two states and militaries' ties to a new level.
Sanyahak said that no matter how changes in the international and regional situation, the solid traditional friendship between the two countries' people and militaries won't change. Laos is willing to cooperate with China closely, deepen communication and cooperation between the two militaries, and constantly strengthen unity and friendship of the two sides.
Cai said that China and Laos are friendly neighbors, the peoples of the two countries have forged a profound friendship since ancient times. In recent years, the bilateral ties continue to see a healthier and stabler development, especially after the two countries have established a comprehensive strategic and cooperative partnership.
The Chinese side will continue to maintain close high-level contacts with Laos, enhance substantial cooperation, and strengthen friendly coordination, in order to contribute to the bilateral ties, and regional peace, stability and prosperity, Cai added.
The Cai-led Chinese PLA delegation arrived in Lao's capital of Vientiane on Monday at the invitation of the Lao Ministry of National Defense, kicking off their friendly visit to Laos.
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Xaysomphone PHOMVIHANE lao NA's VICE - President
Santiphab PHOMVIHANE deputy Minister of Finances
Thongsavanh PHOMVIHANE LaoDeang Ambassador in Moscow
Mrs Vienthong Siphandone deputy Minister of Finances
Mrs khemphèng POLSENA MINISTER IN PM CABINET
Mrs Khemmany POLSENA deputy Minister of Industry and Trade
Mr Sommad POLSENA Minister of Transport
Dr Phonethep POLSENA Sédone 's deputy and President of social and cultural Commission in AN
Nam VIYAKET Ministe of Industry and Trade
Khampho KHAIKHAMPITHOUN Laodeang Ambassador in Cuba and Nigaragua
Mrs Viengsavanh SIPRASEUTH Laodeang Ambassador in Singapore
Xaysomphone PHOMVIHANE lao NA's VICE - President Santiphab PHOMVIHANE deputy Minister of Finances Thongsavanh PHOMVIHANE LaoDeang Ambassador in Moscow Mrs Vienthong Siphandone deputy Minister of Finances Mrs khemphèng POLSENA MINISTER IN PM CABINET Mrs Khemmany POLSENA deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Mr Sommad POLSENA Minister of Transport Dr Phonethep POLSENA Sédone 's deputy and President of social and cultural Commission in AN Nam VIYAKET Ministe of Industry and Trade Khampho KHAIKHAMPITHOUN Laodeang Ambassador in Cuba and Nigaragua Mrs Viengsavanh SIPRASEUTH Laodeang Ambassador in Singapore
เว็บไซต์ประชาไทยรายงานว่าเมื่อวันที่ 9 ธันวาคม ณ กรุงเจนีวา ประเทศสวิตเซอร์แลนด์ ราวินา แชมดาซานิ (Ravina Shamdasani) รักษาการโฆษกสำนักงานข้าหลวงใหญ่สิทธิมนุษยชนแห่งสหประชาชาติ (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights - OHCHR) ได้แถลงข่าวเรียกร้องให้ทางการไทยแก้ไขกฎหมายอาญามาตรา 112 เนื่องจากมองว่ากฎหมายดังกล่าวส่งผลกระทบที่ร้ายแรงต่อเสรีภาพในการแสดงออก ของประชาชน
Now, Therefore THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY proclaims THIS UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction. ^ Top Article 1. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. ^ Top Article 2. Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty. ^ Top Article 3. Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person. ^ Top Article 4. No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms. ^ Top Article 5. No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. ^ Top Article 6. Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law. ^ Top Article 7. All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination. ^ Top Article 8. Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law. ^ Top Article 9. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile. ^ Top Article 10. Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him. ^ Top Article 11. (1) Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence. (2) No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed. ^ Top Article 12. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks. ^ Top Article 13. (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state. (2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country. ^ Top Article 14. (1) Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution. (2) This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations. ^ Top Article 15. (1) Everyone has the right to a nationality. (2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality. ^ Top Article 16. (1) Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution. (2) Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses. (3) The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State. ^ Top Article 17. (1) Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others. (2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property. ^ Top Article 18. Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance. ^ Top Article 19. Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. ^ Top Article 20. (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association. (2) No one may be compelled to belong to an association. ^ Top Article 21. (1) Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives. (2) Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country. (3) The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures. ^ Top Article 22. Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality. ^ Top Article 23. (1) Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment. (2) Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work. (3) Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection. (4) Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests. ^ Top Article 24. Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay. ^ Top Article 25. (1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control. (2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection. ^ Top Article 26. (1) Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit. (2) Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace. (3) Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children. ^ Top Article 27. (1) Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits. (2) Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author. ^ Top Article 28. Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized. ^ Top Article 29. (1) Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality is possible. (2) In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society. (3) These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations. ^ Top Article 30. Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein.
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French colonel 'killed himself in pro-Hmong protest' Hmong refugees repatriated to Laos i(December 2009) Thailand repatriated almost 5,000 Hmong refugees to Laos in December 2009 Continue reading the main story Related Stories
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A retired French colonel has killed himself to protest against "indifference" to the plight of Laos's Hmong minority, French media say.
Col Robert Jambon, 86, shot himself in October on the steps of the "Indochina monument" in Dinan in western France.
In a suicide letter published by Ouest France, he described his action as "an act of war aimed at rescuing our brothers-in-arms facing death".
Ethnic Hmong have been complaining of discrimination in Vietnam and Laos.
Col Jambon fought alongside Hmong during France's war in South-East Asia in the 1940s and early 1950s.
Many members of the community joined French forces during the conflict - known in the country as the "Indochina war".
In the suicide note, the colonel wrote: "After a long period of disappointment I have decided to play my final card, or more precisely my final bullet."
He said the suicide was aimed at expressing his "shame and to protest against the cowardly indifference of our officials in the face of the terrible misfortune that is hitting our friends in Laos".
Col Jambon said he had been particularly outraged by the lack of international reaction to Thailand's decision to expel thousands of Hmong refugees two years ago.
"As for you, governments without honour and big media without honour, I spit my blood and my contempt in your face," his letter says.
The Hmong communities of northern Laos and Vietnam also fought alongside US forces during the Vietnam War, and feel they are discriminated against because of their past.
2011-12-12 New Miss Minnesota is first Lao-American to hold title
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>>>PHOTOS : Miss MINNESOTA USA 2012
The state will send an Asian-American to the Miss USA pageant next year.
Nitaya Panemalaythong, 26, of Savage was crowned Miss Minnesota last month. The office worker and Normandale College student is the first Asian-American to win the honors, according to pageant producers.
Panemalaythong, whose family is from Laos, was born in a refugee camp in Thailand. In 1986, she moved to the United States as an infant. Her family lived in Minneapolis and North Carolina.
Her bio says her proudest achievement was buying a house last year. Why?
"She and her brother in law support 10 family members, living in that home," the bio says.
Panemalaythong was at first skeptical about entering the pageant, and at 26, she was the oldest contestant in the competition, the Savage Pacer reports.
The Hmong are a little-known people in a secretive land But there is increasing evidence that the Hmong are fighting back.
Over the last few decades, there have been persistent rumours of rebel fighters living in remote jungle areas - the kind of reports which the three foreigners now on trial were trying to confirm.
Sunai Phasuk says it is very difficult to get accurate information about the number of rebels in Laos, or the activities they are engaged in.
Three foreigners were arrested while researching the Hmong in 2003 But last month Andrew Perrin, a journalist from Time Asia magazine, managed to gain access to a remote rebel camp, where he met hundreds of Hmong families.
"What we found really surprised us. There were 800-900 people - far more than we had thought - and we were told there were another 20 similar groups around Laos," he told BBC News Online.
The group he encountered was living in a state of constant siege, with women and children in desperate need of food and medical attention - and constantly on the run from the Lao authorities.
"These people are hunted like wild animals," said Mr Perrin. "It has been going on for nearly 30 years."
"From their hill-top camps, military patrols fire rockets into the jungle. If they spot someone, they shoot."
In public, the Lao Government denies that the Hmong rebels exist.
But diplomatic sources have said that, behind the scenes, the authorities believe the rebels are behind a spate of recent ambush attacks on buses in the region.
Sunai Phasuk said it was not in the government's interest to openly blame the Hmong for the attacks, as it would imply the authorities were no longer in control of the situation.
So, instead, the attacks are blamed on "bandits" or "bad people".
Amnesty's Daniel Alberman rebuffed that explanation.
"You don't kill a load of bus passengers if you're a bandit," he said.
Andrew Perrin said it was impossible to say who was behind the bus attacks.
Eyewitnesses have claimed that those responsible spoke the Hmong language and looked like ethnic Hmong.
But Mr Perrin said the Hmong he met denied being involved in any attacks. He said there was even a possibility that the military itself was behind the ambushes.
The truth of the matter is likely to remain difficult to determine, and the continuing violence could well deter others from investigating further.
The Hmong are a little-known people in a secretive land But there is increasing evidence that the Hmong are fighting back. Over the last few decades, there have been persistent rumours of rebel fighters living in remote jungle areas - the kind of reports which the three foreigners now on trial were trying to confirm. Sunai Phasuk says it is very difficult to get accurate information about the number of rebels in Laos, or the activities they are engaged in.
Three foreigners were arrested while researching the Hmong in 2003 But last month Andrew Perrin, a journalist from Time Asia magazine, managed to gain access to a remote rebel camp, where he met hundreds of Hmong families. "What we found really surprised us. There were 800-900 people - far more than we had thought - and we were told there were another 20 similar groups around Laos," he told BBC News Online. The group he encountered was living in a state of constant siege, with women and children in desperate need of food and medical attention - and constantly on the run from the Lao authorities. "These people are hunted like wild animals," said Mr Perrin. "It has been going on for nearly 30 years." "From their hill-top camps, military patrols fire rockets into the jungle. If they spot someone, they shoot." In public, the Lao Government denies that the Hmong rebels exist. But diplomatic sources have said that, behind the scenes, the authorities believe the rebels are behind a spate of recent ambush attacks on buses in the region. Sunai Phasuk said it was not in the government's interest to openly blame the Hmong for the attacks, as it would imply the authorities were no longer in control of the situation. So, instead, the attacks are blamed on "bandits" or "bad people". Amnesty's Daniel Alberman rebuffed that explanation. "You don't kill a load of bus passengers if you're a bandit," he said. Andrew Perrin said it was impossible to say who was behind the bus attacks. Eyewitnesses have claimed that those responsible spoke the Hmong language and looked like ethnic Hmong. But Mr Perrin said the Hmong he met denied being involved in any attacks. He said there was even a possibility that the military itself was behind the ambushes. The truth of the matter is likely to remain difficult to determine, and the continuing violence could well deter others from investigating further.
Par Kate McGeown BBC Nouvelles en ligne Insurgés rebelles
Les Hmong sont un peuple peu connu dans un pays secret Mais il ya plus de preuves que les Hmong sont riposter.
Au cours des dernières décennies, il ya eu des rumeurs persistantes de rebelles combattants vivant dans des zones de jungle à distance - le type de rapports dont les trois étrangers aujourd'hui en procès tentaient de confirmer. Sunai Phasuk affirme qu'il est très difficile d'obtenir des informations précises sur les nombre de rebelles au Laos, ou des activités qu'ils sont engagés po
Trois étrangers ont été arrêtés alors des recherches sur les Hmong en 2003 Mais le mois dernier, Andrew Perrin, un journaliste du Time Asia magazine, géré pour accéder à un camp de rebelles à distance, où il a rencontré des centaines de Hmongs familles. . «Nous avons découvert nous a vraiment surpris Il y avait 800-900 personnes - beaucoup plus que nous l'avions pensé - et on nous a dit il y avait 20 autres groupes similaires autour du Laos ", a déclaré à la BBC Nouvelles en ligne. Le groupe a rencontré vivait dans un état de siège constant, avec les femmes et les enfants dans le besoin désespéré de nourriture et de soins médicaux - et permanence sur la course par les autorités lao. «Ces gens sont chassés comme des animaux sauvages», a déclaré M. Perrin. "Il a été passe près de 30 ans. " »De leur sommet d'une colline camps, les militaires des patrouilles des roquettes dans la jungle. Si ils aperçoivent quelqu'un, ils tirent. " En public, le Gouvernement lao nie que les rebelles hmongs existent. Mais des sources diplomatiques ont affirmé que, dans les coulisses, les autorités croient que les rebelles sont derrière une série d'attaques récente embuscade contre des autobus dans la région. Sunai Phasuk a déclaré qu'il n'était pas dans l'intérêt du gouvernement ouvertement blâmer les Hmong pour les attaques, car il impliquerait les autorités ne sont plus dans le contrôle de la situation. Ainsi, au lieu, les attentats sont attribués à des «bandits» ou «mauvaises personnes». Amnesty Daniel Alberman repoussé cette explication. «On ne tue pas une charge de passagers du bus si vous êtes un bandit», at-il dit. Andrew Perrin a dit qu'il était impossible de dire qui était derrière les attaques de bus. Des témoins oculaires ont affirmé que les responsables parlaient la langue Hmong et ressemblait ethnique hmong. Mais M. Perrin a déclaré que le Hmong, il a rencontré nié être impliqué dans des attaques. Il dit qu'il n'y avait même une possibilité que l'armée elle-même était derrière le embuscades. La vérité de la matière est susceptible de rester difficile à déterminer, et le la violence continue pourrait bien dissuader les autres d'enquêter davantage.
Laos: 2 prisoners freed after 14 years Monday, 20 December 2004, 9:50 am Press Release: Amnesty International
Laos: Two prisoners of conscience freed after 14 years
Amnesty International is delighted by the safe arrival in France today of two Lao former prisoners of conscience, Feng Sakchittaphong and Latsami Khamphoui. The pair were released from prison in October this year having served a 14-year sentence for charges including "making preparations for rebellion" and "propaganda against the Lao People’s Democratic Republic".
Both men had advocated peaceful economic and political reform in Laos -- a country which has a zero-tolerance policy towards dissent in any form
"Amnesty International shares in the delight of Feng and Latsami’s families and hopes that their release marks another step on the road towards the full respect of human rights for all in Laos," said Natalie Hill, Deputy Asia Director at Amnesty International.
There were widely-held concerns that the pair may not have been released at the end of their sentence -- an all too common occurrence in Laos. It was also feared that the pair would not be allowed to leave the country to seek medical help abroad. Feng and Latsami are both 62 years old and suffering from poor health, including heart and kidney problems. Both men have close family connections in France.
Sadly, fellow prisoner of conscience Thongsouk Saysangkhi died in prison before he could be released. The former colleague of Feng and Latsami died in 1998 aged 59. The three men were arrested at the same time and lived under extremely harsh conditions in a prison camp, with few family visits allowed. Thongsouk had been denied adequate medical care for serious health problems.
"Our hearts go out to the family of Thongsouk Saysangkhi who should also have been rejoicing today," said Natalie Hill.
Khaphachao day ao khao ni lon nay véthi lao-nork tè tol deuane 11 phoune, tèva bo mi nak kane muong lao phouday sol chay (nork chark Thanh Koupranom Abhay lè Thanh Souk Thasy). Sia day youh !
Thanh colonel Robert JAMBON bo day kao theung tè phinong Lao-Hmong tho nane. Thanh day vao theung paxasone lao thoua pay lè vao theung ban ha sat, nay spp Lao.
TXLF
Réponse de TXLF à Khoupranom
Mon cher ami,
Comme tu dis, le geste du colonel Robert Jambon est un geste fort et rarissime. De son vivant il avait écrit maintes fois aux responsables politiques et aux médias pour attirer leur attention sur le drame laotien, mais il se heurtait à un mur de silence, parce que la France n'a plus aucun intérêt politique, économique et commercial au Laos. Pour la France, les Droits de l'Homme en Asie, et en particulier au Laos, ne sont pas les mêmes qu'en Afrique. Ce sont des sous-droits qui ne valent pas la peine d'être défendus ! La preuve est flagrante. Pendant que l'on fait la guerre en Afrique pour déloger les dictateurs africains, on décore les dictateurs laodèng de la Légion d'Honneur (pour avoir traité les français de sales colonisateurs et de bourreaux du peuple laotien).
En tant que bouddhiste, je n'approuve pas le geste du colonel Jambon, mais parfois je le comprends.
Touxoua Lyfoung
Dans un e-mail daté du 11/3/2011 5:18:10 p.m. Paris, Madrid, koupranom_abhay@yahoo.fr a écrit :
Réaction de Monsieur Koupranom Abhay
Bonjour Touxoua Lyfoung ,
La mort du Col Robert Jambon m'interpelle pour que je m'attarde avec émotion et respect pour saluer sa mémoire et son geste rarissime, exécuté pour honorer une noble cause .
Le temps passe , la vie change , et le Colonel n'a jamais oublié le Laos, comme moi , nous sommes enchainés pour toujours à cette terre envoutante , à ces montagnes et à ce Mékong impassible qui continue à abreuver les berges de ce beau pays.
Mes condoléances sincères à la famille du Colonel Robert Jambon .
Koupranom Abhay
Réponse de TXLF à Monsieur Souk Thasy
Bonjour Monsieur Souk Thasy,
Avec Monsieur Koupranom Abhay, vous êtes la deuxième personne qui a réagi à mon message.
J'ai pris la peine de poster ce message à tous les forums Lao Nork. Je suis un peu étonné que l'Opposition Lao Exilée reste insensible devant cet événement tragique dont la situation politique en RDPL est en partie responsable.
Oui, le colonel Robert Jambon était un grand homme. Sa mort (que nous pleurons tous) servira la cause de la Démocratie et contribuera à faire comprendre aux responsables politiques et aux médias
- que la dictature au Laos est aussi barbare que la dictature en Libye ou ailleurs.
- que les droits de l'Homme sont les mêmes en Europe, en Afrique, en Amérique et en Asie,
- que le peuple laotien n'est pas un sous peuple,
- que la vie d'un laotien vaut autant celle d'un tout autre être humain, et
- que les droits de l'Homme au Laos ne sont pas des sous-droits qui ne valent pas d'être défendus.
Amitiés
Touxoua Lyfoung
Réaction de Monsieur Souk Thasy
Dans un e-mail daté du 11/4/2011 2:09:24 p.m. Paris, Madrid, souk.thasy@gmail.com a écrit : ທ່ານ ຕູຊົວທີ່ນັບຖື
Dans un e-mail daté du 11/3/2011 11:04:16 a.m. Paris, Madrid, Touxoua@aol.com a écrit :
Amis et chers compatriotes,
Hier (mercredi 2 novembre 2011) j'ai assisté aux obsèques d'un ami, le colonel Robert JAMBON, retraité des Troupes de Marine de l'Armée française, qui avait fait trois séjours au Laos, entre 1949 et 1954, et qui s'est donné la mort, la semaine dernière, devant le Monument des Soldats morts pour la France de Dinan (Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, France). J'étais accompagné du Commandant Vang Néng, Président de l'Association Solidarité Hmong en France, et de quelques ami Lao-Hmong de Rennes.
Le colonel Robert JAMBON était Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur, titulaire de la Croix de Guerre des TOE avec Palme et Officier de l'Ordre du Million d'Eléphants et du Parasol Blanc.
Voici les motifs de son "suicide" que je mets à la connaissance de nos compatriotes laotiens, avec l'autorisation de la Famille JAMBON. Ce document nous a été remis, de main propre, par la veuve du Colonel Robert JAMBOM, à la sortie de l'Eglise de Saint Samson sur Rance. Certains passages ont été lus, avec émotion, devant l'assistance, par le révérend Prête.
Le colonel Robert JAMBON pense que son geste servira à sensibiliser les autorités politiques et les médias françaises sur "le cas laotien".
Voilà un grand français qui mérite le respect de notre Communauté Lao.
ทั้งนี้ นาย Tadashi Yanai ได้เปิดร้าน Uniqlo เป็นครั้งแรกที่เมืองฮิโรชิม่าในปี 1984 ก่อนที่จะเริ่มขยายสาขาสู่ฮ่องกง เกาหลีใต้ และสหรัฐอเมริกาในปี 2010 สำหรับประเทศไทยนั้นได้ต้อนรับ Uniqlo ถึง 3 สาขาในปี 2011 คือที่ Central World, Central Plaza ลาดพร้าว และ Central Plaza Grand พระราม 9
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Even in China, more than half of its millionaires are planning to leave the country in order to invest and live in safer places for their wealth, more ...
12/15/2011 11:34 ASIA A Christmas of emergencies By Bernardo Cervellera
Christmas 2011 is marked by economic crisis, unemployment, and anxiety, even among wealthy Chinese millionaires. Post-tsunami Japan, Post-earthquake Indonesia and Turkey, Post-flood Vietnam, Thailand and Laos show that there is also an ecological emergency. In all these situations the Churches of Asia are laying seeds of hope that help the fatigue of many churches of the West. Even God was born in an emergency.
Rome (AsiaNews) - Christmas 2011 approaches marked by emergencies. First, the economic crisis that is choking the whole world. Beyond the numbers and percentages, the often incomprehensible jargon of the financial newspapers, it is consuming the life and livelihoods of millions of people who are unemployed and eroding the fragile unity of nations, once held together by the desire for well-being and possible opportunities to achieve it.
Even in China, more than half of its millionaires are planning to leave the country in order to invest and live in safer places for their wealth, more law-abiding nations, with fewer tensions and social unrest. After having enriched themselves leaving the rest of the population in poverty, after using the Communist Party to accumulate their riches, and after making China the most polluted country on earth, they are now looking for a quiet place to enjoy luxury and tranquility.
But it is doubtful that they will find one: the economic emergency is afflicting all four corners of the planet and everywhere people are anxious about their present and future.
There is also an ecological and weather emergency. This year the world - and Asia in particular – has witnessed earthquakes in Japan, Indonesia, Turkey, the tsunami that swept away the lives of tens of thousands of Japanese people, putting the survival of the nation at risk with the ensuing nuclear crisis in Fukushima , floods in Southeast Asia which for months have tried the patience of Thais, Filipinos, Vietnamese, Laotian, Burmese, destroying the rice fields, their main source of nourishment, and blocking industrial development.
But the real emergency is that of God and man. Man who does not see the world as a created gift, who considers his fellow being as prey, and the earth as a land of conquest. He who eliminates God from his horizon, eliminates mankind, subjecting it to his power and humiliating it. There is an emergency for the respect of man, for his dignity, his civil and religious liberty. In this, the atheist and materialist world in the West and East, that bows to the god of finance, blends seamlessly with the intransigence of Islamic fundamentalist or other (abused) religions, to affirm the supremacy of one group, the power a few over the multitude.
The Christmas of more than 2000 years ago was also a Christmas of emergency. Caesar Augustus had decided a census "of all the earth", perhaps to measure his power, perhaps to calculate an increase in taxes on his subjects to guarantee them peace in exchange for submission.
Even the birth of the Son of God took place in a state of emergency: during a journey to Bethlehem, in a stable because "there was no place for them in the inn". Neither were the first months of his life, or early years, easy: surrounded by violence, the massacre of the innocent little saints, persecuted, like a refugee fleeing to safer ground ...
No, God is no stranger to emergencies: he knows them from the beginning of his adventure on earth and has crossed them all to his very death. Upon a mankind terrified by them, He poured the gift of His life, His truth and His love.
If God is born, all emergencies have a meaning, which is a love which is stronger than everything and everyone.
Without Him, it becomes foolishly reasonable to rely on the Mayan calendar that promises the destruction of earth and man, throwing away all hope and taking the side of those who want to destroy people and things.
For over 2000 years the Church has proclaimed the victory of God’s truth and love over desperation. In our daily work, reporting on the witness of the Church in Asia, we are amazed at the signs of hope that Christians can offer in the most extreme circumstances: in constantly remembering the bishops and priests detained in Chinese or Vietnamese prisons, in the commitment to charity towards the victims of earthquakes and floods; in offering friendship to the youth of the Arab world who are searching for greater dignity and a future, claiming freedom and space in fundamentalist regimes. We hope that something of this vital spring of the Churches in Asia communicates itself to the Churches of the West for the task of new evangelization assigned by Benedict XVI. By now no emergency has the power to immobilize us because the loving power of Jesus Christ abides in them all.
12 -14 -2011 Dear fellow compatriots. Regarding to Mr. Bounliane quotes on the forum, he said eventually the Lao-Keow will protest Lao-Nork oppositions elements, especially RLGE will be protested by Lao-Keow in the Front of U.S.A's Embassy in Vientiane, They don't have the rights to protest only Human Rights factions, My dear fellow compatriots,regarding Bouanliane was quoting,it sounds like, every body will be very happy to see the disappearane of RLGE and RLGE's members to be arrested. Last statement, Bounliane said, he has never talked about RLGE, and never mentioned and look down on Prime Minister Khamphoui, On this statement below, he is so happy, if the RLGE is protested by Lao-Keo in the Front of U.S.A's Embassy, and RLGE dismantles by the U.S.A 's government. . I think every Lao - Nork who cheers up for Bounlaine will be very happy on the disappearance of RLGE, and Lao-Keo have no enemy to confront with them. I would pray to the Lord of Bhudda, please help Lao-Keow to set up protest RLGE in the Front of U.S.A,s Embassy. I Vettawanh Praxaysaeng, am, sacrificed myself to wait and see that event happen, Please don't let me wait so long. With best regard. Wettawanh Praxaysaeng.
2011/12/14 kham simouang
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: khamsimouang@hotmail.com To: blacksaphire@hotmail.fr Subject: FW: ຂໍໃຫ້ທ່ານຜູ້ທີ່ກຽ່ວຂ້ອງໃນຂ່າວນີ້ ອະທິບາຍເພີ້ມແດ່. Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:44:23 -0800
Dear all An assemblage for protestation in Communist regime may happen by the plan or the game of Communists. They can form any time and any day this action is on their progams. Twoo and three months ago Hanoi made public protestation in Vietnam that's for claiming their right over China about Paracell and Priesley Iseland in South China sea. Mr. Bouasone may do the public protest in Viantiane, so if it will happen like some of Lao NORK dreamed in this FORUM, that's not different from the game happened in Hanoi, Because NO ANY ACTION be made in COMMUNIST Dictatorial REGIME WITHOUT PARTY COMPRISING. If Mr.Boasone can form A REVOLUTIONARY ACT IN LAOS to GET RID OF COMMUNIST REGIME... Wah! Bouasone must confront with the Guns of Vietnam...Good for us, we must join him immediately., Because we are waiting for this situation long long time. Thank
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: laosavanh@gmail.com Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:55:33 -0600 Subject: Re: ຂໍໃຫ້ທ່ານຜູ້ທີ່ກຽ່ວຂ້ອງໃນຂ່າວນີ້ ອະທິບາຍເພີ້ມແດ່. To: laosnetworkroom@googlegroups.com
From: black saphire To: laosnetworkroom@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 9:35 AM Subject: RE: ຂໍໃຫ້ທ່ານຜູ້ທີ່ກຽ່ວຂ້ອງໃນຂ່າວນີ້ ອະທິບາຍເພີ້ມແດ່.
Laos asks for 1.12 trillion kip for post-flood infrastructure restoration
By Soulaphone Kanyaphim
(KPL) Government officials representing Ministries of Planning and Investment, Foreign Affairs and Labour and Social Welfare met representatives of NGOs, international organisations, and international community expressing the government needs as much as 1.12 trillion kip (approx USD141 million) for the restoration of basic infrastructure destroyed and damaged in flooding caused by two typhoons Haima and Nockten.
The meeting saw the presence of Minister of Planning and Investment, Mr. Somdy Douangdy.
Typhoons Haima on 24-25 June and Noktan on 30 July-1 August affected 82,493 families in 12 provinces nationwide.
The Haima hit the northern and central provinces Sayaboury, Xiengkhouang, Vientiane and Bolikhamsay. Nock-Ten hit central and southern provinces Vientiane,
Bolikhamxay, Khammouane, Savannakhet, and Champassak.
They brought heavy rains, which had caused the rise of water levels in many rivers including Mekong. As a result, many provinces
had been significantly affected by floods and landslides. The worst flooding in decades swept away houses and rice barns and damaged thousands of hectares of farmland, livestock, many schools, hospitals, roads, bridges, water supply systems, electricity networks and other infrastructure in those provinces.
Since June 24, 2011, flooding has killed at least 27 people, the total cost of damage is huge and thousands of people affected.
Vientiane province is the most hard-hit province. The damage cost of the agriculture sector in the province is estimated at 100 billion kip. Meanwhile five of nine districts in Xiengkhouang have been affected by the storm. Houses, roads, electricity and telecommunication systems have been heavily damaged.
ข้อสี่ ตามกติการะหว่างประเทศว่าด้วยสิทธิพลเมืองและสิทธิทางการเมืองเกี่ยวกับเสรีภาพในการแสดงความคิดเห็น (International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights) ICCPR ได้บัญญัติรับรองในข้อ 19 ว่า
Anourak Phiphaksa Vehicular registration process bettered
By Vinnaly
(KPL) Head of Driving and Vehicle Management Unit of Vientiane Public Works and Transport Division Mr. Nounsay Phasaisombat said the process of registering vehicles was significantly improved due to the use of modern technology.
Mr. Nounsay said that so far this year his Unit had registered over 50,800 vehicles including over 31,200 motorcycles.
?This year 2011, the number of people coming to register their vehicles is up by 5-6% as compared to last year,? said Mr. Nounsay.
?Pre-availability of modern technology, the registration and licensing process was very slow and took several months. The process cost a lot of time for vehicle users and complaining about our service by the general public was very common to us,? said Mr. Nounsay. ?But now we rarely get complaining phone calls and letters from the people.?
Since 2000, around 500,000 vehicles have been registered in Vientiane. This includes 50,000 registered in the last twelve months. And the number of registered vehicles has increased from 11,000 in 2000 to 50,000 this year meanwhile the number of driving licences has increased from over 97,000 in 2000 to over 238,300 this year.
2009 was the 100th anniversary of the birth of the famous “Red Prince” Souphanuvong, president of the Lao PDR until 1986, and Advisor of Communist Party’s Central Committee Party until his passing in 1995. Such centenaries are auspicious times in Lao culture, and consequently there have appeared several biographies of the “beloved leader”.
Featured here are: เรียนรู้ประวัติศาสตร์ลาวผ่านชีวิตเจ้าสุพานุวง โดย ศุขปรีดา พนมยงค์ (Understanding Lao History through the Life of Prince Souphanuvong by Sukprīdā Phanomyong), and ປະທານສຸພານຸວົງ : ຊີວິດ ແລະ ການເຄື່ອນໄຫວ ປະຕິວັດ (President Souphanuvong: Life and Revolutionary Movement, produced by Research Institute of Social Science), being further contributions to the ongoing elaboration of Lao political iconography. These are unreservedly positive accounts of the Prince’s life and achievements, compiled by authors from either side of the Mekong. Both are illustrated with black and white photographs covering events from childhood until his passing.
Interestingly, we seem to be enjoying something of an awakening of interest in Lao history, with the NLA receiving some 10 titles of histories published in Laos in the last two years. The broader context seems to be the 450th anniversary of Viengchan in 2010, which was officially celebrated by the Lao government.
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