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5th National Conference - Press Release
National Hmong Grave Desecration Committee
For Immediate Release August 8th, 2011
The 5th Annual National Conference
Sacramento, California on September 2nd – 4rd, 2011, the National Hmong Grave
Congress want to pass law to protect grave desecration
Niam txiv kwv tij neej tsa ib yam li peb yeej hais los lawm tau ib ntu zus no hauv xov tooj cua. Ntawm no yog nyob hauv Meskas uas yog peb lub teb chaws ntawm no cov teeb meem toj ntxas neej leej twg tau nyeem tsab ntawv no kuj muab qhib saib, thiab ho tsis txhob zoo zoo siab tias peb nyob teb chaws vam meej teeb meem toj ntxas yeej tsis tshwm sim rau peb no, kuv xav kom nej rov qab xav dua kom zoo zoo. ...News from Chapter in France
Fundraising event in France leading by chapter Chair Kao Vang, to support the April 2010 delegations.
UN: Situation concerning the exhumation of Hmong graves at Wat Tham Krabok
"The Special Rapporteur again urges the Government of Thailand to engage the Hmong community to resolve this situation and he expresses his willingness to aid in the resolution process to ensure compliance with international legal norms. He reiterates his call to the Government to take appropriate steps to remedy the situation, including: 1) acknowledging the harm the Hmong community has suffered, and expressing a commitment to not allow similar exhumations of Hmong graves in the future; 2) urging the abbot of Wat Tham Krabok to issue an apology for past desecrations; and 3) ensuring the re-burial at Wat Tham Krabok of the 211 bodies of Hmong people still located at Hulin cemetery."...Photo Gallery of 3rd Annual Conference in Fresno 2009
Photos from the NHGDC 3rd Annual National Conference, Fresno - March, 2009. Click on the "Image Gallery" on the right to view the photos.NHGDC Booth at Fresno New Year 2008
These photos were taken during the Hmong New Year in Fresno, 2008.NHGDC is hosting its 3rd Annual Conference and Fundraising in Fresno, CA
Hmong Grave Desecration Committee is hosting its third Annual Conference and Fund-Raising event in Fresno, California on March 28 & 29, 2009 to bring NHGDC members around the world together to prepare ourselves to work nationally as well as internationally and to report its progress from the last three years as well as to laying out the plan and strategy for the next step. In order to achieve our goals and thrive, we need your support to help us continue fighting for peace and justice for Hmong people around the world....Group gathers testimony on Hmong grave desecration
St. Paul, Minn. — A Hmong organization collected testimony in St. Paul Sunday on the desecration of Hmong grave sites in Thailand. The Minnesota chapter of the National Hmong Grave Desecration Committee is gathering the testimony in preparation for a national conference in North Carolina later this month....Hmong-American History
Written by Dr. Gary Yia Lee Website; www.garyyialee.com Refugees from Laos: Historical Background and Causes (Ethnic Affairs Commission of New South Wales, Australia) Original article based on research on the impact of the Indochina War on Laos conducted in 1971-72, with supplementary field research in refugee camps in Thailand during 1985. The latter was made possible by an Indochina Studies grant from the American Social Science Research Council (NY), which is here gratefully acknowledged. The views expressed here are those of the author, and not of the Ethnic Affairs Commission where he is currently employed. ...
News on Hmong Graves Desecration
ST. PAUL (November 9, 2007) – U.S. Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN) met with members of the Minnesota Chapter of the National Grave Desecration Committee, as well as about 30 family members that were directly impacted by the grave desecrations in Wat Tham Krabok, Thailand, during a Veterans Day meeting at the Laos Family Community Center in St. Paul....