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Campaigns made these organizations change webpages, pull funding, change programs or otherwise modify what they were doing that was harming the Akha. They DID NOT do it willingly. Racism prevails. Constant activism brought about these changes.
OMF pulls down web pages that describe the Akha in racist ways. OMF is a religiously intolerant organization. Jim Morris is an OMF ceo missionary in residence at Corbin College, Salem, Oregon. These racist attitudes are conveyed the young people. Rotary Intl. pulls web pages and funding from CGT mission which removes Akha children.
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Peru Indigenous Victorious
Peru Indigenous force Govt. to Stand Down Indigenous groups in Peru are claiming victory after more than a week of protests throughout the state. A day after the government declared martial law in three of the provinces affected by the protests, on August 19 a congressional commission voted to overturn the controversial law known as Decree 1015, which the indigenous groups were challenging. They say the law “makes it easier for mining and energy companies to buy communally owned land, will lead to a foreign land grab, especially in the Amazon rain forest,” Reuters explains. “Garcia passed the law by decree earlier this year under special powers Congress granted him to bring Peruvian law into compliance with a new free-trade deal with the United States.”
The Congressional Commission said Garcia ‘went too far’ with the decree, and “agreed in principle to bring any new land law into compliance with Convention 169 of the International Labor Organization. The Commission also issued an official document to the Executive calling for the overturn of Supreme Decree 058-2008-PCM, imposing the states of emergency,” adds Bill Weinberg of the WW4Report.
US Raids Kill Scores of Children in Afghan Town
Aug. 23, 2008 US war in Afghanistan continues to kill scores of children during bombings and assaults. Reports state that more than 50 of the dead are children under 15 years of age.
Thai King World's Richest Royal at $35 Billion
So why does the Queen need all that Akha land???
Thu Aug 21, 2008 King Bhumibol, 80 and, at 62 years on the throne the world's longest-serving head of state, pushed to the top of the richest royals list by virtue a greater transparency surrounding his fortune, Forbes said. It said that the Crown Property Bureau, which manages most of his family's wealth, "granted unprecedented access this year, revealing vast landholdings, including 3,493 acres in Bangkok."
Hill Tribe Have Difficulties Over Lack of ID Cards
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Plight of Hill Tribes "They need to educate themselves so that they know what their basic rights are," she said. "Knowing your rights does not guarantee that you can access them, but not knowing your rights guarantees that you can't." The education issue is seen as double-edged. Ms Chutima said government officials also need to be educated about the plight of the hill tribe people they come into close contact with. "We have suggested that the government should host seminars and training for officials so they know what they are doing. The officers need to understand the relevant laws and the impact they have on hill tribes. "In the field, they often use their own prejudice and bias to do their work," she said. The issue was raised recently at a Unesco interactive panel on the impact of legal status on hill tribes in Thailand. Unesco statistical analyst Amanda Flaim said the Unesco Highland Peoples Survey studied a sample group of 192 border villages in Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and Mae Hong Son provinces to determine the impact of a person's legal status (citizenship and birth registration) on access to social services, education, health care, land tenure, and agricultural credit. Interviews with 63,719 people make it the largest household survey of its type in Thailand. A study of a sample group revealed 38 percent of hill tribe people do not have Thai citizenship. Compared to highlanders with Thai citizenship, those lacking citizenship are 73 percent less likely to enter primary school and 98 percent less likely to progress to higher education. Similarly, highlanders who lack birth registration, a status which is not exactly congruous with citizenship, are 64 percent less likely to enter lower primary school and 85 percent less likely to enter secondary school relative to highlanders with official Thai birth registration. "The degree of disadvantage is very acute," Ms Flaim said. Dr David A Feingold, Unesco International Coordinator for HIV and Trafficking Programmes, said the situation is probably more critical as researchers were not given access to an estimated 700 villages in special military zones along border areas, suggesting lower rates of access to education. He said: "Unesco research has identified 'lack of citizenship' as the greatest risk factor for highland girls and women in Thailand to be trafficked, or otherwise exploited." Consequently, Unesco, in cooperation with the British Embassy, initiated the UK government-funded Highland Birth and Citizenship Registration Promotion Project. The objective of this project is to promote birth registration and citizenship awareness among highland minorities in Thailand through the development and dissemination of research-based, culturally appropriate indigenous language materials. The British Embassy has agreed to finance the second phase of the programme. Human rights lawyer Surapong Kongchantuk estimates that there are three million people considered stateless or undocumented in Thailand. Many were born in the Kingdom after fleeing persecution in Burma. "There are a lot of migrants who have been living here in Thailand much longer than [ex-Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's] family, but they were never registered because the original census surveys never got up into the hills. And a lot of policies were never translated into these people's original languages," said Dr Feingold. Surapong said lawyers and education officials have produced guidelines on how undocumented children could get an education. After His Majesty the King expressed a concern about the problem, the Thaksin-led administration announced a strategy in 2005 to help the stateless. An estimated 50,000 students have been given identity cards in recent years to help them go to school and travel to different towns to study. But the majority need official permission to travel outside their local area, and approval is granted by the district chief on a case-by-case basis. Devoid of an education and unaware of their rights and how to gain Thai citizenship, many hill tribe people are likely to be forced into illegal activities in order to survive, such as drug dealing and prostitution. This results in arrests, fuels the prejudices of the majority community and prevents many true natives of Thailand from obtaining their legal rights as citizens. Without an education to increase awareness of and to secure their legal rights, the sinister cycle rolls on. A new booklet, the Manual for Capacity-building on Birth Registration and Citizenship in Thailand, provides a better understanding of the regulations governing the legal status of people residing in Thailand. The Thai-language publication, with a translation in English on CD, can be obtained by emailing k.chotika@unescobkk.org . Daniel Calderbank works in media and communications at Unesco Bangkok. A former staff member of the 'Bangkok Post', he has worked in radio broadcasting and for national newspapers in the UK, the UAE and Thailand. If you have a comment or would like to discuss issues raised in this article, contact Daniel at d.calderbank@unescobkk.org .
Thaksin and Wife Pojaman Jump Bail, Warrants Issued
Thaksin Shinawatra, known for ordering a brutal "War on Drugs" in which more than 2247 people were killed in 90 days during 2003, has jumped bail with his wife Pojaman and returned to exile in London. The Thai Supreme Court issued arrest warrants for them in the corruption charges they face. Thaksin claimed he could not get a fair trial. Certainly he would receive a more fair trial than the thousands who he ordered killed without mercy.
Horse Trip Goal: 10,000 Mosquito Nets for the Akha of Laos
After spending 13 years in Thailand working with the Akha we spent a year in north Laos and witnessed first hand the very serious malaria situation. Our trip across the US by horseback is to raise enough money to purchase 10,000 nets for the Akha of Laos.
There are 60,000 Akha living in Laos. Many villages were relocated, forcing the Akha to live in low land areas where they would not choose to live. The obvious reason being that in the low lands malaria is epidemic. The malaria in northern Laos is not "pv" malaria but "pf" malaria, which attacks the brain, causes brain swelling and even with medication produces mortality in 20% of cases.
The first line of defense is nets for all villagers, then better medical care and frequent testing. However in villages that have lost their land, staying at the hospital or paying for medicine is often out of the question, as there is not even enough food. In the first year after relocation many villages lost 20% and more of their population due to malaria, disentary and malnutrition. The first to die were the elderly and small children. Current reports from Laos document an ongoing situation that has not improved. For 17 years we have worked with the Akha on human rights issues and intend to make a very large difference regarding human rights protections and basic health care. You can make a difference by making a donation on line. As we travel across the US to the United Nations by horseback we represent one of the most disadvantaged groups in SE Asia, the Akha people.
Akha.org Gets New Server
We have just upgraded our server to give you better service, 6 or 7 times the speed and tripple the space, making it easier for you to download data and giving us a lot more room for documents and other content. We still have considerable documents to add to the site, and rebuilding all of our photo section.
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The UNESCO - Missionary Alliance Bangkok
We speak with UNESCO about content on the UNESCO website showing partnership between UNESCO and missionary organizations in Thailand which are committed to the destruction of Akha culture and oral traditions. Letter to UNESCO The following information comes from the UNESCO Website under the Secretariat. UNESCO External Relations and Cooperation (ERC) "B. Cooperation with non-governmental organizations Efforts will be made to link UNESCO with the increasingly significant civil society actors and to draw on their potential contribution for the achievement of UNESCO’s strategic objectives. Within the statutory framework for interaction and cooperation with international non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the Organization will assess its cooperation with NGOs in order to optimize modalities of cooperation and develop synergies for effective programme implementation. Outreach efforts will also aim at foundations and similar institutions which are able to make a contribution to the realization of the Organization’s mandate." External Relations Cooperation The fact that UNESCO has chosen to do this with organizations which have as THEIR mandate the destruction of Akha culture, is shocking. One of the organizations that UNESCO is partnered with, is New Life Foundation, the brain child of Paul W. Lewis, who ran sterilization operations on the Akha.
Missions and missionary activities associated with NLF emphasize the destruction of Akha culture as one of their goals. UNESCO also is in partnership with Wycliffe Bible Translators in Chiangmai.
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Takes the Land of the Akha People The Queen of Thailand • Salem Alliance Church Lori Crouch and missionary destruction of Akha culture. Faith Chapel Arvada, Colorado • Paul and Lori's Ethnocide of Akha Culture in Thailand (copy and paste url) Foursquare Church The Foursquare Church Supports Paul and Lori We call for Paul and Lori to IMMEDIATELY Leave this Akha Village. The right of the Akha to Free, Prior and INFORMED Consent, has been violated. Akha cultural Advocates were NOT consulted. • YWAM Youth With A Mission Eden House Children's Home removes Akha children. YouTube video decries Akha culture. Operated by Vern. • Haugland Removes Akha Children Oregonian Richard Haugland removes Akha children in Thailand • CGT Mission: Children removed from families Exploiting the images of Children There is little mention that CGT is a mission on their website, that children are converted away from being Akha, the numbers of children or the dynamics of what has occurred with this project and how it effects the children. • OMF After Two Years, OMF still connected to racist site. • River of Life Mission Amreicans Pat and Deb build wealth removing Akha children. • Akha Outreach Run by Nancy and Aje, Akha Outreach amasses wealth and removes Akha children from their families. Akha Outreach destroys Akha traditional culture and identity. Land for conversion scams, Lori Crouch and Paul Vernon work for Akha Outreach. • Camillion Social Center Chiangrai Catholic Camillion Social Center removes hundreds of Akha children for forced indoctrination into Catholicism and what ever else? The Catholics have such a history of sexually abusing children that they should not be allowed near children anywhere. They should be disbanded as a church. • Amnesty International Thailand Amnesty International does not act to identify or protect Akha prisoners in Thailand. • ACF and NCA vs. The Akha in Laos ACF and NCA: The Akha made allegations on video, that the staff workers of ACF and NCA in Laos were sexually abusing girls and women in the project villages. Reports • The Ongoing Case of the Akha In Sacramento, California We continue to work with the ongoing case of the Akha families and children who came into Sacramento, California. Some were smuggled, others were stolen. • Plodprasop Thailand's recent and most vicious forestry chief was trained and graduated from Oregon State University. Are Oregon Universities racist hate factories? • Thaksin Shiniwatra Bring Thailand's expremier Thaksin Shiniwatra to justice for the drug war killings of many Akha and other hill tribe citizens. Currently Thaksin lives the fat life in Colonial England. • University of Oregon Paul W. Lewis received his Phd. based on a thesis on how to sterilize Akha women. • UNESCO Partnership with NLF and SIL • Hooh Yoh Thai Queen takes Hooh Yoh Land • Malaria in Laos Delivering Bednets to the Akha of Laos • Caleb Project Racist Movie "The Enemy God" • 3rd Akha Journal 2004-2007 • Drug War Opium Eradication and Drug War Deaths News
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Fancy Dinner Feeds The Queen
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Prison Update Bangkok July, 2006
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Transcripts of Video Testimony. NCA and ACF Sexual Abuse of Akha Girls and Women in Laos
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Urgent! Terrible Conditions in the Women's Prison Thailand
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Movie Dead Man's Chest is Racist: Portrays Indigenous as Cannibals
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US Missionaries Tied to the Council On Foreign Relations CFR
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Why Wasn't Laos Allowed to Sell its Opium? - Poppy crop could have positive use
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Thailand: Of Cabbages, Kings and the Mob • Human Rights Report Thailand 2005 • Human Rights Report Laos 2005 • Opinion: Missionaries Hurt Tribes People • Brazil: Missionaries Move in on Amazon Tribes • Drug War Funding Increases Poverty In Laos • New York Times Prints Pure Stupidity About Opium In Laos • Krister Winer - Halvor Kolshus Impose Drug War Policy on Akha which ends in Death • Canadian Indians Mobilize Against Genocide at Mission Residential Schools • Laos Claims Eradication of Opium • US Missionaries forced to leave indigenous areas of Venezuela News Archive
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Why We Watch Missions Can Missionaries Explain? In all our years of working with the Akha as friends, it never occurred to us, that the best way to help them was to take away their children? Missionary Ethnocide
Paul and Lori Crouch Vernon Paul and Lori Crouch Vernon are cooperating in a program to destroy Akha culture, but at the same time they wear Akha ornament, and say they are trying to learn about Akha culture. How do you learn about something you are bent on destroying?
Churches that support the Akha Ethnocide:
Hope Chapel North Glenn Salem Alliance Bethany Baptist Faith Baptist Faith Bible Chapel Arvada Faith Bible Chapel Arvada also supports the Disenfranchisement of Palestinians
Missionaries believe that if they convert Akha children, then it is ok to remove them from their families. That children deprived of their parents is no problem for Jesus. Missionaries want family values for themselves but not for the Akha children.
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Will Thaksin be prosecuted for crimes against humanity? He sanctioned the killing of Akha and other Hill Tribe and Thai persons during the drug war, more than 2,000 people by LOW estimates.
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