By U.S. Department of States |
<div>Press Statement</div>
<div>John Kirby </div>
<div>Department Spokesperson</div>
<div>Washington, DC</div>
<div>July 9, 2015</div>
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<div>We condemn Thailand’s forced deportation on July 9 of over 100 ethnic Uighurs to China, where they could face harsh treatment and a lack of due process. This action runs counter to Thailand’s international obligations as well as its long-standing practice of providing safe haven to vulnerable persons.
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By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich |
<div>Thailand and Myanmar’s regulations systematically deny the rights to movement, health, and culture of the nomadic sea gypsy ethnic Moken people, according to a Human Rights Watch <a href="https://www.hrw.org/reports/2015/06/25/stateless-sea">report </a>released this week. </div>
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<div>The Moken people are one of the last hunter-gatherer groups in Southeast Asia. Approximately 3,000 Moken live in the Mergui Archipelago off the coast of Myanmar, while 800 live in Thailand, mainly in Ranong and surrounding islands.
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By ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) |
<div>JAKARTA, 27 May 2015 – The Myanmar government’s passage of a controversial new “population control” law is yet another in a long line of restrictive and illegal measures as part of a policy of persecution and ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya population, ASEAN lawmakers said today.</div>
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<div>Rooted in Myanmar’s rising Buddhist-nationalist extremism, the Population Control Act will likely be used to enforce targeted reproductive restrictions against vulnerable minorities.
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