For Immediate Release Contact: Kelly O’Brien, U of M College of Liberal Arts, 612-624-4109 Barbara Frey, U of M Human Rights Program, 612-626-1879 PaChia Yang, U of M Human Rights Program, 763-607-6529 United Nations Expert Hears Moving Testimony from Hmong Families on Grave Desecrations in Thailand Calls accounts of exhumations “assault to culture” After listening [...]
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people, Professor James Anaya’s Closing Remarks from the “Consultation with the United Nations Expert on the Desecration of Hmong Graves” I want to thank all those who provided testimonies. It’s been very moving and in addition to enlightening and I [...]
Cancer is unforgiving, uninvited, and unbiased. It can strike the good, the bad, and those in between. It knows no bounds, as it will infiltrate your body regardless of your race and or religious beliefs. It can be a weapon of mass destruction. Statistics show that in an individual’s lifetime, you will know someone that [...]
On behalf of the Hmong Human Rights committee of the Hmong American Student Association (HASA) at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, we would like to invite you to our Hmong Human Rights Awareness Night on Saturday, March 20, 2010 from 6pm-9:3pm at Memorial Union, UW-Madison (800 Langdon St, Madison, WI 53706). Through music, dance [...]
