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UN expert to hear testimony on Hmong Graves (MN)
KSTP.com ^ | 11/22/08 | AP

Posted on 11/22/2008 7:41:43 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo

A United Nations human rights expert will travel to the Twin Cities next month to listen to Hmong families upset about the desecration of graves in Thailand.

The expert will hear testimony about the unearthing of hundreds of graves where thousands of Hmong refugees once lived. The site is near a Buddhist temple in Thailand.

The hearing will be at the University of Minnesota, where the Human Rights Program has taken up a project to study and help resolve the issue.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: graves; hmong; un
Minnesotans can now expect additional taxes to pay for these reparations......
1 posted on 11/22/2008 7:41:43 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Uuhh...Why aren’t they talking and holding their conference in Thailand?


2 posted on 11/22/2008 8:04:48 PM PST by Clock King (Radical Conservatives, arise!)
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To: Clock King

Because all of the Hmongs are in MN and WI. None left in Thailand. And the $$ is here, not there...


3 posted on 11/22/2008 8:09:18 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (Read FR First.....THEN Read Drudge.)
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