The roads we take and the towns we pass through show a lot of closed businesses, and enough run down empty houses. Small communities usually DON"T have wifi and I think this hurts them, because it means that the young people, a lot of people don't have a way to log on to the net in these communities, which would be an asset in holding them together.

Each time I get a ride back to the bus I tell the story of the Akha people. If you know anyone interested in the Ride for Freedom, to write about it, pass word along.

This week I contacted George Bush's office, thanks to a phone number from the Secret Service, and will be sending him a copy of the 2nd Akha Journal, Cry Freedom, about his and Thaksin Shinawatra's Drug War in Thailand during 2003 and beyond. 2274 people were killed in 90 days by means of extra-judicial killings, no chance to appeal or clear their name. The army later reported that at least half of those killed had no connection to the drug trade at all.

We have about 1400 miles left direct to New York, 1800 if we take a warmer weather detour via Mississippi. We'll see when we get across Arkansas.

Donate:
People have been very supportive, but due to weather we hand out less flyers along the way, just business cards mainly. Hampton and all the kids are doing well. Here is a list of what our needs are:
1. Food
2. Diesel
3. Grain and hay for Hampton (he eats about 20 lbs of grain per day)
4. Insurance, web fees, repairs, oil, telephone etc.
If you can make a donation towards any of these at PayPal it is very appreciated. We expect anywhere from 4-6 months left to travel.


 

Day 230 Mt. Vernon
Day 229 Sulphur Springs
Day 228 Point
Day 227 Greenville
Day 226 Map

We did a second day of picket at George Bush's house and all the SS came out to talk to us and inspect us. Hampton got his mug shot taken. SS was a bit surprised that a real human would show up and complain about all the dead Akha killed in the Bush Drug War. Amazing how that works, people die, they die on HIS WATCH, and then someone shows up to make their case.

Then we ride on east, into the fall, on the back slope of this journey.
Day 225 Greenville
Day 224 Wylie
Day 223 George Bush SS
Day 222 Drug War
Day 221 Akha Women Talk
Day 220 Bus Maintenance
Day 219 Hitchhiking

Donations for Diesel Needed

We are in need of donations to cover diesel costs, grain, this website, and a bit of food and coming up an oil change for the bus. If you can help out, even $5, please make a donation via the PayPal link above.

Movie Catch Up

The following movies have now been added to this site, you can download them from here to keep and replay, or stream them from the youtube.com/akhazauh site.

Dallas and George Bush House Picket
We rode from Hudson Oaks to Fort Worth and on thru the night in the rain (five inches) to Dallas where we arrived at 11 AM.

At Dealey Plaza, we took a look at the scene where they executed JFK. The entire location is very small. JFK was basically shot at point blank range. Players in this assasination are no doubt still alive and probably still close to government. Few intelligent people would still believe that Oswald was responsible for all the shots fired, if any at all, and at best a patsy for powerful men bent on a coup. But what is more obvious is that the government has been lying about this day for decades, lies by very powerful people in very powerful agencies. A fool would believe that Oswald did what happened here. Most likely several people, not necessarily aware of each other, were sent to shoot at JFK that day. The government involvement in the case gives us a government no one can trust, now one of the more dangerous entities on the planet.

From here we pass through down town and head north to George Bush's street and gate in north Dallas, where we hand out cards in hope of being able to speak with Mr. Bush about the drug war in Thailand, and the Akha who died in this war.

Day 218 Dallas and George Bush
Day 217 Fort Worth
Day 216 Police State USA
Day 215 Hudson Oaks
Day 214 Mineral Wells
Day 213 Palo Pinto
Day 212 Breckenridge
Day 211 Horseshoes
Day 210 Hubbard Creek
Day 209 Albany
Day 208 Anson
Day 207 Anson
Day 206 Roby Jail
Day 205 Roby
Day 204 Snyder
Day 203 Lloyd J. Andrews
Day 202 Pig Hunt
Day 201 Snyder
Day 200 Snyder
Day 199 Justiceburg
Day 198 Post
Day 197 Post
Day 196 Post
Day 195 Tahoka
Day 194 Tahoka
Day 193 Akha Songs
Day 192 Queen and Missions
Day 191 Brownfield
Day 190 Brownfield
Day 189 Plains
Day 188 Stateline
Texas
Day 187 Tatum
Day 186 Tatum
Day 185 Caprock
Day 184 LE Ranch
Day 183 John F. Kennedy
Day 182 Walmart
Day 181 Roswell Tony Lama

Birth Control Vaccine Patent

Vaccine Patent for Birch Conrol Vaccine

Other Patents for this Vaccine

This explains the reasons why Thai health clinics demanded Akha women have THREE Tetanus Toxoid Vaccinations during pregnancy, resulting in spontaneous miscarriages that we documented.

Ride for Freedom in Dallas, Texas

We rode east into Ft. Worth amidst hot and humid weather. As we crossed the area just south of downtown, the wind turned cold and hard. By evening it began to rain and rain hard, all through the night, buffetting us as we headed for downtown Dallas. We pressed hard, getting to downtown Dallas by 11Am, more than sixty miles in 24 hours in miserable weather. The only part of us that wasn't soaked was the phone and the camera, wrapped in a plastic bag.

In Downtown Dallas we were picked up by Ch. 8 news, yet to see that segment.

From downtown I got picks of the place where the thugs murdered our President JFK and our country. I was surprised at how small the location was, it was like shooting someone at point blank range, the grassy knoll, the bridge, the roadside drain. There was no hope of escape on that day.

Heading north from the groups of people eager to pet Hampton, I took up position across the road from former President George Bush's lane. Lots of people stopped by to see that. I handed out business cards and told people why I was there.

At one point one of the residents of the lane stopped, came over and met me, and said that he would deliver my message to George Bush.

1. Did he know who the Akha were?
2. Did he know that during the US supported drug war in Thailand many Akha were murdered by Thai police and army under the guise of the Drug war?
3. Did he know that none of those security forces were ever placed on a US required vetting list at the US Embassy in Bangkok?

I was promised I would hear back and thanked the man for an offer of a place to stay for Hampton. Very friendly the people of Dallas.

From there I rode further north as dark dropped in on us, and headed for the home of one of the few Akha women married to an American in the US. Time for the family, the horse, to take a break.

Letter of Allegation Against Thai Royal Project at UN Level

There are quite a few people who wonder if it ever happened, a "Letter of Allegation" to the Thai government about the Queen of Thailand taking the land of the Akha people. Originally it was slated to happen in Sept. 2007 but being a confidential communication it didn't end up on paper for the public to see until 2008. You can look at it in this link:
Letter of Allegation Queen of Thailand

And here is the Text:
"State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2009 - Thailand"
"In August 2008 the UN Special Rapporteur highlighted the case of the Akha indigenous people in Chiangrai province, whose land was allegedly seized in 2003 as a result of the Highland Development Station Project. The objective of the station was purportedly to serve as a 'centre of knowledge on agriculture for the hill tribe people'. The Akha claim that the project has left them with only a few small plots around the village, and they have lost their traditional livelihoods. The land seizure was reportedly accompanied by widespread harassment of Akha villagers by members of the military and forestry personnel. Villagers say they were not consulted, nor did they consent to the project, and they have not yet been compensated for their loss. The government has so far not responded to the concerns raised by the Special Rapporteur."

For those of you who don't know, the "Highland Development Station Project" is actually the Queen's Royal Project, and can bee seen at its official site here:
Highland Agricultural Development Station

Taking all the Akha land of Hooh Yoh and Pah Nmm Akha is called "Royal Compassion for Hill Tribe" on the above site. Well the Queen has gotten caught at it.

We will continue to press this issue at the UN.

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ONGOING CASES

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The Drug War Against the Akha

Index of the Drug War
Drug War Overview Jan. 2006
The Drug War Creates Mass Death of the Akha From Disease and Starvation. Death Rate As High as 20% in Some Villages. Forced Relocations, No Land, No Food, No Jobs. Data Supported by Independent International Reports.
The Drug War has a violent effect on Akha communities that goes beyond just police prosecution of would be offenders. Military and police violence against the Akha has been a standard event in Thailand. Extra-judicial killings and killings for no reason are what the Akha expect.
Use Google to Search This Site. There Are Hundreds of Drug War Articles in News
DRUG WAR DEATH PICS - Killings Paid For With YOUR Tax Dollars
Death Pics with Many Captions

Creates Mass Death of the Akha From Disease and Starvation. Death Rate As High as 20% in Some Villages. Forced Relocations, No Land, No Food, No Jobs. Data Supported by Independent International Reports. has a violent effect on Akha communities that goes beyond just police prosecution of would be offenders. Military and police violence against the Akha has been a standard event in Thailand. Extra-judicial killings and killings for no reason are what the Akha expect.

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The Queen's Royal Project Seizes the Land of Hooh Yoh Village

Royal Project Should Give Back the Land at Hooh Yoh

Project Tries to justify taking the land
Theft of Akha Land
Update - Volunteers Harrassed by Thai Army
Tourists in one village were harrassed because a foreign tourist had gone and taken a picture of the Project at Hooh Yoh. The Thai Army said "no one can take pictures of this project"
The Army proceeded to go through the inside of the house where tourists were staying, took their photos and checked their passports.
Your Support URGENTLY Needed to Back Up Hooh Yoh Akha
Contact your nearest Thai Embassy. Request that these details be investigated.
Information and Pictures
High Resolution Pics Of Hooh Yoh!
Activist Contact Data for the Queen
In 2003 the Project took away all the land of Hooh Yoh Akha, some 4500 acres (8500 Rai) of land. 1500 Akha villagers are displaced and they are made to work at half minimum wage on the land that belonged to them.
We need volunteers to continue to protest to the Thai Government and Embassies about the seizure of this land.
In addition to this seizure of Hooh Yoh land, the project has gone on to seize tea lands of Pai a Prai Akha village, in the same district, Ampur Mae Fah Luang, Chiangrai Province.
The Thai government terrorizes the Akha in order to keep them suppressed. The occasional brutal murder works to this end. Though there are many Akha who would gladly have their photos on this website, or run a column here, they can not speak out in such a public way if they want to stay alive.
Your protest supports and strengthens the Akha people.

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Activism For Helping the Akha People

Akha Human Rights
What You Can Do To Help

Areas of Focus: 1. Missionary removal of Akha children and coerced conversion.
2. Thai seizure of rice lands, forced relocations, extra-judicial executions
3. The US Supported Drug War in Thailand which rubber stamps profiling and violence against the Akha and other ethnic groups.
4. Missing Akha Refugees in the US, Sacramento area.

Your volunteer time and energy is needed to protect the Akha people.

Approximately 70,000 Akha reside in Thailand. 320 or more villages. The Akha have the least rights in Thailand of any country, suffer the greatest level of abuse and imprisonment. Their culture is destroyed by US missionaries.

Protect the Akha Peace and Justice Center
The Akha Peace and Justice Center, set up in 2004 (after the slaughter of the 2003 Drug War) to protect Akha villages in the regions of Chaingrai Province, has been a steady destination for western volunteers seeking to assist the Akha people with direct action to protect their human rights. You can visit the center and assist the villagers. Bpah Mah Hahn and Pah Nmm Villages, Ampur Mae Fah Luang, Chiangrai Province! Write us for details.
We call on all supporters of the Akha to protest in the strongest
terms to the nearest Thai Embassy.
Your Assistance and Action Will Help the Akha People.
List of Thai Embassies and Consuls World Wide.
List of Thai Consuls and Embassies World Wide
If any of the Thai Cosul or Embassy addresses bounce then go to another embassy or look also on this page:
Full List of Thai Government Sites
Contact Your MP and Embassy HERE!
MP List
Post to any indymedia site and for your local area.
Indy Media

Suggestions for Action
Sign Akha Petition #1 (500 plus signators)
1. Get an article published, air a radio interview, get a spot on TV.
2. Write letters to Thai Embassies.
3. Post our link on your website
4. Do volunteer work, research.
5. Plan a trip to do photography and video documentation.
6. Write protest letters to missionary groups.
7. Do a fundraising project.
8. Host a presentation in your area.
9. Pay for literature to be printed.
10. Hand out literature at your library, university and church.
11. Post to any Indymedia site and for your local area.
Indy Media

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Ongoing Projects

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Akha Video Project

Videos with the Akha people.

3rd Akha Journal

Currently Assembling

Laos Bed Net Project

Providing Mosquito Nets to the Akha of Laos

Akha TV

Akha TV presentations in the Akha Daily Video Section

Activism and Publicity

Promoting accurate knowledge of the Akha, their lives, culture, and human rights situation.

Prisons

Thai Prisons are a cruel life for the Akha people. The Thai government imposes many harsh conditions on the Akha people, and takes their land. Then when the Akha make any infraction of the law they are sent off to prison for many years. There are many old Akha in prison, both women and men, who were imprisoned for such infractions years ago. We believe that the Thai people should receive similar harsh treatment at the hands of the international community be they business people or tourists.

Bang Kwang Prison Web Site Bang Kwang Net 

Save a Life

Alternate Akha Prisoners Site

Alternate List Site

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The Choice
After considering the facts as a human rights activist, when it comes to choosing between following the teachings of christianity or following Jesus Christ, I have decided to follow Jesus Christ.
Matthew McDaniel

Full Redemption
Jesus Christ offers full redemption, in all spheres of human life, justice, land, food and the rights to one's own children. We should not ignore or overlook any aspect of human existence and fail to mention it in the redemption of the human condition. This includes the Akha and their need for security and the protection of rights. It does no good to claim that redemption only applies to the life here after, while ignoring the incredible suffering inflicted on these people. Individuals who claim that the great difficulties that the Akha face helps convert them, have distorted and deformed the gospel.