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We work to protect the human rights of the Akha people in Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, China and Vietnam. Our work includes protection for Akha language and culture, defending land rights, ending abuses by security forces, preventing the removal of Akha children, improving health care and providing clean water systems. We are joined by volunteers from around the world, and we also encourage people to share the work by starting their own projects to bolster the Akha cause. You can join us in person or on the net, or help in an Akha village.
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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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The Queen of Thailand Has Taken Thousands of Acres of Vital Akha Rice Lands - She Must Return the Land
Day 108 - Resting Blythe
I move the bus and we all rest and update our computer records.
Day 107 - Arrive Blythe
We walk all day, and finally reach Blythe nearly 24 hours after we left Desert Center.
Day 106 - Leave for Blythe
Hampton and I leave about 6:30 pm to walk all night and a day to Blythe, beating the heat best we can. I take two gallons of tea, and spot water for Hampton a couple of times. 50 miles.
Day 105 - Desert Center Resting
I rest Hampton for a day at Desert Center and try to heal my feet. The Justin Boots are really junk.
Day 104 - Desert Center
Temperatures soar to 107 and I walk the entire day, leading Hampton, brutal on my feet, across the desert to Desert Center, where the people are really nice, and the Cafe has good food.
Day 103 - Chiriaco Summit, we begin Hell's Crossing
Starting at midnight, we head up the mountain into the desert and Chiriaco Summit. Its a lot of hard walking, very steep rough trails, we make 30 and more miles in 12 hours.
Day 102 - Indio
Things are getting hotter, Indio is a bit of a desperate town.
Day 101 - Palm Springs
I ride for Palm Springs out across the land of wind mills.
Day 100 - Calimesa
We rest one more day in Calimesa.
Day 99 - Calimesa
From Fontana I ride on through San Bernardino and Redlands, climbing out of the LA basin to Calimesa. Day 99 - Calimesa
Day 98 - Fontana
I ride around Baldwin Park after the intelligent animal control officer tells me I can't ride through their trashy town. The video shows trash blowing in the streets. furniture abandoned on the curb. On to places east Iend up in Fontana around midnight. Day 98 - Fontana
Day 97 - El Monte
I am able to get some new gloves at the Broken Horn tack shop, and then work on the main diesel checking oil levels and adding oil. Day 97 - El Monte
Day 96 - El Monte
We spend the day resting in El Monte, catching up on videos and feeding Hampton. Day 96 - El Monte
Day 95 - Thai Consulate Los Angeles
June 8, 2009 We ride to the Thai Consulate at 611 Larchmont St. in Los Angeles and stand out front for five hours handing out flyers and business cards about the Queen of Thailand taking Akha land. Then we ride east on the long journey to Phoenix. Day 95 - The Thai Consulate
The CBS Channel 2 News Reel can be seen here:
And as picked up by Yahoo News Videos here:
Day 94 - Brentwood Resting
June 7, 2009 Resting in Brentwood, Hampton and all of us, a beautiful day. Day 94 - Brentwood Resting
Day 93 - Hollywood
June 6, 2009 We take a drive over to Rodeo drive and hand out business cards, and then over to Hollywood Blvd. where we hand out cards and the kids have a great time. Day 93 - Hollywood
Death of David Carradine
With Thai Cops ANYTHING can be Fabricated
June 5, 2009 Death of David Carradine in Bangkok, makes one wonder. With Thai cops, just tell anything in a story, some David Carradine got robbed and killed, no, he hung himself from the floor drain in the closet, that will work. As one Thai says, "When someone is killed in Thailand, nothing is investigated." Consider the Saudi Gem case if you wonder. The one thing that you can believe about the Carradine death that the Thai Authorities and US Embassy will say about the case is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. As to lurid photos of Carradine after death being published, well one can be sure a small market has been established for the sale of these already, and the family must be joking if they think that they will hold anyone accountable in Thailand. Welcome to the country where life means very little. The family must really do a read up on the Saudi Jewel case if they want to get some clue of what they are dealing with. How did Carradine tie his hands above his head and hang himself?
Day 92 - Brentwood
June 5, 2009 A short sleep and I am riding for LA. I follow the coast and finally turn off it east onto Sunset Blvd and ride into Brentwood in the early evening. We get a cup of coffee, hand out a ton of cards and flyers and then find a place to put Hampton. Day 92 - Brentwood
Day 91 - Malibu
June 4, 2009 Getting up early, half rested, blurry eyed, I head south along the coast for the stretched out city of Malibu. A contractor tells me to look up Sherman on Bosch Drive. I do, and she quickly finds Hampton a place, and a meal for me. The Malibu beaches at Zuma are beautiful, and the weather is perfect. Many thanks to the crew at Sherman's Place. Day 90 - Malibu
Day 90 - Oxnard
June 3, 2009 I ride a long day to Ventura and on to Oxnard, where I sleep in a wild field near the ocean and south of town. Day 90 - Oxnard
Day 89 - Santa Barbara
June 2, 2009 The Tuesday Market in Santa Barbara, our last day here, before we plunge into LA. Day 89 - Santa Barbara
Day 88 - Santa Barbara
Another quiet day in Santa Barbara, a Monday. Thais we meet in Santa Barbara are surprised to find out that the Queen has taken land from the Hill Tribe, as they say the Queen is always portrayed as "helping them". What she means is "helping herself". The Thais we met said they had been gone from Thailand for years and are not familiar so much with what is going on in the country, but glad to find out more. Day 88 - Santa Barbara
Day 87- Santa Barbara
A good crowd on the sidewalks downtown Santa Barbara, we get a lot of flyers distributed, telling people to call the Thai Consulate in LA and ask what the hec the Queen is doing?
Day 87 - Santa Barbara ONGOING CASES
The Drug War Against the Akha
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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.
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. 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.
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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
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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 Akha Video Project
Videos with the Akha people.
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Laos Bed Net Project
Providing Mosquito Nets to the Akha of Laos
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Akha TV presentations in the Akha Daily Video Section
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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.
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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.
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Takes the Land of the Akha People The Queen of Thailand Queen takes the land of Hooh Yoh and Pah Nmm Akha. • 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. • YWAM Youth With A Mission Eden House Children's Home removes Akha children. YouTube video insults Akha culture. Operated by Vern. Google Video "Prisoners of a White God" quotes Vern covering up the rape of an Akha girl. • 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 • 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?  http://www.loriandpaul.hopedenver.com into your browser address line. Churches that support the Akha Ethnocide: Hope Chapel North Glenn Salem Alliance Bethany Baptist Faith Baptist Faith Bible Chapel Arvada 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. Map
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UNODC Anotnio Maria Costa UNODC Dr. Halvor J. Kolshus - UNDCP David J. Wise NAS (DEA) Clifford Heinzer NAS (DEA) Laos Dr. Michel Gutelman Trevi Albin of Rotary International 
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.
By Harry Nicolaides  Harry Nicolaides was imprisoned in Bangkok for six months for writing this book. 911 Truth Peak Oil
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