Fiji’s military-appointed PM seems to be reading from a familiar script. The Sydney Morning Herald reports:
Dr Senilagakali said the new government would bring “joy and peace” to the people of Fiji, saying the island nation needed a new form of democracy. “Democracy might be all right for Australia and New Zealand but certainly not all [...]
New species of military democracy discovered in the Pacific!
December 7th, 2006 by Andrew Walker · 23 Comments
Mistreatment of Hmong refugees
December 7th, 2006 by Andrew Walker · 4 Comments
From The Nation, a disturbing story about alleged mistreatment of Hmong refugees (from Laos) in a Thai immigration detention centre. Here is an extract:
Officials from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees are talking with Thai authorities about 194 people rounded up in Bangkok about three weeks ago.
Most of the “illegals” held at the Immigration [...]
Tags: Focus on Laos · Laos · Thailand · Trans-Border Issues
Rohingya in Phang Nga
December 7th, 2006 by Nicholas Farrelly · 3 Comments
For some news related to my posts earlier in the year about the Rohingya claiming asylum in Australia who were sent to Nauru, reports have come through that a boat has arrived in southern Thailand’s Phang Nga province carrying 114 Rohingya “looking for work”.
To the best of my knowledge, there has been no recent news coverage of [...]
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