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VIDEO:The Shameful Truth: HOW LAOS TREATS REPATRIATED REFUGEES:
Jan.9, 2010…Sommer said she has heard reports from more than one source of Hmong refugees in Laos being tortured, forced to work and kept in a cell with standing water up to the knees, unable to lie down or to sleep. To watch Rebecca Sommer's film CLICK: Sommerfilms

HMONG: DAS ELEND DER BERGBEWOHNER
Dec. 31, 2009...Was die Hmong in dem kommunistischen Land erwartet, schildert Rebecca Sommer, die Vertreterin der Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker (GfbV) in New York, die Kontakt mit einigen der Flüchtlinge hat: Unmittelbar nach der Ankunft seien zwei Anführer der Hmong gefoltert worden, 24 weitere seien sofort von den anderen isoliert worden.

Hmong people(苗族)
Dec.10, 2009…Lending further support to earlier claims that the government of Laos was persecuting the Hmong, filmmaker Rebecca Sommer documented first-hand accounts in her documentary, Hunted Like Animals, and in a comprehensive report which includes summaries of claims made by the refugees and was submitted to the U.N. in May 2006.

JUNGLE ORPHANS
Sept.1, 2009…‘No embassies, journalists or NGOs are allowed to witness the repatriations so it’s difficult to know what’s happening,’ says Rebecca Sommer, director of the film Hunted Like Animals which documents the struggles of the Hmong in the mountain areas of Laos. ‘What we do know is many are simply disappearing; we suspect they are being imprisoned, tortured and executed.’

THE HMONG CAUSE
Rebecca Sommer, a freelance documentary filmmaker, went to Thailand and made a documentary. I warn you, it is graphic. It needs to be in order to demonstrate the urgency of the situation. Visit her web site, www.sommerfilms.org and view segments of the documentary, "Hunted Like Animals."

LAO SOLDIERS DECAPITATE TWO-MONTH-OLD GIRL-Ahead of Senator Webb’s Visit
Aug. 21, 2009…video footage smuggled out of Laos in 2004 that documents the aftermath of the killing and brutalization of five Hmong children, four of them girls, on May 19 2004. That footage was used in the graphic documentary, “Hunted Like Animals,” by Rebecca Sommer. Clips can be viewed at YouTube channel ’sommerfilms’ but they contain highly graphic content. VIDEO LINK"http://www.youtube.com/user/SommerFilms#p/u/14/jbn394wy-pw"

Universitetet i Tromsø
August 21…Rebecca Sommer: Permanent Forum - First Session, 2003, Society for Threatened Peoples (Video) Rebecca Sommer: The Adoption of the Declaration (DVD)

The Destiny of the Indigenous Khmer-Krom People
Aug.08, 2009…The documentary film produced by Ms. Rebecca Sommer, entitled “Eliminated Without Bleeding”, was clearly illustrated about the atrocity committed by the Vietnamese Communist Government against the Khmer-Krom people.

Indigenous Peoples May 2nd REVOLT at the United Nations PFII
Jul.02, 2009...Indigenous Peoples representatives and organizations held a protest at the May 2 2008 conclusion of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) in the United Nations headquarters, in New York. They were angered by the final Report of the Permanent Forum on Climate Change, which ignored Indigenous Peoples stated concerns about carbon trading projects (REDD), Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).

HMONG WORLDWIDE REVERE THE GENERAL
Jul. 19, 2009...A searing documentary released in 2006 by Brooklyn-based filmmaker Rebecca Sommer includes footage of emaciated Hmong living on the run in jungle camps, foraging for food and shelter. The film's title – Hunted Like Animals – has become a rallying cry for Hmong young and old.

COMMODIFICATION OF THE SACRED: UN-TRUTHS, LIES AND FALSE SOLUTIONS
May 21, 2009…Indigenous Elders From The North: “Carbon Trading Not Ethical” A video produced by Rebecca Sommer -on YouTube"sommerfilms" channel

UNPFII, IEN & REDD: CLIMATE CHANGE, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES&UN CREDIBILITY
May 23, 2009…The MAY REVOLT occurred on May 2, 2008, on the very last day of the 7th session of the UNPFII. An excellent video of the revolt and interviews with Tom Goldtooth, Art Manuel and others was produced by activist Rebecca Sommer for Earth Peoples and can be found on youtube.

HMONG: RESETTLEMENT OF REFUGEES
Apr 28, 2009 ..Sommer urges anyone interested in the subject to watch her eight minute video about one group of children who, when forced back to Laos, escaped and fled once again to Thailand. “These young refugee girls are damaged for life. What they endured is terrible. Their testimonies, the testimonies of obviously traumatized children, should sound alarm bells regarding how other returnees could be treated once back in Laos.”

Launch of the Indigenous Peoples’ Guide: ‘FALSE SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE’
Apr. 20, 2009…“We published a quick guide to the truth about false solutions to climate change. These market-based scams allow polluters to avoid reducing their pollution, continue to destroy nature and make millions while they are at it,” said Rebecca Sommer, from the Society for Threatened Peoples International, a human rights NGO with consultative status to the UN.

2008...KIDS FIRST! BEST 2008 NOMINEES
Bests 2008 Awards held at the prestigeous Academy of Television ARts & Sciences in Hollywood: Thary, A Day in My Village in Vietnam- by filmmaker Rebecca Sommer, SommerFilms

Hunted Like Animals 的導演REBECCA SOMMER榮獲人權獎。
Dec 1, 2008...第二屆神州國際電影節評選出三大獎項， 德國影片《Hunted Like Animals》的導演REBECCA SOMMER榮獲人權獎，因導演沒出席，有關人員代領獎盃。

UN Paves The Way For A Massive Land Grab
Oct 1, 2008 ... Various Indigenous representatives are opposed to UN-REDD. On 25 April 2008, the last day of the 7th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at UN Hqrs in NYC, the Indigenous Caucus of the Americas attempted to present a statement against REDD.As the Caucus was called out of order by the Chair, a protest ensued and Caucus members threatened to walk out. Security was called. A peacefully outcome resulted when the Chair allowed the Caucus representative to read the statement. To watch the video (by Filmmaker Rebecca Sommer) from the protest against REDD at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtORVi7GybY

UN Admits Carbon Reduction Scheme Threatens Indigenous Lands And Forests, Proceeds Regardless
Sept. 28, 2008 ... In carefully phrased UN language, the document further acknowledges that REDD could cause severe human rights violations and be disastrous for the poor because it could "marginalize the landless and those with communal use-rights." This is tantamount to the UN recognizing that REDD could undermine indigenous peoples and local communities rights to the usage and ownership of their lands. Could it be that the UN is paving the way for a massive land grab? To watch the video from the protest against REDD at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtORVi7GybY

NGO COMMITTEE ON MIGRATION
Sept. 11, 2008…Rebecca Sommer a film maker and a representative for Earth Peoples showed and discussed the film she made in celebration of the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People. This document was signed last year by all member states with the exception of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States. She announced that it would be possible for Committee on Migration members to get a copy of the DVD from the Indigenous Forum or by emailing her.

Indigenous Peoples ignored In Own UN Forum: Elitist Business As Usual
... Here is PART 1 of Indigenous Peoples UN Forum - MAY REVOLT 2008 by Rebecca Sommer (uploaded to youtube). Indigenous Peoples representatives and organizations held a protest at the May 2 2008 conclusion of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) in New York.

Indigenous Protest in the UN
June 3, 2008 ... Indigenous Peoples representatives and organizations held a protest during the final day of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) two weeks ago. The delegates were angered over the Permanent Forums decision to endorse the World Banks REDD (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation in Developing Countries) initiative, and various other -carbon market solutions- to climate change ... Finally, to watch Rebecca Sommers report on the revolt, see ...

The United Nations Censors Indigenous People At A Forum For Indigenous Peoples
June 2, 2008 ... Well, on May 2nd, after being ignored ignored throughout the entire session, the Indigenous representatives stood up and demanded the right to speak?. And then UN security was called in to remove them! Everyone left peacefully, and a short while later the Forum clued in on what it had done (censored indigenous people at a forum for indigenous people) and told the delegates they could go ahead and speak. However, it must be stated that this now makes it three times the UN has acted to suppress indigenous voices since the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People was passed in September, 2007. The first time, of course, was at the UN Climate Change Negotiations in Bali. And the second time, during the UN Convention on Biological Diversity in February, 2008. At least the Indigenous delegates were allowed to speak this time. Of course, no amount of words are going to matter when the people who need to hear them have already chosen their course - a fact the UN Permanent Forum ended up reaffirming beyond all doubt. They kept the offensive statements in their report, word for word.

The 2nd Of May Revolt At The UNPFII
June 2, 2008 ... Rebecca Sommer is in the midst of producing a video documentary about -the 2nd OF MAY REVOLT- at the recent session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) in New York. It's on youtube right now if your are interested.

Indigenous Groups Sound The REDD Alert
May 21, 2008 ... Unfortunately many governments, industry and institutions (and sadly some NGOs as well) seem unwaivering in their blinkered pursuit of free-market environmentalist solutions like carbon trading instead of supporting real solutions to climate change. Fortunately there is opposition to this dead-end strategy of market gimmickry. Fortunately you can see a video of the encounter first hand filmed by Rebecca Sommer with commentary by First Nations leader and representative of Indigenous Network on Economies and Trade, Arthur Manuel, and Indigenous Environment Network?s Tom Goldooth.

LET'S TALK: THE UN AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
As I reported last week in this column, the video of armed guards entering the permanent forum startled many participants, including many North Americans and others who more than a week later became aware of the conflict through a posting on YouTube. See the video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtORVi7GybY. Indigenous leaders of the permanent forum, among them those who in past decades demonstrated for admittance to the United Nations, were equally startled to realize that some participants felt the need to demonstrate in the forum.

INDIGENOUS RIGHTS GROUPS DEMAND RIGHT TO SPEAK AT UNITED NATIONS
May 9, 2008 ... Lopez said on behalf of the South American Caucus, that, despite the oral amendments to document E/C.19/2008/L.2 as read by the Forum Rapporteur, the text did not reflect the concerns of Indigenous Peoples about emissions and deforestation. The list of recommendations it contained would reflected the opinions of the UNPFII's experts and not the positions of indigenous peoples.

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES PROTEST CARBON TRADING AT THE UN
May 3rd, 2008 ... Indigenous Peoples attending the 7th session of the Permanent Forum are profoundly concerned that our key recommendations on climate change are not being taken into account by the Permanent Forum. This Permanent Forum was created precisely to recognize, promote, and support the rights of Indigenous Peoples, says Florina Lopez, Coordinator of the Indigenous Womens Biodiversity Network of Abya Yala. Throughout the two weeks of the Permanent Forum, Indigenous community representatives have consistently testified about the injustices associated with the clean development mechanism projects and have asked that the Permanent Forum not promote the projects. However, in the final report of the Permanent Forum adopted today, these injustices have been ignored.

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: CARBON TRADING IS PERMISSION TO POLLUTE
May 2, 2008 ... Indigenous Peoples attending the Permanent Forum are outraged that their rejection of the carbon market has been ignored in the final report of the 7th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (PFII). The final report of the PFII hails World Bank funded carbon trading, like the Clean Development Mechanism, as -good examples- of partnership despite the human rights violations and environmental destruction they have caused.

UA HMONG STUDENTS TAKE A STAND AGAINST GENOCIDE
Apr 17, 2008 ... in power after the US pulled out of southeast Asia in 1975, according to footage in the documentary "Hunted Like Animals" by filmmaker Rebecca Sommer.

TROUBLE AHEAD
March 28, 2008...German film-maker and human rights advocate Rebecca Sommer is encouraging Hmong groups in the US to take to the streets - to protest against Thailand's plans to send back 8,000 Hmong who fled Laos to a refugee camp in Phetchabun. Sommer spent many days at Huay Nam Khao in Phetchabun interviewing Hmong refugees for her documentary 'Hunted Like Animals' and strongly opposes forced repatriation of the Hmong. Her film has been selected for showing at the Amnesty International Film Festival in Amsterdam this weekend.

LOWELL FILM FESTIVAL AWARD CEREMONY
Mar 27, 2008 ... Filmmaker Rebecca Sommer will be on hand for a post-screening Q&A. Lowell Film Festival Shorts Contest Award Ceremony

REBECCA SOMMER'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DOCUMENTARY WILL BE SCREENED AT MONTREAL HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL
MARCH 4, 2008...While the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues has the opportunity to serve as an important catalyst, history will determine whether it ensures that the voices of the indigenous peoples are heard, and if it achieves real change and protections for indigenous peoples," she added. Rebecca Sommer is frustrated with the latest rules by the UN PFII, which institute more restrictions for indigenous peoples to show their issues in film format: It is against Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of the UN itself!" she told HNN.

VIDEO TRAILER: INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND THE UNITED NATIONS,Vol.1 - MONTREAL HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL
February 29, 2008...to be screened March 29th at 3 pm at the Cinéma du Parc in Montreal at the Montreal Human Rights Film Festival. The film received the New York Festivals International Film & Video Award, Documentaries, 2008. An eye-opening and heartfelt documentary made by filmmaker and human rights advocate Rebecca Sommer, about the pressing issues faced by indigenous peoples around the world.

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND THE UNITED NATIONS,Vol.1 AT OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL
February 25, 2008...to be screened Wednesday 5th March 2008, Main Lecture Theatre, Oxford Brookes University, 6pm, Indigenous Peoples and the United Nations (Rebecca Sommer, 2006, 30 mins). Rebecca Sommer's straightforward documentary, containing interviews with officials from the UN family, governments, politicians and indigenous communities, was created to raise-awareness on pressing issues faced by indigenous peoples around the world.

HUNTED LIKE ANIMALS: OFFICIAL SELECTION - AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL FILMFESTIVAL
February 23, 2008...a film by Rebecca Sommer, to be screened March 29, 14:30 PM and 30 March, 18:00 PM, 2008 - Studio K 2, at Amnesty International Film Festival. To watch the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzqSQSfdlmw

ELIMINATED WITHOUT BLEEDING - RECEIVED NEW YORK FESTIVALS INTERNATIONAL FILM&VIDEO FINALIST AWARD
JANUARY 20, 2008... is a one-hour documentary on the Khmer Krom indigenous peoples from the Mekong Delta in Southern Vietnam. The Khmer Krom explain how they are oppressed and eliminated as a peoples. There is no freedom of speech, religion or culture. Aggressively Vietnam-ized, the Khmer Krom struggle to maintain their way of life and identity. Received the New York Festivals International Film & Video Award, Documentaries, 2008. The New York Festivals International Film & Video Awards recognize The World's Best Work in film and video.

DIGITAL ACTIVIST EXPOSE ABUSE AT THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
December 11, 2007...The power of online video to document human rights abuse and raise international awareness was the subject of a panel discussion on technology and social change convened at the United Nations on Monday as part of celebrations commemorating Human Rights Day.-Human rights abusers are using the same tools to put propaganda videos on sites like YouTube - said panellist Rebecca Sommer, an independent filmmaker.

HUMAN RIGHTS DAY AT THE UNITED NATIONS
December 10, 2007...Panel discussion: Digital Dignity: New Media and Human Rights This year, Human Rights Day (10 December 2007) serves as the launch of a year-long commemoration leading up to the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The theme for both the day and the year, summarizing the very essence of the Declaration, is Dignity and justice - for all of us.

HMONG GENOCIDE GOES UNNOTICED
December 6, 2007...For the Hmong not in refugee camps, they are trapped, lost in a world of death and hunger. The Fact Finding Commission as well as Rebecca Sommer's Hunted Like Animals documentary has compiled evidence and graphic images that prove there is genocide going on against the Hmong in Laos.

HUNTED LIKE ANIMALS AT CHEST THEATRE
October 31, 2007...Tonight was not unlike any other Tuesday night. Great Grandparents, grandparents, mothers, fathers, baby's, teenagers and children of all ages waited patiently and fumbled with the ticket machines. One could surmise that this was the first time they had ever used Regional Transit. It brought a smile to my face, and I hoped for a stress & thuggery free ride into Downtown..........It was truly promising & encouraging to see all these people getting on the train for a ride. But why I wondered? At City College, I lowered my ramp for the Tuesday regulars and scanned the front half of the seats for someone in the group that I could strike up a conversation with to find out what event or rally or whatever everyone was headed to. I found her:She simply replied HUNTED LIKE ANIMALS. The Crest Theater was screening the Rebecca Sommer film called HUNTED LIKE ANIMALS, a documentary film chronicling the ongoing genocide of Hmong People in the jungles of Laos.

ASSEMBLYMEMEBR JONES HELD A FREE SCREENING OF HUNTED LIKE ANILANS AT THE CHEST THEATRE
October 30, 2008 ...Assemblymember Jones held a free screening of Hunted Like Animals at the Crest Theatre. Hunted Like Animals is an eye-opening documentary about the ongoing human rights violations of the Hmong people in the jungles of Laos.  The film?s director, Rebecca Sommer, traveled from New York to take part in the event (pictured with Jones above).  Following the screening, a panel of experts spoke on the topic (pictured above).

HUNTED LIKE ANIMALS TO BE SHOWN AT UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN'S WAUSAU CAMPUS
October 7, 2007 ...The documentary film Hunted Like Animals will be screened at 7 p.m. Wednesday, October 10, In Room 233 at the University of Wisconsin-Marathon County in Wausau.

INDIGNEOUS PEOPLES AND THE UN, Vol 1 - RECEIVED THE NEW YORK FESTIVALS INTERNATIONAL FILM&VIDEO FINALIST AWARD
October 1, 2007...Rebecca Sommer's film INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND THE UNITED NATIONS received the New York Festivals International Film & Video Award, Internatinal Affairs, 2007. It is a thirty-minute long documentary, to promote and raise-awareness on indigenous issues within the UN system, to politicians and diplomats. It was commissioned by the Secretariat of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII).

HUNTED LIKE ANIMALS AT UWMC
October 2, 2007...It is not often that a re-run is an important event, but this is one of those occaisions. UWMC is showing again the film, Hunted Like Animals, which is a documentary by Rebecca Sommers about the genocide of the Hmong people in Laos. The film will be shown on October 10 at 7 pm in the college theater.

FILM RALLIES YOUTHS TO HMONG CAUSE
July 3, 2007...Video says thousands still in Laos jungle are hunted by troops. Rebecca Sommer recounts the plight of the Hmong in Laos, especially women and children, who she says are not part of any resistance and need international help to come out safely. Sommer describes her documentary as "an insider film for the U.N. and governments, but it has inspired protests in Sacramento and nationwide.

MANY HMONG RESETTLED IN MADISON AFTER FLEEING LAOS
June 22, 2007...Sommer, a German filmmaker and human rights activist, recently screened a rough cut of her film, Hunted Like Animals at UW-Madison. Video cameras, along with solar-powered radios and phones supplied by Hmong in the United States were smuggled in 2003 to Hmong still hiding in the jungles of Laos. This footage, along with interviews from refugee camps in Thailand show that, for the Hmong, the war is far from over.

HMONG DEMONSTRATE AT CALIFORNIAS CAPITOL - Many outraged by Internet images of people tortured in Laos.
June 18, 2007...Bill Va of Elk Grove said his teenage children spent the week watching videos on YouTube.com that are part of a documentary called "Hunted Like Animals." The graphic footage shows dead and dismembered Hmong and airs interviews of Hmong recounting being routinely chased from their homes in Laos.

HMONG RALLY CAPITOL- About 2,000 Express Anger Over Abuses In Laos
June 18, 2007...Bill Va of Elk Grove said his teenage children spent the week watching videos on YouTube.com that are part of a documentary called "Hunted Like Animals." The graphic footage shows dead and dismembered Hmong people and airs interviews of Hmong recounting being routinely chased from their homes in Laos.

VIETNAM AND COMMUNISM'S VICTIMS
June 17, 2007...Recently, the Vietnamese communist regime demanded of the U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues the cancellation of scheduled films to be screened at the May 22 forum. One film, "Hunted Like Animals," sponsored by the Hmong-Lao Human Rights Council depicted the genocide against the Hmong, and the other film depicted human-rights abuses against the Khmer Krom by the Vietnamese communists.

YOUNG HMONG TURNED OUT IN FORCE IN CALIFORNIA TO PROTEST ABUSES IN LAOS
June 17, 2007...Carrie Thao, 19, said she was at the rally in support of her parents. But she had also been spurred to come out after viewing the same videos on YouTube.com -- e-mailed to her by a friend. "When I saw those videos, I burst into tears. No one is doing anything about it," she said.

SE ASIA HILL TRIBES FIGHT BACK WITH NEW WEAPON - YouTube
June 15, 2007...Graphic footage filmed last year in the Lao jungle and posted on the popular video sharing website YouTube shows a young Hmong boy, his belly sliced open and his intestines hanging out. The boy says he was attacked by solders when he left his family's encampment to search for food. In the same video, titled "Hunted Like Animals" and directed by Rebecca Sommer, visibly traumatised Hmong asylum seekers filmed in Thai refugee camps describe the slaughter of their relatives by Lao security forces.

Jun 08, 2007...Vang Pao Case Highlights Hmong Community's Losses - NAM
Old wounds were re-opened and also, says Mai Der Vang, the American-born ... Many Hmong, mostly women and children, have gone into hiding in the ..... I appreciate the tremendous effort put forwarded by Rebecca Sommer to ... Genocide , rape, mass murder is still occurring today to the Hmong in the jungles of Laos .

The Hmong Struggle in Laos: Freedom Fighters or Terrorists?
June 8, 2007...The ongoing destruction of the Hmong is the subject of a vivid film entitled Hunted Like Animals. Filmmaker Rebecca Sommer documents the ongoing genocide on the Hmong people, running and hiding from the Laotian military aggressions in the remote mountainous regions of Laos.

Did Hmong Crisis Spur Vang Pao 'Plot
Jun 5, 2007... Sommer, a German, recently showed her documentary on the plight of the jungle Hmong - "Hunted Like Animals" - in New York. She had initially planned to screen the film in the UN building itself, "but Vietnamese officials stopped that", she said..

Banned Documentaries
May 28, 2007...Human rights groups have alleged that the Vietnamese government tries to suppress information about the alleged human rights abuses. This month Vietnam reportedly pressured the United Nations to ban the screening of two films made by an independent film maker during UN events about indigenous people in New York.

Film Documenting Oppression of Minorities in S.E. Asia Will Be Screened Today -- Despite Vietnam-Instigated Cancellation
May 25, 2007...Despite censorship by the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the UN, which caused the cancellation of two films screenings this year during the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous issues -- upon Vietnam's request to the UN system, the documentaries will be screened in Midtown Manhattan Friday, May 25, 2007.

DESPITE Cancellation by Vietnam- FILM SHOWING during the UNPFII 6th Session (pdf)
May 25, 2007...Despite censorship by the Permanent Mission of VIETNAM to the UN, which caused the cancellation of 2 Film screenings of special side events this year during the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous issues upon VietnamsÕ request to the UN system - we are proud to invite you to watch one of the two cancelled documentaries this Friday.

At The UN, UN Censors Films for its Member States
May 24, 2007...Vietnam had moved to block the screening of Hunted Like Animals during the UNPFII- a film about the Hmong, and Matthew Russell Lee of Inner City Press at the UN had asked Ban Ki-moon's spokesperson's office to confirm this. On Thursday, the following was read out:

DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS - Convinced That Hunted Like Animals Captured The Reality(pdf)
May 24, 2007...Sommer's advocacy film about the Hmong, called Hunted Like Animals was made originally for distribution to United Nations officials, who received a total of 1,300 copies.

Vietnam setzt bei Vereinten Nationen Maulkorb für Menschenrechtler durch
May 23, 2007...Der vietnamesische UN-Botschafter hatte wŠhrend des alljŠhrlich in New York tagenden "Permanenten Forums indigener Všolker" persšnlich bei den UN interveniert und am Dienstag durchgesetzt, dass zwei Filme der GfbV-Menschenrechtlerin Rebecca Sommer Ÿber die Verfolgung indigener Všlker in Vietnam und Laos nicht vorgefŸhrt werden dŸrfen.

Vietnam Muzzles Human Rights Activists at the United Nations
May 23, 2007..."The United Nations are losing their credibility in human rights issues if they cannot even guarantee the freedom of speech within their own UN bodiesÓ, criticized STP. The film screenings had been registered for Tuesday and Wednesday through the organization Earth Peoples and other human rights organizations and had been approved by the UN.

Inner City Press -- Investigative Journalism from the United Nations
May 21, 2007... The moderator, Rebecca Sommer, said that the Vietnamese mission to the UN has tried to get her film, "Hunted Like Animals," a side event to the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, cancelled or pushed off UN grounds.

Work-in-progress Film: "DISCUSSIONS ON THE UN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES"
May 14, 2007... Screened on the opening day of the 14 May 2007 at the United Nations. An awareness-raising film on the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Indigenous Peoples Lands, Territories, Natural Resources: Livelihoods and Emerging Issues
April 19, 2007... Organized in Cooperation with the NGO committee on the United Nations International Decade of the WorldÕs Indigenous People, the briefing will look at the traditional lifestyles, practices, and struggles of indigenous peoples around the globe. There are over 300 million indigenous peoples living in nearly 70 countries.

Discussions on the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
April 12, 2007...At the opening of the 6th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the NGO Cttee on the United Nations cordially invites you to open "Discussions on the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples" and a film screening directed by Rebecca Sommer for Earth Peoples. The session to be held 1:00 Ð 2:45 PM, at Library Auditorium Dag Hammarskjšld will be followed by Q&A with special guests from states, Indigenous Peoples and UN representatives.

United Nations Association - Progress Report on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
April 12, 2007... presentation of the work-in-progress film "Discussions on the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples" by Rebecca Sommer, Representative of the NGO Society for Threatened Peoples International.

Die Verfolgung des Volkes der der Hmong: Eine deutsche Filmerin zwingt die Welt zum Hinschauen
April 8, 2007...Wer ihre Site "Hunted like animals" ("Wie Tiere gejagt") anklickt und sich ein paar der zum Teil aus dem Dschungel geschmuggelten Filmausschnitte anschaut, wird diese so rasch nicht mehr vergessen. Und das ist Absicht: Die Verfolgung der Hmong in Laos soll nicht mehr ignoriert werden kšnnen.

UNDPI-NGO - Filmscreening at United Nations Headquarters(pdf)
Mar 19, 2007...Briefing on Indigenous Peoples Lands, Territories, Natural Resources: Livelihoods and Emerging Issues. UNPFII Vol. 1: Awareness-raising Film; Indigenous Peoples and the United Nations Volume 1 will be screened at 10:00 a.m. Film by Rebecca Sommer for the Secretariat of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Eliminated Without Bleeding
Mar 5, 2007... Khmer Krom have long alarmed human rights groups and are the subject of Rebecca Sommer's widely screened 2006 documentary, "Eliminated without Bleeding.

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES REPORT: Khmer Krom in Southern Vietnam
Mar 16, 2007...Their Buddhist religion is controlled by the Vietnamese authorities, and infiltrated by force and intimidation with communist doctrines. Monks who teach young monks must mix religion with communist propaganda. If they donÕt, they are arrested and disrobed as traitors. Everyone lives in fear, the villagers, the monks, it was extremely depressing to realize, how oppressed these people live, it was terrible. So many Khmer Krom fled Vietnam, and are in limbo as refugees, not recognized by the international community to need serious help.

Vietnam's Politburo Continues to Oppress Indigenous Peoples
Febr 25, 2007...Hardliners in Vietnam's politburo in Hanoi are obsessed with punishing, oppressing and even eliminating peoples -- such as the Khmer Krom, Montagnards and Hmong Lao, that aligned themselves more than 30 years ago with the United States during the Vietnam War.

Eliminated Without Bleeding | Khmer Krom Federation
Febr 16, 2007...The first ever video documentary about the Khmer Krom people, Written, Directed, Produced and Copyrighted by Rebecca Sommer. This touching and reavealing documentary evident of human rights abuse by the Vietnamese communist government on the innocent Khmer Krom people. You can also view the clips on YouTube, if you do not have Quciktime...

Work-In-Progress Film to Discuss the U.N. Declaration On The Rights Of Indigenous Peoples
Febr 2007...A work-in-progress film to assist Indigenous Peoples with the lobby for the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is now online. It was created by award winning filmmaker Rebecca Sommer from Earth Peoples.

Hmong Lao Refugee Deportation Halted Last Minute
Jan 31, 2007... Supported by the US based Hmong community, we have mailed over 1,000 DVDs of HUNTED LIKE ANIMALS to governments and the UN system." said Sommer. The attempt to deport up to 150 Hmong Lao refugees from Thailand to Laos on Tuesday was stopped at the last minute after Thailand faced massive international protests.

Screening of Movie Shows Dark Side
St.Paul - Dec 23, 2006 ... While visitors made their rounds at Saint Paul's Hmong New Year celebration, crowds gathered time and again to take in some powerful images from a new documentary that premiered at the event. Rebecca Sommer, a filmmaker from Germany showed "Hunted Like Animals" a film that shows the suffering of Hmong refugees hiding in the jungles of Laos.

Film on Hmong Lao Refugees Lays to rest Thailand and Laos Misinformation
Dec 20, 2006...Hmong Lao refugee situation in Thailand reaching a crisis, Rebecca Sommer announced the early release of her human rights documentary Hunted Like Animals.

Hmong Refugee Film to be Shown to the Hmong Community in St. Paul, MN
USAÊ- Nov 23, 2006 ...The Hmong Lao refugees showed great courage to stand in front of my video camera to send a message to the world. Now their voices are heard...

Filmscreening of Hunted Like Animals at U.N. Church Center
USAÊ- October 25, 2006...The screening and program will be in the United Nations Church Center, 12th floor, as part an awareness-raising side event on the Hmong Lao crisis...

Hmong Refugee Film to be Shown to the Hmong Community in Green Bay
Oct 21, 2006...The film, "Hunted Like Animals," by Rebecca Sommer, will be shown between 10 am and 3 pm at the Hmong American Partnership Center

Filmscreening in The Hague City Hall | Khmer Krom Film
2 October 2006...Ms. Rebecca Sommer set the stage, premiering her film ELIMINATED WITHOUT BLEEDING, reminding everyone of the genuine urgency with which these steps must be taken.

Self-DeterminationSELF
Sept. 28, 2006......Attention will also be further focused on the human face and urgency of these questions by the Premier Screening of “Eliminated Without Bleeding”, a film by celebrated Filmmaker Ms. Rebecca Sommer about the plight of the Khmer Krom people of the Mekong River Delta region of Southern Vietnam

UNPO Gathers Experts in The Hague
Sept. 28, 2006...A film by celebrated Filmmaker Ms. Rebecca Sommer about the plight of the Khmer Krom... Ms. Sommer will herself be present at the Premier on Sunday 01 October to ...

German Human Rights Activist Rebecca Sommer Deserves Nobel Peace Price For Work Withe Hmong Refugees
Sept 4, 2006...Sommer spoke at a Bangkok press conference after showing ?rough cuts? from her forthcoming documentary Hunted Like Animals at the Foreign Correspondents Club. The film features interviews with Hmong refugees who accuse Lao troops of murder, gang rape and use of chemical weapons. It reportedly includes footage smuggled out of Laos by the Fact Finding Commission in recent months. She said the film stemmed from interviews with hundreds of people from the conflict zone.

Hmong Headlines: Film Hunted Like Animals
Sept 2, 2006... Accusations of gross human-rights abuses were aired by US-based activist Rebecca Sommer, who spoke after showing Òrough cutsÓ from her forthcoming documentary ÒHunted Like AnimalsÓ at the Foreign Correspondents Club. The film features interviews with Hmong refugees who accuse Lao troops of murder, gang rape and use of chemical weapons. It reportedly includes footage smuggled out of Laos by the Fact Finding Commission in recent months.

Press Conference Bangkok: Persecuted and Treated Like Animals in Laos
Sept 2, 2006...Thailand was also condemned for brutal treatment of Hmong refugees since the beginning of this year, including the jailing of groups of 29 people and 51 people -- mainly women and children -- in horrible conditions in Phetchabun and Lomsak police station.

Laos Denies Attacks on Hmong
Sept 1, 2006...The Lao government has dismissed charges of human rights abuses against ethnic Hmong, freshly detailed in a report and film made by a U.S. advocacy group. The film focuses on Hmong hiding in the mountains of central Laos' Xaysomboun ... The filmmaker, Rebecca Sommer, says the Lao government has a policy of...

Laos and Thailand Were Subject of Scarhing Attacks at Press Conference In Bangkok Yesterady
Aug 31, 2006...Thailand was also condemned for brutal treatment of Hmong refugees since the beginning of this year, including the jailing of 29 people - mainly women and children - in "horrible conditions" in Phetchabun police station.

WGIP: Side Event | Filmscreening On The Hmong Lao, At The United Nations
Aug 8, 2006...Mrs Rebecca Sommer presented her work-in-progress documentary Hunted like Animals on the Hmong Lao conflict situation, which she described as genocide.

U.N.- Working Group On Indigenous Populations In Geneva
Aug 4, 2006...Side Event: Chemical weapons against the Hmong: "They hunt us like animals" - Report and documentary about the genocide committed by military forces in Laos

UN Family - Home
A 54-minute documentary about the birth of the United ... has recently been produced by Rebecca Sommer for United Nations...

UN Audiovisual News
... Rebecca Sommer for the Secretariat of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), 2006. The Fifth Session of UNPFII will be held...

UN Celebrated International Day Indigenous Peoples
9 Aug 9, 2006...Dag Hammarskjšld Library Auditorium, United Nations Headquarters FILM SCREENING .Indigenous Peoples and the United Nations (Film by Rebecca Sommer for Secretariat UNPFII, 2005.

Documents and Publications - UNPFII - United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Indigenous Peoples and the United Nations Vol.1. Film by Rebecca Sommer for the Secretariat of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 2006 ...

International Day of Indigenous Peoples - Filmscreening at the U.N.
Film-maker Rebecca Sommer was commissioned by the Secretariat of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues to produce and direct the ...

UNDPI Press Release 5659
Film-maker Rebecca Sommer was commissioned by the Secretariat of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues to produce and direct the documentary film, Indigenous Peoples and the United Nations, which is intended for government officials and staff of United Nations agencies, funds and programmes -- to raise awareness about indigenous issues and the work of the Permanent Forum.It covers the history of indigenous peoples at the United Nations, introduces the work of the Permanent Forum, and highlights some of the problems faced by indigenous peoples and what they would like to see done about them.

IWWG - Inside the UN
May 5, 2005... a 30-minute documentary directed by Rebecca Sommer, who recently left New York City to film in South East Asia

UN Showcases Art Exhibit 'In Celebration of Indigenous Peoples'
Aug 9, 2004...Rebecca Sommer of Earth Peoples presents her video ""Women's wishes for the Earth"". The exhibit marks the third session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous ...

United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
May 14, 2003… This 2.5-hour documentary was filmed and produced by Rebecca Sommer. It is a visual and oral report from an IPO and an NGO perspective on the First Session of the Permanent Forum. It aims to capture the voices of Indigenous peoples themselves at this historic First Session.