TNAG-2908-FCO40-4182-Detention-of-Hong-Kong-residents-in-China-1993 — Page 7

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PAFIRD LOZO

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440015

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19 AUG 1993

DESK OFFICE

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FM UKMIS GENEVA

TO PRIORITY FCO

TELNO 593

OF 121508Z AUGUST 93

AND TO PRIORITY HONG KONG

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MY TELNO 451 (NOT TO ALL): VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS: UN WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRARY DETENTION

SUMMARY

HMG INVITED TO COMMENT WITHIN 90 DAYS ON ALLEGED ARBITRARY DETENTION OF VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS IN HONG KONG.

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DETAIL

2.

THE SUBMISSION FROM THE LAWYERS COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS ALLEGING THE ARBITRARY DETENTION OF VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS (VMS) IN HONG KONG HAS BEEN RULED AS ADMISSIBLE BY THE WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRARY DETENTION. A LETTER, DATED 3 AUGUST, FROM THE UN CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS INFORMING US OF THIS CONTAINS A SUMMARY OF THE SUBMISSION WHICH COVERS THREE INDIVIDUAL CASES (OF NGỌC LAM PHẠM, SON BACH VUONG AND GIA NINH CAM) AND THE OVERALL CONDITIONS IN WHICH VMS ARE HELD. HMG IS ASKED FOR COMMENTS, INCLUDING DETAILS OF THE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH THE THREE ARE DETAINED, WITHIN 90 DAYS.

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COPY OF THE LETTER AND ENCLOSURE TO FOLLOW BY FAX TO SEAD, AND HRPD, FCO AND HONG KONG AND TO OTHER ADDRESSEES BY BAG.

MORLAND

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