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"A group of 149 Hmong refugees who have been detained in a two-room immigration jail in northern Thailand for the past nine months went on hunger strike Friday to protest their ``inhumane'' living conditions and uncertain future, sources said.

The Hmong have been detained at an immigration jail in Nong Khai, 500 kilometres north-east of Bangkok, since December 8, 2006, after Thailand's attempt to forcibly deport them back to Laos across the Mekong River sparked an international outcry.

Hmong advocate Joe Davy said the 149 Hmong, including women and children, had decided to go on a hunger strike to protest the worsening conditions of their detention, including a lack of access to clean water and deprivation of mosquito nets and blankets, in what appeared to be a deliberate effort on the part of Thai authorities to force the refugees to return to Laos ``voluntarily.''

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