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Laos increases controls on social media news sites while anti-land grab protesters jailed
- Published at
- 05.09.2019
- Country
- Laos
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- release of HRDs
- minority groups
- land rights
- enforced disappearance

UN expert reports of ‘a near-total lack of space for freedom of expression’ in Laos
- Published at
- 06.05.2019
- Country
- Laos
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- censorship
- surveillance
- torture/ill-treatment

Lao authorities ruthlessly suppress criticism and dissent
- Published at
- 07.04.2017
- Country
- Laos
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- censorship
- HRD detained
- surveillance

Decree on Associations imposes severe restrictions on civil society
- Published at
- 14.03.2018
- Country
- Laos
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- funding restriction
- CSO closure
- restrictive law

UN Human Rights Committee slams Laos record on civil and political rights
- Published at
- 23.08.2018
- Country
- Laos
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD prosecuted
- land rights
- enforced disappearance
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship

Repressive climate for civil society silences criticism of dam projects
- Published at
- 23.10.2018
- Country
- Laos
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- censorship
- criminal defamation

Laos activist Od Sayavong still missing six months on, while critics continue to be silenced
- Published at
- 21.02.2020
- Country
- Laos
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- women
- restrictive law
- negative court ruling
- HRD prosecuted
- criminal defamation
- land rights

Clampdown on expression online persists as Laos slips further down the press freedom rankings
- Published at
- 29.05.2020
- Country
- Laos
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- religious groups
- criminal defamation
- censorship
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- protest
- land rights

Rights groups and the UN continue to press Laos where civic space remains ‘closed’
- Published at
- 07.01.2021
- Country
- Laos
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- minority groups
- enforced disappearance
- restrictive law
- HRD detained

Lao activist Muay in jail for nearly a year while still no justice for 2018 dam collapse
- Published at
- 02.09.2020
- Country
- Laos
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- torture/ill-treatment
- environmental rights
- land rights

Arbitrary detentions and attacks on Hmong in Laos as rubber-stamp elections held
- Published at
- 26.04.2021
- Country
- Laos
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- indigenous groups
- religious groups
- minority groups