Six years on, groups demand effective investigation into disappearance of activist Sombath Somphone Published at 17.01.2019 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance torture/ill-treatment religious groups private sector land rights Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
Lao authorities ruthlessly suppress criticism and dissent Published at 07.04.2017 Country Laos Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance censorship HRD detained surveillance Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
