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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

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

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

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
- enforced disappearance
- land rights

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

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

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

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
- enforced disappearance
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- land rights

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

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