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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
- 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

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

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
- enforced disappearance
- restrictive law
- HRD detained
- minority groups

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

Arbitrary detention of Lao women activist, increased online surveillance, persecution of minorities
Published at
06.08.2021
Country
Laos
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- women
- religious groups
- minority groups

Reprisals against Hmong, religious freedom violations and search for Sombath continues
Published at
01.11.2021
Country
Laos
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- indigenous groups
- refugees and migrants
- religious groups
- minority groups
- protest

Political dissident from Laos finds refuge as ethnic Hmong indigenous people remain at risk
Published at
18.03.2022
Country
Laos
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- indigenous groups
- minority groups

‘Closed’ civic space shows Laos not taking annual human rights dialogues seriously
Published at
18.07.2022
Country
Laos
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- protest disruption
- religious groups
- minority groups
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- land rights

Calls for accountability for disappeared activist Sombath Somphone, release of political prisoners as repression of civic space persists in Laos
Published at
20.12.2022
Country
Laos
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- censorship
- land rights
- harassment
- intimidation

Laos: Arrests for protest against potash mine while human rights defenders remain in jail
Published at
02.05.2023
Country
Laos
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- religious groups
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights
- land rights

Laos: Human rights defender shot at while activists in exile face arrest and attacks
Published at
18.09.2023
Country
Laos
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- HRD detained
- attack on HRD

Laos: UN raises concerns about summary executions, enforced disappearance and deportation of activists
Published at
23.01.2024
Country
Laos
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- religious groups
- minority groups
- hrd
- enforced disappearance
- surveillance

Laos: Social media critic arrested for exposing bribery while land rights protesters detained
Published at
07.05.2024
Country
Laos
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- minority groups
- harassment
- protestor(s) detained
- land rights

Laos: Increased surveillance around ASEAN meeting, Myanmar activists deported and no progress around disappearances
Published at
26.09.2024
Country
Laos
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- surveillance
- minority groups
- transnational repression

Laos: UN raises concerns on civic space restrictions for ethnic cultural groups and women activists
Published at
03.03.2025
Country
Laos
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- women
- surveillance
- minority groups
- bureaucratic restriction