Thailand still grapples with a strict law against criticizing the monarchy
BANGKOK — The day Chonthicha Jangrew got up to give a public speech in 2021 about Thailand’s politically powerful monarchy,…
Category: Human Rights
Traces of cyanide are found in the blood of Vietnamese and Americans found dead in a Bangkok hotel
BANGKOK (AP) — Initial autopsy results showed traces of cyanide in the blood of six Vietnamese and American guests at…
Press stakeout in Lao People’s Democratic Republic by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk
Sabaidee, good afternoon. This was a very short visit to Vientiane, but I am grateful for the increasing engagement my…
UN raises concerns about summary executions, enforced disappearance and deportation of activists
(UN ຍົກບັນຫາເຣື່ອງສິດທິມະນຸສໃນ ລາວ ເຊັ່ນ: ການຮີບຮ້ອນປະຫານນັກໂທສ, ການບັງຄັບໃຊ້ກົດຫມາຍ ບຸກຄົນຫາຍສາບສູນ ແລະການເນຣະເທສນັກເຄື່ອນໄຫວ) Civic space in Laos is rated ‘closed’ by the CIVICUS Monitor. The…
Man lured to work in Laos, Myanmar scam compounds was beaten, electrocuted
SINGAPORE – For seven months, Mr Francis Kamugisha was forced to work every day in heavily guarded scam mills in…
US condemns ‘forced repatriation’ of Chinese rights lawyer Lu Siwei from Laos
After being arrested by Laotian police while en route to Thailand in July, Lu Siwei was transported back to China…
Understanding the Basic Human Rights in Laos
Basic human rights in Laos are protected under the country’s constitution and international human rights treaties that Laos has ratified.…
Laos deports human rights lawyer who was fleeing state pressure back to China
BEIJING (AP) — A human rights lawyer who was arrested in neighboring Laos has been deported back to China, his…
China: RSF calls for release of journalist kidnapped in Laos and charged with “subversion of state power”
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the release of Chinese journalist Yang Zewei, who was kidnapped in Laos three months…
UN Experts Urge Laos to Halt Deportation, Release Chinese Lawyer
UNHCR: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UN experts, today called on Lao People’s Democratic Republic to end the…