ໃນວັນທີ 12 ເມສາ ທີ່ຜ່ານມາ, ກະຊວງການຕ່າງປະເທດ ສະຫະຣັຖອາເມຣິກາ ໄດ້ອອກບົດຣາຍງານກ່ຽວກັບສິດທິມະນຸສ ປະຈຳປີ 2021. ເນື້ອໃນບົດຣາຍງານ ເວົ້າເຖິງບັນຫາ ການລະເມີດສິດທິມະນຸສ ຂອງແຕ່ລະປະເທດໃນໂລກ ທັງໝົດ 198 ປະເທດ ລວມທັງ ເຂດປົກຄອງຕົນເອງ. ບົດຣາຍງານສິດທິມະນຸສ ໄດ້ຍົກໃຫ້ເຫັນເຖິງບັນຫາສິດທິມະນຸສ ແລະ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ຖືກຄຸກຄາມ ຢູ່ປະເທດຕ່າງໆ ໂດຍສະເພາະ ເຈົ້າໜ້າທີ່ຣັຖ ໄດ້ກັກຂັງປະຊາຊົນແບບບໍ່ເປັນທັມ, ທໍຣະມານ, ຫຼື ສັງຫານນັກການເມືອງຝ່າຍຄ້ານ, ນັກເຄື່ອນໄຫວ, ນັກປົກປ້ອງສິດທິມະນຸສ ຫຼື ນັກຂ່າວ. ການຖແລງຂ່າວ ວັນທີ 12 ເມສາ 2022 ທີ່ຜ່ານມາ, ເຈົ້າໜ້າທີ່ລະດັບສູງ ຂອງກະຊວງການຕ່າງປະເທດ ສະຫະຣັຖອາເມຣິກາ ຂອງນຶ່ງໃນປະເດັນ ການລະເມີດສິດທິມະນຸສ ທີ່ກະຊວງການຕ່າງປະເທດ ສະຫະຣັຖອາເມຣິກາ ໃຫ້ຄວາມສຳຄັນ ກໍຄື ຣັສເຊັຽເຂົ້າມາເຮັດສົງຄາມ ໃນປະເທດຢູເຄຣນນັ້ນ ນຳໄປສູ່ການລະເມີດສິດທິມະນຸສ. ທ່ານ ແອນໂທນີ ບລິງເຄນ […]
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Chinese Billionaire Who Helped Rights Lawyers Describes ‘Inhumane’ Detention
Agriculture billionaire Sun Dawu, who is currently standing trial in the northern Chinese province of Hebei on a slew of charges that rights activists say are politically motivated, was subjected to “cruel and inhumane treatment,” his defense team said. Sun, 67, is on trial at the Gaobeidian Municipal People’s Court amid unprecedented security that lawyers […]
Lao Christians Evicted From Their Village Return, But Can’t Build Homes
Seven Lao Christians evicted from their homes in southern Saravan province in October for refusing to renounce their faith have returned to their village, but are being refused permission to rebuild homes demolished by authorities when they were first thrown out, RFA has learned. The seven, who are members of two families in the Pasing-Kang […]
Lao Christians Arrested, Held in Jail For Planning Funeral Rites
Four Lao Christians have been held in jail for over three months in the country’s Khammouane province for planning funeral rites—an exercise of religious freedom deemed by village authorities to have violated Lao customs and “divided community solidarity,” Lao sources say. The four were arrested on July 3 in Khammouane’s Phousath village after traveling there […]
USCIRF Releases New Report on Religious Freedom Conditions in Laos
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the following new country update on religious freedom conditions in Laos following a staff delegation to the country in February 2020: Laos Factsheet – This report provides a country update on religious freedom conditions in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. In […]
Lao Migrant Goes Missing, Friends Suspect Government Abduction
A Lao migrant who had been living in Thailand lost contact with his friends and relatives after visiting family in Laos last month, leading his contacts to suspect that Lao authorities might have abducted him over his involvement in a pro-democracy protest at the Lao embassy in Bangkok. Phetphouthon Philachane, 44, entered Vientiane on November […]
China Named Worst Abuser of Internet Freedom in Freedom House Report
China has been the world’s worst abuser of internet freedom for the fourth consecutive year, while Vietnam, Myanmar and Cambodia were not far behind, according to a Freedom House report published Tuesday. In Freedom on the Net 2019: The Crisis of Social Media, the Washington-based independent watchdog organization evaluated 65 countries between June 2018 and […]
Group of Four Lao Young Women Trafficked to China Rescued, Separate Group of Four Remain Missing after Three Years
Authorities in Laos’ southwestern Champassak province have rescued four young Lao women and girls who were trafficked to China, while another group of four females from another part of the country remain missing, sources told RFA’s Lao Service recently. The teenagers and young women, now aged 16 to 21, were rescued in August. Several years […]
Asking for release ຮຽກຮ້ອງເພື່ອປ່ອຍໂຕ
Asking for release ຮຽກຮ້ອງເພື່ອປ່ອຍໂຕ Miss Xayabouly HouayheuangArrested: Pakse, Champasak, LAOS on September 12, 2019Case: Freedom of Expression ນາງ ຮ່ວາຍເຮືອງ ໄຊຍະບູລີ (ນາງ ຫມວຍ ຫມູນ້ອຍ) ຖືກຈັບທີ່: ປາເຊ, ຈຳປາສັກ ວັນທີ 12 ເດືອນ 9, 2019 Lao Authorities Arrest Woman for Criticizing Flood Relief Efforts on Facebook A woman in Laos was arrested last week on charges of defaming the […]
Thai government pressed over missing Lao activist Od Sayavong
Human Rights Watch calls for information on fate of 34-year-old amid a spate of disappearances of activists Rights groups in Thailand have urged the government to investigate the apparent enforced disappearance of Od Sayavong, a prominent pro-democracy activist from Laos who has been missing for almost two weeks. The 34-year-old Laotian activist was last seen […]