July 24, 2012
Torture in the Name of Treatment
Human Rights Abuses in Vietnam, China, Cambodia, and Lao PDR
Laos
October 6, 2026
Missing Lao Critic in Thailand Feared ‘Disappeared’
Three weeks ago, 26-year-old Lao activist Khieo Lapchanh, an asylum seeker in Thailand, vanished in Samut Sakhon province following his shift at the restaurant where he worked.
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October 11, 2011
Somsanga’s Secrets
Arbitrary Detention, Physical Abuse, and Suicide inside a Lao Drug Detention Center
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October 17, 2025
Open Letter on the Myanmar Crisis
To States Attending the 2025 ASEAN Summit, ASEAN Partners Summit, and East Asia Summit
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September 26, 2025
Laos: Implement UPR Recommendations, End Attacks on Critics
HRW Oral Statement - Universal Periodic Review Outcome Adoption - HRC60
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May 1, 2025
UN Rights Review of Laos Spotlights Lack of Progress
Attacks on Dissidents and Activists; Cross-Border Abuses Persist
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December 19, 2024
ASEAN Needs to Rethink Its Myanmar Strategy
An overhaul in ASEAN’s approach to Myanmar is clearly needed, but tilting toward the junta is the exact wrong direction.
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December 15, 2024
Laos: States should ask “Where is Sombath?” at upcoming review of human rights record
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October 11, 2024
Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Laos
49th Session of the UN Universal Periodic Review
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December 14, 2023
Laos: 11 Years of Government Inaction on Sombath Somphone’s Enforced Disappearance
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November 19, 2023
Australia: Urge Laos to Address Rights Abuses
Use Bilateral Dialogue to Press for Action on Enforced Disappearances
