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November 12, 2015

Open letter to Participants of the 2015 Lao Donor Round Table Meeting

As you prepare for this year’s High Level Round Table meeting, we ask that you take a few moments to read and reflect on the address below that Sombath Somphone gave to the 9^th Asia-Europe People’s Forum in Vientiane, Lao PDR three years ago.

Asia

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Australia-Laos rights dialogue: More than just rhetoric needed

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Published In: Lowy Interpreter
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Human Rights Watch Submission to Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Advance of the Australia-Laos Human Rights Dialogue
March 2, 2015 News Release

Australia: Press Laos to Respect Rights
January 19, 2015 News Release

Laos: Pledge Action on Rights, Stop ‘Disappearances’
January 15, 2015 Statements

Laos: UPR Submission
January 8, 2015 Commentary

Laos remains silent on civil society leader missing for two years

Shaivalini Parmar

Published In: The Global Post
December 15, 2014 News Release

Rights groups urge ASEAN to break silence on enforced disappearance of Sombath Somphone
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HRW: Torture is an 'expanding scourge' in Asia

Phil Robertson
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Published In: DW

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