Lao government’s deceptive game on Sombath investigation must end
From left to right: Kanya Khammoungkhoun, Deputy-Director of ASEAN Politcal and Security Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Lao PDR; U Shwe Maung, Chair of APHR Myanmar Caucus; Mr. Phoukhong...
View ArticleFacts & Fictions
Since Sombath Somphone’s abduction on December 15, 2012, many inferences have been made, both in public and in private, about why he was taken. Just days after he disappeared, government officials...
View Article‘Absolutely no political will…’
Yesterday marked the first month of Sombath’s disappearance… His wife was asked to go talk to the police as part of the investigation process. She turned up at the police station at 9:00 AM, and the...
View Articleรัฐบาลลาวต้องยุติการบิดเบือนในการสอบสวนคดีต่อนายสมบัด
From left to right: Kanya Khammoungkhoun, Deputy-Director of ASEAN Politcal and Security Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Lao PDR; U Shwe Maung, Chair of APHR Myanmar Caucus; Mr. Phoukhong...
View ArticleHRW: Lao government's investigation into Sombath case 'is a sham'
Deutsche Welle: 15 December 2014 Two years ago, prominent activist Sombath Somphone vanished from the streets of the Lao capital Vientiane. Although the authorities could give answers, they have...
View ArticleWe need time…
On the missing Case of Mr. Sombath Somphone… Today, I would like to reassure that the concerned authorities of the Lao PDR have conducted and are still seriously conducting the investigation and will...
View ArticleFew Surprised as Laos Fails to Win U.N. Rights Council Seat
Radio Free Asia: 29 October 2015 A 2005 photo of Sombath Somphone in the Philippines. Laos failed attempt to win a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council in a secret vote in New York was...
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