On the fifth anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Lao civil society leader Sombath Somphone, we, the undersigned organizations, express outrage at the Lao government’s failure to independently, impartially, effectively, and transparently investigate Sombath’s disappearance, reveal his (...)
FIDH - International Federation for Human Rights
and its member organization for Laos
Lao Movement for Human Rights (LMHR)
Joint press release
Laos: New Decree on Associations is the last nail in the coffin for civil society
Paris, 21 November 2017: International donors must urge the Lao (...)
Dear Friends,
Today is Sombath Somphone’s birthday. Ng Shuimeng, his wife, wrote a letter posted on below
Please share widely by email and social media. My dearest Sombath,
Today, February 17, is your birthday. If you have not been disappeared, we should be celebrating your 65th birthday (...)
A SIA‐E UROPE P EOPLE’S F ORUM
15th December 2015
Lao People’s Democratic Republic – Sombath Somphone’s enforced disappearance and demands for his safe return
The Asia Europe People’s Forum International Organizing Committee remains deeply concerned about the safety and wellbeing of Mr. Sombath (...)
On the second anniversary of the enforced disappearance of prominent Lao civil society leader Sombath Somphone, we, the undersigned regional and international organizations, firmly condemn the Lao government’s ongoing refusal to provide any information regarding Sombath’s fate or whereabouts. (...)
Bangkok, 11 December 2014 – Ng Shui-Meng, the wife of prominent Lao civil society member Sombath Somphone, who was abducted two years ago in what is widely considered a case of enforced disappearance, spoke at a press conference this morning at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand. She (...)
Statement: Sombath Initiative Created
Bangkok, 11 December 2014 — While driving home on the evening of December 15th 2012, Sombath Somphone was stopped by traffic police at a police post in Vientiane and taken away by persons in a pickup truck while the police watched.
While Lao government (...)
Lao PDR: properly investigate Sombath’s “disappearance”, ICJ report says
December 11, 2014
Two years after prominent Laotian activist Sombath Somphone was last seen at a police checkpoint, the Laotian government must do more to investigate his suspected enforced disappearance, said the ICJ in a (...)
Keynote Speech by Shui Meng Ng at the 10th Asia-Europe People’s Forum, Milan, Italy, 10-12 October 2014, “Towards a Just and Inclusive Asia and Europe-Building States of Citizens for Citizens”.
Shui Meng Ng at the 10th Asia-Europe People’s Forum.
Two years ago, at the 9th AEPF, my husband, (...)
Media Release from ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR)
For immediate release, Tuesday 23 September, 2014
For follow-up information or interview requests please contact: info aseanmp.org
APHR: Lao government’s deceptive game on Sombath investigation must end BANGKOK — The Lao (...)
We remain deeply concerned about the safety and wellbeing of Mr. Sombath Somphone.
It is now one year since his enforced disappearance.
Sombath is one of the most respected and influential voices for sustainable people-centred and just economic and social development in Laos. He is the (...)
Intervention at a press conference marking the International Day of the Disappeared, Luxent Hotel, Quezon City, August 30, 2013. The state is a Janus-faced creature. On the one hand, there is its “soft face.” This is the set of institutions that provide representation and justice. Then there is (...)
We, the undersigned, are writing to express our deep dismay at the lack of political will to conduct a serious investigation into the disappearance of Mr. Sombath Somphone. TO: His Excellency, Thongsing Thammavong, Prime Minister of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Dr Thongloun Sisoulith, (...)
Bangkok/Manila/Jakarta (15 May 2013) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Focus on the Global South, The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) and the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS) reiterated their call on the (...)
February 5, 2013
His Excellency Thongsing Thammavong Prime Minister People’s Democratic Republic of Laos Dear Excellency,
Re: Request urgent investigation into the disappearance of Mr. Sombath Somphone
We, members of parliament across Asia and Europe, write to you deeply concerned about (...)
UA: 10/13 Index: ASA 26/001/2013 Laos
Date: 18 January 2013
URGENT ACTION
LAO CITIZEN ABDUCTED, NOT SEEN OR HEARD FROM
Respected member of Lao civil society Sombath Somphone – well known for his work promoting education and sustainable development – was taken away in a truck by unknown (...)
H.E. Mr. Thongsing Thammavong Prime Minister, Lao People’s Democratic Republic Prime Minister’s Office Ban Nahai Dious, Muang ChanthaburVientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic Fax : +856 21213653
17 January 2013
Your Excellency,
Re : “Disappearance” of Mr. Sombath Somphone
We, 59 national, (...)
We are members of a delegation of ASEAN parliamentarians that visited the Lao Peoples’ Democratic Republic to investigate the disappearance of Sombath Somphone, the prominent Lao leader of civil society from January 13 to 15. We went at the request of the Asia-Europe People’s Forum (AEPF)
The (...)
BANGKOK - A delegation of lawmakers from ASEAN countries on Wednesday said they will file a petition before the ASEAN Inter-Governmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) soon to pressure the Lao People’s Democratic Republic to investigate decisively and quickly the disappearance of Lao social (...)
This article from the Vientiane Times, 17 January 2013 reflects the answer of the government to the Parliamentarians’ delegation from the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia who visited Laos to express their concern after the disappearance of Mr Sombath Somphone. Parliamentarians from the three (...)
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