Letter to Sombath on his birthday, 17 February 2024
My dearest Sombath, Today is 17 February, and once again it’s your birthday. You would be 72...
Read MorePosted by Anisa | Feb 19, 2024 | End Impunity, Feature, Laos, Mekong Region, Power and Democracy
My dearest Sombath, Today is 17 February, and once again it’s your birthday. You would be 72...
Read MorePosted by Anisa | Dec 15, 2023 | End Impunity, Feature, Laos, Mekong Region, Power and Democracy
https://focusweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Sombath11_Galil.mp4 This year marks the 75th year...
Read MorePosted by Anisa | Dec 15, 2023 | End Impunity, Laos, Mekong Region, Power and Democracy, Statement
15 December 2023: On the 11-year anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Lao civil society...
Read MorePosted by Anisa | May 26, 2023 | End Impunity, Laos, Mekong Region, Thailand
Originally published at the Amnesty International’s website here. In response to news on 17...
Read MorePosted by Anisa | May 4, 2023 | End Impunity, Laos, Mekong Region, Statement
The Organising Committee of the Asia-Europe Peoples’ Forum (AEPF) expresses our shock and anger at...
Read MorePosted by Anisa | Dec 13, 2022 | Alternative Regionalisms, Laos, Mekong Region, Power and Democracy, Statement
Joint Statement Ahead of the 10-year anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Lao civil...
Read MorePosted by Galileo de Guzman Castillo | Dec 13, 2022 | Alternative Regionalisms, Blog Post, Event, Laos, Mekong Region, Power and Democracy
Focus on the Global South co-organized with the Asia Europe Peoples’ Forum, Embassy of Netherlands...
Read MorePosted by Anisa | Nov 26, 2022 | Announcement, Climate & Environment, Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Laos, Mekong Region, Power and Democracy, Thailand
Focus on the Global South, Asia Europe People’s Forum, Embassy of the Netherlands in...
Read MorePosted by Anisa | Dec 17, 2021 | End Impunity, Event, Laos, Mekong Region, Video
On Tuesday, 14 December 2021, a book launch and discussion of “Silencing of a Laotian...
Read MorePosted by Anisa | Dec 15, 2021 | End Impunity, Laos, Mekong Region, Social Movements, Statement
(15 December 2021) On the ninth anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Lao civil...
Read MorePosted by Focus on the Global South Team | Dec 15, 2020 | End Impunity, Laos, Statement
Laos: After eight years, civil society worldwide demands the government establish and reveal...
Read MorePosted by admin | Dec 5, 2019 | Laos, Mekong Region, Publications
With its source near the Lao-Chinese border, the Nam Ou, or Ou river, is 485 km long and one of...
Read MorePosted by admin2 | Mar 6, 2019 | Laos, Mekong Region, Publications, Trade and Investment
Laos’ ambition to become the “battery” of Southeast Asia has led to a proliferation of hydropower...
Read MorePosted by admin2 | Dec 20, 2018 | End Impunity, Laos, Mekong Region, Power and Democracy, Statement
14 December 2018: On the eve of the sixth anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Lao civil...
Read MorePosted by yasmin | Aug 27, 2018 | Laos, Mekong Region, Statement, The Commons
Save the Mekong press release and statement Media Contacts: Nguy Thi Khanh, Green ID |...
Read MorePosted by admin | Jul 27, 2018 | Laos, Mekong Region, Statement, The Commons
Save the Mekong, a coalition of non-government organizations, community-based groups and concerned...
Read MorePosted by yasmin | Jun 22, 2017 | Laos, The Commons
“Enclosures have appropriately been called a revolution of the rich against the poor.” Karl...
Read MorePosted by cvmilitante | Dec 15, 2016 | End Impunity, Laos, Mekong Region, Power and Democracy
Bangkok, 15 December 2016: On the fourth anniversary of the enforced disappearance of prominent...
Read MorePosted by yasmin | Nov 22, 2016 | Asia/World, Laos
Our Executive Director, Shalmali Guttal, was in Australia earlier this month and gave a talk at...
Read MorePosted by yasmin | Aug 31, 2016 | Alternative Regionalisms, End Impunity, Laos, Mekong Region, Power and Democracy, Statement
(Bangkok, August 31, 2016) – On the eve of the annual ASEAN leaders summit in Vientiane,...
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