Category: Laos
Lao national and 2005 Magsaysay Award recipient Sombath Somphone stands beside a poster of fellow awardee V. Shanta during a press conference in Manila, Philippines on Monday 29 August 2005. Photo: EPA/ROLEX DELA PENA
Laos: After 10 years, civil society worldwide is still asking: “Where is Sombath?”
Joint Statement Ahead of the 10-year anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Lao civil...
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TEN YEARS AFTER, SOMBATH SOMPHONE’S LEGACY LIVES ON
Focus on the Global South co-organized with the Asia Europe Peoples’ Forum, Embassy of Netherlands...
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Upcoming Event: Honoring the Legacy of Sombath Somphone [2 December 2022]
Focus on the Global South, Asia Europe People’s Forum, Embassy of the Netherlands in...
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Book Launch: “Silencing of a Laotian Son – the Life, Work and Enforced Disappearance of Sombath Somphone”
On Tuesday, 14 December 2021, a book launch and discussion of “Silencing of a Laotian...
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Laos: Nine years on, civil society worldwide still demands answers on Sombath’s enforced disappearance
(15 December 2021) On the ninth anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Lao civil...
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Lao national and 2005 Magsaysay Award recipient Sombath Somphone stands beside a poster of fellow awardee V. Shanta during a press conference in Manila, Philippines on Monday 29 August 2005. Photo: EPA/ROLEX DELA PENA
Civil society demand Laos government reveal Sombath’s fate
Laos: After eight years, civil society worldwide demands the government establish and reveal...
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Laos: Six Years On, Civil Society Worldwide Demands Answers to the Enforced Disappearance of Sombath Somphone
14 December 2018: On the eve of the sixth anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Lao civil...
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Boycott of the Pak Lay Dam Prior Consultation Process
Save the Mekong press release and statement Media Contacts: Nguy Thi Khanh, Green ID |...
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Save the Mekong Statement on the Collapse of the Xe Pian – Xe Nam Noy Hydropower Project
Save the Mekong, a coalition of non-government organizations, community-based groups and concerned...
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Why the Commons Matter
“Enclosures have appropriately been called a revolution of the rich against the poor.” Karl...
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Laos: On fourth anniversary of enforced disappearance, civil society demands to know: “Where is Sombath Somphone?”
Bangkok, 15 December 2016: On the fourth anniversary of the enforced disappearance of prominent...
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Resisting Neoliberalism
Our Executive Director, Shalmali Guttal, was in Australia earlier this month and gave a talk at...
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