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
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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Tackle Human Rights Abuses in Laos: ASEAN Meeting Should Highlight Disappeared Leader Sombath Somphone, Denial of Liberties
(Bangkok, August 31, 2016) – On the eve of the annual ASEAN leaders summit in Vientiane,...
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Media Advisory: ASEAN in Laos: Challenges of Leadership, Human Rights and Democracy
Press ConferenceOrganised by: The Sombath Initiative11am, Wednesday 31 August, 2016, Bangkok...
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Urgent Action: Three Lao Activists Held Incommunicado
Amnesty International have launched an urgent campaign in relation to three Lao nationals who were...
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The Upcoming ACSC/APF: Is it a Safe Space for Voicing the Concerns of Laos’ Progressive & Independent CSOs?
Chrek Sophea blogs on current issues confronting the ACSC/APF, reflecting on what have transpired...
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A Public Forum on Humanity & Nature: Traditional, Cultural & Alternative Perspectives
February 17, 2016, 9.30 am–12.30 pmRuan Chula Narumit, Chulalongkorn UniversityThis public forum...
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