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?”
by Anisa | Dec 13, 2022 | Alternative Regionalisms, Laos, Mekong Region, Power and Democracy, Statement | 0
Joint Statement Ahead of the 10-year anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Lao civil...
Read MoreTEN YEARS AFTER, SOMBATH SOMPHONE’S LEGACY LIVES ON
by Galileo de Guzman Castillo | Dec 13, 2022 | Alternative Regionalisms, Blog Post, Event, Laos, Mekong Region, Power and Democracy | 0
Focus on the Global South co-organized with the Asia Europe Peoples’ Forum, Embassy of Netherlands...
Read MoreUpcoming Event: Honoring the Legacy of Sombath Somphone [2 December 2022]
by Anisa | Nov 26, 2022 | Announcement, Climate & Environment, Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Laos, Mekong Region, Power and Democracy, Thailand | 0
Focus on the Global South, Asia Europe People’s Forum, Embassy of the Netherlands in...
Read MoreBook Launch: “Silencing of a Laotian Son – the Life, Work and Enforced Disappearance of Sombath Somphone”
by Anisa | Dec 17, 2021 | End Impunity, Event, Laos, Mekong Region, Video | 0
On Tuesday, 14 December 2021, a book launch and discussion of “Silencing of a Laotian...
Read MoreLaos: Nine years on, civil society worldwide still demands answers on Sombath’s enforced disappearance
by Anisa | Dec 15, 2021 | End Impunity, Laos, Mekong Region, Social Movements, Statement | 0
(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
by Focus on the Global South Team | Dec 15, 2020 | End Impunity, Laos, Statement | 0
Laos: After eight years, civil society worldwide demands the government establish and reveal...
Read MoreLaos: Six Years On, Civil Society Worldwide Demands Answers to the Enforced Disappearance of Sombath Somphone
by admin2 | Dec 20, 2018 | End Impunity, Laos, Mekong Region, Power and Democracy, Statement | 0
14 December 2018: On the eve of the sixth anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Lao civil...
Read MoreBoycott of the Pak Lay Dam Prior Consultation Process
by yasmin | Aug 27, 2018 | Laos, Mekong Region, Statement, The Commons | 0
Save the Mekong press release and statement Media Contacts: Nguy Thi Khanh, Green ID |...
Read MoreSave the Mekong Statement on the Collapse of the Xe Pian – Xe Nam Noy Hydropower Project
by admin | Jul 27, 2018 | Laos, Mekong Region, Statement, The Commons | 0
Save the Mekong, a coalition of non-government organizations, community-based groups and concerned...
Read MoreWhy the Commons Matter
by yasmin | Jun 22, 2017 | Laos, The Commons | 0
“Enclosures have appropriately been called a revolution of the rich against the poor.” Karl...
Read MoreLaos: On fourth anniversary of enforced disappearance, civil society demands to know: “Where is Sombath Somphone?”
by cvmilitante | Dec 15, 2016 | End Impunity, Laos, Mekong Region, Power and Democracy | 0
Bangkok, 15 December 2016: On the fourth anniversary of the enforced disappearance of prominent...
Read MoreResisting Neoliberalism
by yasmin | Nov 22, 2016 | Asia/World, Laos | 0
Our Executive Director, Shalmali Guttal, was in Australia earlier this month and gave a talk at...
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