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Enforced disappearances in Southeast Asia
![‘Where is Sombath?’: After 10 Years, the Question Remains Hanging ‘Where is Sombath?’: After 10 Years, the Question Remains Hanging](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-12-16_01-01-58.jpg)
‘Where is Sombath?’: After 10 Years, the Question Remains Hanging
By Sebastian Strangio
Despite a decade of calls from U.N. officials and human rights groups, there is still no word as to the ultimate fate of Lao civil society leader Sombath Somphone.
![Thai Government Releases Exiled Lao Democracy Activist on Bail Thai Government Releases Exiled Lao Democracy Activist on Bail](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-07-15-4.jpg)
Thai Government Releases Exiled Lao Democracy Activist on Bail
By Sebastian Strangio
But Khoukham Keomanivong's arrest on the weekend was a sign of increasing risks facing foreign dissidents in Thailand.
![Eight Years, and Still No Answers on Lao Activist’s Disappearance Eight Years, and Still No Answers on Lao Activist’s Disappearance](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-12-16-3.jpg)
Eight Years, and Still No Answers on Lao Activist’s Disappearance
By Sebastian Strangio
Sombath Somphone's 2012 abduction heralded an alarming trend of "disappearances" in mainland Southeast Asian countries.
![UN Renews Push on Thai Activist’s Disappearance UN Renews Push on Thai Activist’s Disappearance](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-09-16.jpg)
UN Renews Push on Thai Activist’s Disappearance
By Sebastian Strangio
Correspondence reveals the Cambodian government's threadbare investigation into the apparent abduction.
![Southeast Asia’s Desaparecidos Southeast Asia’s Desaparecidos](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-06-05-5.jpg)
Southeast Asia’s Desaparecidos
By David Hutt
Enforced disappearances -- a tragedy all too familiar in Latin America -- are increasingly becoming a feature of Southeast Asian politics, too.
![Asia’s Disappearing Activists Asia’s Disappearing Activists](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-earth-2294995_1280.jpg)
Asia’s Disappearing Activists
By Josef Benedict
Activists remain disappeared in at least 13 countries in the region. How can we secure justice for Asia’s disappeared?
![Shades of Southeast Asia Among Hong Kong's Missing Book Sellers Shades of Southeast Asia Among Hong Kong's Missing Book Sellers](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-12-16_01-01-58.jpg)
Shades of Southeast Asia Among Hong Kong's Missing Book Sellers
By Luke Hunt
There are some uneasy parallels if one connects the dots.
![Interview: Remembering the Disappearance of Sombath Somphone Interview: Remembering the Disappearance of Sombath Somphone](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-12-16_01-01-58.jpg)
Interview: Remembering the Disappearance of Sombath Somphone
By John Quinley III
The Diplomat talks with Ng Shui Meng, the wife of disappeared Lao activist Sombath Somphone.
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