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Sombath Somphone
December 15, 2022
‘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.
December 08, 2022
Screaming for Mercy, All Along the Mekong
By Luke Hunt
A conversation with the veteran British journalist and filmmaker Tom Fawthrop.
June 10, 2020
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.
March 15, 2018
ASEAN’s Women to Watch: Part 2
By Erin Cook
The second part of a mini-series looking at the region’s leading women.
January 30, 2018
Beware the Destruction of Civil Society in Laos
By David Hutt
A look at a worrying aspect of the country’s deteriorating human rights situation.
December 13, 2017
New Guard, Old Problems: What Sombath Somphone's Continued Disappearance Says About Rights in Laos
By Luke Hunt
The development suggests that more of the same is at work in this realm in the Southeast Asian state.
April 22, 2017
Malaysia Grapples With Chilling Case of an Abducted Pastor
By Luke Hunt
Raymond Koh's disappearance is worthy of comparisons with Sombath Somphone.
December 15, 2015
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.
October 02, 2015
Laos in the Spotlight Again Over Human Rights
By Luke Hunt
Violations are again an issue in the Southeast Asian state.
January 06, 2015
Laos’ Holiday Crackdown
By Luke Hunt
The government chose the holiday season to crack down on its ethnic Hmong population.
December 16, 2014
ASEAN Should Confront Laos On Rights Abuses: NGOs
By Prashanth Parameswaran
Call issued on anniversary of disappearance of Lao civil society leader Sombath Somphone
December 17, 2013
Missing Sombath Still Dogging Laos
By Luke Hunt
Scrutiny from human rights groups and charges from the ICC likely if officials don’t come clean.
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