
Eight Years, and Still No Answers on Lao Activist’s Disappearance
The Diplomat: 16 December 2020 Sombath Somphone’s 2012 abduction heralded an alarming trend of “disappearances” in mainland Southeast Asian countries. Eight years ago this week, the Lao civil society organizer Sombath Somphone was driving home in his rusty jeep when...

Laos Snubs Wife of Missing Rural Expert in ‘Unconvincing’ Stance on Disappearance
Radio Free Asia: 15 December 2020 The wife of missing Lao development expert Sombath Somphone on Tuesday marked eight years since his disappearance with no information on the case from the communist government in Vientiane whose agents are believed to have taken him...

Dear Sombath…from Shui Meng (22)
My dearest Sombath, Today is again 15 December 2020. Every year as this date approaches, my heart aches even more than normally. Today, eight years ago, you were abruptly and so cruelly taken away from me. The images of how you were taken away flashed across my mind...
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