
The Forced Disappearance of Sombath Somphone
The Wrath-Bearing Tree: by J. Malcolm Garcia Ng Shui Meng speaks of her husband Sombath Somphone in the present tense, with a firm matter-of-fact tone about his disappearance, a way, I presume, for her to maintain control in a situation where she has none and knows...

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...
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