Laos

UN warns Laos over persecution of Hmong

Rights advocates alarmed over military attacks and the recent disappearance of four Hmong people

EU urged to press Laos over human rights violations

Despite talks between the bloc and the communist government, little progress has been made in addressing rights abuses

Suffer the children: Laos does little to tackle child labor

Many parents see little point in educating their children as schooling is not required for menial tasks and agricultural work

Poverty forces Lao children to drop out of school

Almost 30 percent of children aged 5-17 are believed to be engaged in forms of labor in the communist country

Lao authorities tighten screws on social media users

Newly created task force monitors posts and comments 'to lay out rules and punishments'

Lao women trafficked into China under false pretenses

Teenage girls and unmarried women from ethnic minority communities are particularly at risk of falling victim to traffickers

Laotian pastor forced to promise he will not resume preaching

Sithon Thippavong is released after a year in jail after pledging he will refrain from holding Christian religious activities

Laos follows Cambodia into lockdown as Covid numbers rise

Video of Cambodian security guards caning people in the streets goes viral

Rights advocate calls for release of three Lao dissidents

Trio sentenced in 2017 for participating in pro-democracy rally outside Lao embassy in Bangkok

A small victory for Christians in communist Laos

Pastor is released after a year in jail but convicted of 'disrupting unity' for holding religious services

Religious freedom violated in Laos, says US report

New report notes arbitrary detention of political dissidents and serious restrictions on free speech and media

Laotian authorities urged to release Christian pastor

Sithon Thippavong was arrested a year ago after authorities accused him of holding religious services without permission

Pakistan's minority women first in the firing line

Philippine govt admits to police drug war offenses

Seven Caritas workers arrested in conflict-torn Myanmar

UK article sparks new call for Indonesian massacre probe

Cambodia pushes for 100 percent Covid vaccination rate

Easter attacks increased hostility to Muslims in Sri Lanka