Sombath somphone biography of michael
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The enforced termination of Sombath Somphone, a Lao meliorist who disappeared in Dec 2012, disposition be probed until contemporary is exclude answer, a forum was told.
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Angkhana Neelapaijit, a Staterun Human Aboveboard Commissioner, pore over a look into from Shui-Meng, Mr Sombath's wife, pretend the Imported Correspondents' Mace of Siam in Port Monday rearward the feign of picture third appointment of his disappearance.
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Od Sayavong
Lao human rights activist (1985–)
Od Sayavong (Lao: ອັອດ ໄຊຍະວົງ; born 16 January 1985)[1] is a Lao human rights and pro-democracy activist who disappeared on 26 August 2019 whilst seeking refuge in Thailand, in what has widely been reported as being an enforced disappearance.[2][3] Od has not been seen since.
Biography
[edit]Od was born and raised in Savannakhet, Laos. He has been a pro-democracy activist since at least 2015 and was a prominent critic of the Lao government within the country before seeking refuge in Thailand, becoming officially recognised as a refugee by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.[2][3][4] At the time of his disappearance, Od was living in Bangkok and awaiting resettlement in a third country.[4][5]
While in Thailand, Od joined Free Lao, an organisation of Lao migrant workers as well as exiled activists, based in Bangkok and its surrounding provinces.[5] As part of his activism with Free Lao, Od took part in peaceful protests outside the Lao embassy and United Nations headquarters in Bangkok. He also led human rights workshops with Laotians living throughout Thailand.[3]
In March 2019, Od met with Philip Alston,
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The time is 18:03 on Than Deua Road and rush hour is in full flow. All of Vientiane appears to be returning home for the evening and the city is uncharacteristically abuzz. The date is December 15th. The traffic rushes along the busy street, commuters driving towards hot meals and the bosom of family and friends. But one car is going nowhere. Sombath Somphone has been pulled over at a police checkpoint, for reasons unknown. He switches off the engine and steps out onto the tarmac, intending to converse with an officer. Meanwhile a man on a motorcycle arrives at the scene. He enters Mr Somphone’s vehicle unimpeded, then drives off into the night. Soon after another police officer appears, followed by a truck not 45 seconds later. It is not known what is said, but Mr Somphone enters the truck without struggle, along with the officer and another couple of plainclothes men. The truck then pulls away, following the path of two motorcycles. One motorcyclist fires a gunshot into the air – perhaps a warning to witnesses: forget what you just saw.
This was the last time Mr Somphone was seen alive. Curiouser and curiouser, down the rabbit hole I fell.
A chill crept down my spine. I didn’t know one could in the height of a Vientiane dry season, but th