Lao citizen abducted, not seen or heard from: Sombath Somphone

Index Number: ASA 26/001/2013
Date Published: 18 January 2013
Categories: Laos

Respected member of Lao civil society Sombath Somphone – well known for his work promoting education and sustainable development – was taken away in a truck by unknown persons after being stopped by police in the Lao capital, Vientiane on 15 December 2012. Nobody has seen or heard from him since.