Laos: Possible prisoners of conscience / Fear of ill-treatment: Thongpaseuth Keuakoun

Index Number: ASA 26/002/1999
Date Published: 5 November 1999
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, Laos

Scores of people have reportedly been arrested in connection with an anti-government protest due to take place on 26 October 1999. The leader of the planned protest, Thongpaseuth Keuakoun, was arrested outside the Presidential Palace shortly before the demonstration was due to begin