In 1975, the communist regime in Laos vowed to exterminate the Hmong “to the last root”. A campaign of ethnic cleansing continues to this day.
Read moreThe Disappeared: Laos Criticised at UN Human Rights Council over Enforced Disappearances
The Laotian government has come under scrutiny over a series of alleged enforced disappearances of community development activists that contested the increasing use of land seizures for the benefit of Chinese and Vietnamese investors.
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