Laos Government Critic Survives Shooting
Photos posted to social media show Anousa ‘Jack’ Luangsuphom, who had been reported dead, recovering in Vientiane hospital
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Photos posted to social media show Anousa ‘Jack’ Luangsuphom, who had been reported dead, recovering in Vientiane hospital
A critic of the Laos government has been hospitalized after being targeted by a gunman in the capital, Vientiane. Early reports of his death appear to have been erroneous. Anousa “Jack” Luangsuphom was reported dead after he was shot in the face and chest at point-blank range while sitting in a café Saturday. Luangsuphom, who…
The family of Anousa Luangsuphom, 25, has told Human Rights Watch (HRW) he is recovering in hospital after being shot in a cafe in the capital Vientiane.
The Lao authorities must carry out a prompt, independent, impartial and effective investigation into the shooting of Anousa “Jack” Luangsouphom, a prominent human rights defender, to identify and bring to justice those responsible, called the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) today. On 29
A young Lao political activist who was shot in Vientiane is still alive, it has been revealed, after his family apparently falsely reported him dead out of fear of further reprisals.