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Initial reports said Anousa "Jack" Luangsuphom had died, but activists say the 25-year-old critic of the Laos government is alive after being shot point blank in the face and chest.
The shooting of Anousa "Jack" Luangsuphom, a prominent rights activist in Laos, may come as a warning to the few critics who dare speak against the communist government, experts say.
BANGKOK - A critic of the Laos government has been hospitalized after being targeted by a gunman in the capital, Vientiane. Early reports of his death a
Anousa “Jack” Luangsuphom was shot twice by an unidentified gunman in a Vientiane coffee shop on April 29.
The Lao government should immediately and impartially investigate the killing of the prominent political activist Anousa “Jack” Luangsuphom in the capital, Vientiane.