Important Documents

11.03.2008 - Source:US Department of State

"Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007"

Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007 [ID 93365]

11.03.2008 - Source:Minority Rights Group International 

"State of the World's Minorities 2008"

Annual report on current situation of minorities [ID 93467]

25.09.2007 - Source:Freedom House

"Countries at the Crossroads 2007"

Report on civil rights, rule of law, anticorruption and transparency [ID 83113]

06.2007 - Source:Freedom House

"Freedom in the World 2007"

Annual survey of political rights and civil liberties 2006 [ID 77696]

23.05.2007 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Annual Report 2007"

Annual Report 2007 (covering 2006) [ID 74912]

05.2007 - Source:US Commission on International Religious Freedom

"Annual Report of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom"

Annual report on religious freedom 2007 [ID 74745]

23.03.2007 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Hiding in the jungle - Hmong under threat [ASA 26/003/2007]"

Report on the situation of ethnic Hmong living in the jungles (Background on Hmong in Laos; killings and attacks by authorities; lack of access to food and medical care; forced labour and sexual abuse; arbitrary detention; forcible returns; Thailand's role in refugee protection) [ID 70838]

06.03.2007 - Source:US Department of State

"Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2006"

Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2006 [ID 69589]

15.09.2006 - Source:US Department of State

"International Religious Freedom Report 2006"

International Religious Freedom Report 2006 [ID 57782]

09.2006 - Source:Freedom House

"Freedom in the World 2006"

Annual survey of political rights and civil liberties 2005 [ID 57139]

23.05.2006 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Annual Report 2006"

Annual Report 2006 (covering 2005) [ID 50263]

05.2006 - Source:US Commission on International Religious Freedom

"Annual Report of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom"

Annual report on religious freedom 2006 [ID 59848]

08.11.2005 - Source:US Department of State

"International Religious Freedom Report 2005"

International Religious Freedom Report 2005 [#38992],  [ID 16610]

25.05.2005 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Annual Report 2005"

Annual Report 2005 (covering 2004) [#32270],  [ID 2183]

28.02.2005 - Source:US Department of State

"Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2004"

Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2004 [#29487],  [ID 22608]

17.11.2004 - Source:Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers 

"Child soldiers global report 2004"

Report focused on recruitment and use of child soldiers [#27159],  [ID 2726]

17.11.2004 - Source:Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers 

"Child Soldiers Global Report 2004"

Report on recruitment and use of child soldiers (covers the period from April 2001 to March 2004) [#27216],  [ID 3231]

13.09.2004 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Military atrocities against Hmong children are war crimes"

5 children, members of ethnic Hmong rebel group, killed after being raped and mutilated by Lao soldiers; several other members of the group injured; approximately 20 rebel groups surrounded by Lao military and prevented from foraging for food [#25537],  [ID 34005]

08.2004 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières

"Laos - The Internet under surveillance 2004"

The Internet Under Surveillance, 2004 report [#25030],  [ID 30375]

15.06.2004 - Source:Forum 18

"The Disturbing Prospect for Religious Freedom"

Religious freedom conditions appear to have improved, but the government's political agenda remains fundamentally hostile to religious freedom [#23258],  [ID 15193]

05.2004 - Source:WRITENET

"Laos: Situation Analysis and Trend Assessment"

Report on human rights, groups at risk (religious groups, minorities, Hmong resistance, political dissidents), refugee and IDP movements and status as well as role of IGOs and NGOs [#23556],  [ID 17802]

02.10.2003 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Laos: Use of starvation as a weapon of war against civilians"

Scores of members of ethnic minority groups, predominantly Hmong, died from starvation and injuries sustained during the conflict with the Lao military in jungle areas [#16434],  [ID 1413]