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Another Lao activist disappears in Thailand
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A Lao content creator and activist based in Thailand has not been seen for two weeks and concerns are growing that he may have been abducted or taken back to Laos, a Thailand-based human rights organisation says.
Key facts
- Khieo Lapchanh, 26, was last seen on Sept 15 in Samut Sakhon, a day before a scheduled asylum interview at the offices of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Bangkok, the Manushya Foundation said.
- A Lao content creator and activist based in Thailand has not been seen for two weeks and concerns are growing that he may have been abducted or taken back to Laos, a Thailand-based human rights organisation says.
- Khieo first entered Thailand in 2019 and had been living and working in a restaurant in Samut Sakhon
- In a letter that the foundation helped him prepare, he said he decided to request asylum after receiving threats over videos he started posting on Facebook in late 2025.
- Od Sayavong, a democracy activist who had protested against the Lao government while living in Thailand, disappeared in August 2019
- In May 2023, the body of democracy activist Bounsuan Kitiyano was found in Ubon Ratchathani province
Summary
Khieo Lapchanh, 26, was last seen on Sept 15 in Samut Sakhon, a day before a scheduled asylum interview at the offices of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Bangkok, the Manushya Foundation said.
Khieo first entered Thailand in 2019 and had been living and working in a restaurant in Samut Sakhon. In a letter that the foundation helped him prepare, he said he decided to request asylum after receiving threats over videos he started posting on Facebook in late 2025.