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State John Kerry: Laos

The State Department Dept: The State Department also said Monday it is monitoring the case of former ethnic Hmong rebel leader who is reportedly facing deportation from Thailand. Activists fear he would face persecution in Laos, according to Montreal Gazette. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the unexplained disappearance of award-winning activist Sombath Somphone and Laos' failure to provide significant information about his case is raising questions about the government's commitment to the rule of law and engaging responsibly with the world notwithstanding its recent accession to the World Trade Organization and WASHINGTON - The U.S. is challenging Laos over the disappearance of a prominent social activist who went missing 100 days ago that has put a rare spotlight on an authoritarian nation's murky governance and human rights record. Laos has been under a communist government since 1975. It has opened up considerably in the past two decades and has been willing to build ties with the U.S. which bombed the tiny Southeast Asian nation heavily during the war in neighbouring Vietnam. But it retains a one-party political system and is intolerant of dissent. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.