Laos: Further information on forcible return/arbitrary detention/torture/ill-treatment

Index Number: ASA 26/003/2006
Date Published: 8 May 2006
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, Laos

The group of ethnic Hmong Laotians forcibly returned to Laos on 5 December are now known to number 27, of whom 22 are children. They are still held incommunicado, reportedly in deplorable conditions, and have reportedly been ill-treated. Some of them may have been tortured.