Laos: Further information: Health concern / prisoners of conscience

Index Number: ASA 26/007/2004
Date Published: 17 December 2004
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, Laos

Former prisoners of conscience, Feng Sakchittaphong and Latsami Khamphoui were released from prison at the end of their sentences in October and were reunited with their relatives when they arrived in France on 16 December. Both suffer from poor health, including heart and kidney problems and will be seeking medical treatment in France.