Lao Government agrees to religious freedom education
World Watch Monitor The government in the South-East Asian nation of Laos has agreed to sponsor religious-freedom education in the country. The US-based Institute for Global Engagement (IGE) will roll out a series of seminars focusing on “religious freedom as a human right, Lao government policy on religious activity and encouraging dialogue between religious and […]
Vietnam urged to release prisoners of conscience
World Watch Monitor A group of 17 NGOs has called for the release of detained bloggers and human rights activists in Vietnam, the country Amnesty said last year had the highest number of prisoners of conscience in Southeast Asia. In July, there were more than 90 prisoners of conscience in Vietnam’s jails, according to Amnesty. The letter, […]