Adam Bemma

  • In Laos, price of free speech a heavy one

    BANGKOK [OP-ED] – The imprisonment of Houayheuang “Muay” Xayabouly, a young, female Lao environmentalist turned internet activist who simply asked for help for flood victims, should be a matter of deep concern to the international community. On Sept 5, 2018, Muay used her 17-minute-long Facebook Live broadcast to counter the official narrative of the government…

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  • Proud to be LGBT in Laos – Southeast Asia Dispatches

    VIENTIANE – Anan Bouapha is the founder of Proud to be us Laos, the country’s first LGBT group. He uses his persuasive soft power to establish an advocacy network on behalf of gay, bisexual and transgender Laotians at the Lao Women’s and Youth Unions – two state-run organizations. Laos is a communist country that views human…

    Adam Bemma

  • Overcoming a government crackdown on social media in Laos

    Influential Facebook users, pejoratively referred to as net idols, are facing retribution for their online posts. Vientiane, Laos – Inside a packed lecture hall at the American Centre in the capital Vientiane, 60 National University of Laos students sit surrounded by framed posters featuring inspirational quotes by American icons Martin Luther King Jr, Maya Angelou…

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  • The Mysterious Disappearance of Laos’ Sombath Somphone – Southeast Asia Dispatches

    VIENTIANE – Six years ago, Lao civil society leader Sombath Somphone disappeared from the streets of the capital, Vientiane. Among the people left without answers about what has happened to him, is his wife Shui-Meng. Adam Bemma speaks to Shui-Meng about her thoughts all these years later. This story aired on Southeast Asia Dispatches Monday, October…

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