Supporters mark 1,000 days since Lao activist went missing

Lao authorities have failed to properly account for the disappearance almost three years ago of civil society activist Sombath Somphone, who was last seen in police custody at a checkpoint in the capital Vientiane, and must commit themselves to a “real and renewed” effort to find him, rights groups and Sombath’s wife said at a conference in Bangkok on 12 September.