News Laos Religion: Monk receives Golden Pagoda Award
recognising his contributions to the Buddhism religion. The ceremony was held at Phutthamonthon Auditorium Hall in Bangkok and attended by 103 monks from seven different countries, including Cambodia, ...
News Laos Religion: UN member states must continue to ask “Where is Sombath?” during human rights review
The international community must continue to press the Lao government to deliver justice for Sombath ... prison conditions; freedom of religion or belief; the right to participate in the design and ...
News Laos Religion: Utilizing Lao scholars to help developing Laos and be Lao leaders, Indigenous recognition, media freedom, mine safety, religious freedom.
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News Laos Religion: Seven Christians detained several days in Laos
Laos is a communist country of southeast Asia. Its constitution provides citizens the freedom to believe in religion, but religious groups must register with the government. The US State Department's ...
News Laos Religion: Police jail sick 78-year-old grandmother for PRAYING
Morning Star News report that police have threatened more severe punishment if the Lao Christians do not renounce Christianity. The religion is considered an enemy of the single-party Marxist-Leninist ...
News Laos Religion: Vientiane arrests three US citizens over distribution of material on Christianity
Wayne, Autumn and Joseph have been held at their hotel for six days. The US embassy in Laos was informed and is following the case. A local Christian group is trying to help the three. The authorities of the Buddhist country consider Christianity a
News Laos Religion: Why not let things be as they are?
This very music Lao Tzu calls Tao; that very music is Religion; that very music is ‘Rit’. The more we begin to understand the unity within the diversity, the less we shall be in a hurry to change the ...
News Laos Religion: Laos expels three Christian missionaries
Authorities in Buddhist-majority Laos are keen to stop the spread of other religions. Christianity is perceived by Laos to be a "hostile western ideology", according to Open Doors which ranks the ...
News Laos Religion: US body clubs India with Iraq, Afghanistan on religious strife
NEW DELHI: Citing India as one of the countries where it was increasingly difficult to separate religion and politics ... Kazakhstan, Laos, Malaysia, and Turkey. Countries are placed in Tier ...