Laos should be held accountable for shootings of dissidents

West cannot be silent as it seeks Vientiane's favor as incoming ASEAN chair

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Then-U.S. President Barack Obama, center, visited Laos for the 2016 ASEAN leaders' summit: Vientiane's upcoming chairmanship is likely to bring more international attention. © Reuters

David Hutt is a research fellow at the Central European Institute of Asian Studies, which is based in Bratislava, Slovakia, and is an associate editor at the journal Contemporary Southeast Asia.

In April, political activist Anousa "Jack" Luangsuphom was sitting in a late-night cafe in Vientiane when a stranger approached and shot him several times.

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