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In Laos, a blogger critical of the regime in turmoil

2023-06-04T15:20:42.271Z

Highlights: Anousa Luangsouphom, alias "Jack" has lost the ability to speak, but "has all his conscience", and taps on the keypad of his phone, from his hospital bed, when he has the strength. The 25-year-old activist displays his determination with a grimacing smile on one of the few photos posted online to reassure his supporters, after being exfiltrated in a country in the region. "I survived an attempted murder, and that day changed my life forever. I will never give up my activism," he says.


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A plastic pipe emerges from the nostril, the only possible supply channel for the miraculous patient. Anousa Luangsouphom, alias "Jack" has lost the ability to speak, but "has all his conscience", and taps on the keypad of his phone, from his hospital bed, when he has the strength, assures his entourage. "The bullet went through the cheek, tongue and jaw," says Emilie Palamy Pradichit, legal representative of the young Lao blogger, critic of the communist regime, victim of a mysterious gun attack in the heart of Vientiane on April 29.

The 25-year-old activist displays his determination with a grimacing smile on one of the few photos posted online to reassure his supporters, after being exfiltrated in a country in the region, in a location kept secret for fear of reprisals. "I survived an attempted murder, and that day changed my life forever. I will never give up my activism. We, the people...

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Source: lefigaro

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