Four Arrested After Knife Attack on Exiled Lao Democracy Activist in France
- Four suspects have been arrested following a knife attack on exiled Lao democracy activist Joseph Akaravong, including the main suspect who stabbed him before fleeing the scene.
- Akaravong was hospitalized in critical condition after being stabbed three times in the throat and torso.
- The public prosecutor’s office in Pau is investigating the incident as an 'attempted assassination.'
- Rights group Manushya Foundation called the attack an example of 'transnational repression' against critics of the Lao government.
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The main suspect of the stabbing of a Lao political refugee in Pau, on Saturday, 14 June, was presented to the Pau Public Prosecutor's Office on Thursday, 19 June and placed in pre-trial detention.
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Two people were charged this Thursday after an attempted assassination of a Laotian refugee, which occurred last Saturday in Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).
Joseph Akaravong received three blows, one at the neck on Saturday 14 June. He was hospitalized and his condition has since been "stabilized". The prosecution opened an investigation for attempted murder.
The investigation seeks to establish whether the attack on Joseph Akaravong, a Lao political refugee, was motivated by his statements against his country's government.
On Saturday 14 June, a Lao political activist who was a refugee in France was violently stabbed in Pau. If his days are no longer in danger, the investigation is directed towards a possible attempt at political assassination....
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