<p>As uncertainty looms over whether a bill to criminalize torture and enforced disappearance will be approved by parliament, friends and relatives of the disappeared rallied on 8 September to demand its immediate passing to put an end to impunity and harassment from the authorities.</p>

<p>Two years after the disappearance of three Thai activists in exile in Laos, their families wait for answers as no progress has been made in the investigation.</p>