<p>In a panel discussion, the wife of a disappeared exile slammed the official process as ineffective, an MP pledged to restrengthen the watered-down anti-torture bill, and the granddaughter of a leading political family implicated in an enforced disappearance generations ago apologised for what her ancestors did.</p>

<p>On the International Day of the Disappeared (30 August), former human rights commissioner Angkhana Neelapaijit published an open letter to the government, parliament, and other relevant agencies calling for the Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance Bill to be presented to the elected House of Representatives for re-consideration.</p>

<p>Today (August 30) is the&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_of_the_Disappeared">International Day of the Disappeared</a>. Shui Meng has shared the following letter with friends and colleagues to call attention to this terrible practice.</p> <p>A number of groups and media organisations are doing research on the number and nature of Enforced Disappearances in Laos. If you have any&nbsp;<em>verifiable, documented</em>evidence, please share it.</p> <p></p>