UN calls for firms behind Lao dam collapse to pay as 7,000 survivors await compensation | ASEAN Today
Nearly two years after the collapse of the Xe Pian-Xe Namnoy dam in Laos, a group of United Nations (UN) experts is calling on governments and businesses to address ongoing human rights violations experienced by survivors of the disaster. “Thousands of survivors lost everything and continue to face uncertainty and neglect,” the statement from the experts read. […]