Laos
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 2000
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist de facto
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- MARCH 13, 2000 · The People's Court in Lai Chau, Vietnam, gave a death...
- News items in the archive
- 46
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Laos is classified as Abolitionist de facto in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 46 news items on Laos, from 2000 to today.
Latest news
- MAY 25, 2005LaosDEATH PENALTY
LAOS. FIVE HANDED DEATH PENALTY FOR SMUGGLING AMPHETAMINES
five people were sentenced to death and four more handed life prison sentences in Laos after one of the country's biggest ever drug trafficking cases, the foreign ministry said.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2005LaosDEATH PENALTY
Inpaeng Thammasaeng, 42, was sentenced to death
Inpaeng Thammasaeng, 42, was sentenced to death
- JANUARY 1, 2005LaosDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty in Laos is applied in cases of treason, murder and rape
The death penalty in Laos is applied in cases of treason, murder and rape
- APRIL 12, 2004LaosDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty in Laos is applied in cases of treason, murder and rape
The death penalty in Laos is applied in cases of treason, murder and rape
- MARCH 11, 2004LaosDEATH PENALTY
christians in Laos have been told they will be killed
christians in Laos have been told they will be killed
- JULY 1, 2003LaosDEATH PENALTY
Thailand's Criminal Court sentenced four Laotians to...
Thailand's Criminal Court sentenced four Laotians to death for intending to sell illegal drugs in the kingdom
- JANUARY 1, 2003LaosDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty in Laos is applied in cases of treason,...
The death penalty in Laos is applied in cases of treason, murder and certain drug crimes
- JULY 26, 2002LaosDEATH PENALTY
London-based rights group Amnesty International accused...
London-based rights group Amnesty International accused Laos of stripping the most basic of human rights from prisoners and said torture was widespread and routine in prisons
- JUNE 19, 2002LaosDEATH PENALTY
A People's Court in Laos condemned three drug traffickers...
A People's Court in Laos condemned three drug traffickers to death
- JANUARY 1, 2002LaosDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty in Laos is applied in cases of treason,...
The death penalty in Laos is applied in cases of treason, murder and certain drug crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2002LaosDEATH PENALTY
On april 9, 2001 Laos closed its National Assembly...
On april 9, 2001 Laos closed its National Assembly after passing a hotly debated amendment to the country´s 1990 criminal code that introduced the death penalty for drug trafficking
- AUGUST 31, 2001LaosDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court in Thailand sentenced Singkham Suwanrit...
The Criminal Court in Thailand sentenced Singkham Suwanrit and Puangkaew Sirisopa, both from Laos nationals, to death for smuggling 359,840 speed pills from Laos into the Thai Peon Pisai district, Nong Khai, on April 20, 2001
- APRIL 9, 2001LaosDEATH PENALTY
Laos closed its National Assembly after passing a hotly...
Laos closed its National Assembly after passing a hotly debated amendment to the country´s 1990 criminal code that introduced the death penalty for drug trafficking
- JANUARY 1, 2001LaosDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty in Laos is applied in cases of treason,...
The death penalty in Laos is applied in cases of treason, murder and certain drug crimes
- JUNE 7, 2000LaosDEATH PENALTY
Bounthanh Thammavong, the leader of the Laotian Executive...
Bounthanh Thammavong, the leader of the Laotian Executive Council for Independence and Democracy, asked Poland for help in preventing the Vietnamese intervention in Laos
- MARCH 13, 2000LaosDEATH PENALTY
The People's Court in Lai Chau, Vietnam, gave a death...
The People's Court in Lai Chau, Vietnam, gave a death sentence to Luong Van Pan, a Laotian, for drug trafficking in November 1998