Od Sayavong

Od Sayavong (; born 16 January 1985) is a Lao human rights and pro-democracy activist who disappeared on 26 August 2019 whilst seeking refuge in Thailand, in what has widely been reported as being an enforced disappearance. Od has not been seen since.

Biography Od was born and raised in Savannakhet, Laos. He has been a pro-democracy activist since at least 2015 and was a prominent critic of the Lao government within the country before seeking refuge in Thailand, becoming officially recognised as a refugee by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. At the time of his disappearance, Od was living in Bangkok and awaiting resettlement in a third country.

While in Thailand, Od joined Free Lao, an organisation of Lao migrant workers as well as exiled activists, based in Bangkok and its surrounding provinces. Shortly before his disappearance, he posted a video online critical of the Lao government during an ASEAN meeting in Bangkok.

The International Federation for Human Rights and the Lao Movement for Human Rights issued a joint statement calling on the Thai government to investigate Od's disappearance.

In August 2020, a year after his disappearance, the Royal Thai Police stated that there had been no further progress in their investigation.