Ministry of Security
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The Ministry of Public Security is the ministry of the interior of Laos
. It includes local police, traffic police, immigration police, security police (including border police), and other armed police units. The current minister is Mr. Thongbanh Sengaphone.
In order to increase its capacity to address issues such as the illegal drugs trade and human trafficking
, the Ministry of Public Security has established working relations with a number of foreign government agencies and international organisations, including UNODC and UNICEF.
The security forces subject to the ministry have occasionnally been accused of human rights
violations. Their persecution of Christians
in Laos is among the heaviest in the world. Particularly members of the ethnic group of the Hmong
have been subject to violence by security forces.
Laos
Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...
. It includes local police, traffic police, immigration police, security police (including border police), and other armed police units. The current minister is Mr. Thongbanh Sengaphone.
In order to increase its capacity to address issues such as the illegal drugs trade and human trafficking
Human trafficking
Human trafficking is the illegal trade of human beings for the purposes of reproductive slavery, commercial sexual exploitation, forced labor, or a modern-day form of slavery...
, the Ministry of Public Security has established working relations with a number of foreign government agencies and international organisations, including UNODC and UNICEF.
The security forces subject to the ministry have occasionnally been accused of human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
violations. Their persecution of Christians
Persecution of Christians
Persecution of Christians as a consequence of professing their faith can be traced both historically and in the current era. Early Christians were persecuted for their faith, at the hands of both Jews from whose religion Christianity arose, and the Roman Empire which controlled much of the land...
in Laos is among the heaviest in the world. Particularly members of the ethnic group of the Hmong
Hmong people
The Hmong , are an Asian ethnic group from the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. Hmong are also one of the sub-groups of the Miao ethnicity in southern China...
have been subject to violence by security forces.