The ULDL has worked to provide information about developments in Laos regarding civil society, human rights, pro-democracy, religious freedom, political prisoners, and environmental issues.
[1][2] In 2011, the ULDL raised concerns about the religious persecution in Southeast Asia and the killing of Lao and Hmong dissident and independent Christians, Buddhists and Animist religious believers by Lao People's Army and Vietnam People's Army troops.
In 2003, Laotian- and Hmong-Americans lauded the USCIRF's efforts in officially designating Laos as a CPC violator of international norms of religious freedom for its persecution of independent and dissident Lao and Hmong Christians, Catholic, Animist and Buddhist religious believers.
[11] In 2014, the ULDL joined with the Center for Public Policy Analysis, and the Paris, France-based Lao Movement for Human Rights (LMHR) as well as other NGO organizations to urge the United Nations to press the government of Laos to release Sombath Somphone and other Laotian and Hmong political and religious dissidents, including those suffering religious freedom violations in Laos.
The human rights groups urged the Lao government to release these and other political prisoners and imprisoned Hmong refugees.