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Qatar: Lawyers receive life sentence | Joint Statement
Qatar: Lawyers receive life sentence | Joint Statement
Tunisia: Arrest, Detention and Prosecution of Lawyer Abderrazak Kilani | Joint letter
Tunisia: Arrest, Detention and Prosecution of Lawyer Abderrazak Kilani | Joint letter
Cambodia Should Scrap Rights-Abusing National Internet Gateway | Joint Statement
Cambodia Should Scrap Rights-Abusing National Internet Gateway | Joint Statement
Thailand: Letter to US President Re Thailand’s Abusive Draft Law on Not-For-Profit Organizations | Joint Letter
Thailand: Letter to US President Re Thailand’s Abusive Draft Law on Not-For-Profit Organizations | Joint Letter
Ukraine: Deteriorating human rights situation in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression | Joint statement to the Special Session of the UN Human Rights Council
Ukraine: Deteriorating human rights situation in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression | Joint statement to the Special Session of the UN Human Rights Council





 
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Russia: Voted off UN ECOSOC’s Committee on NGOs after 75 years
Russia: Voted off UN ECOSOC’s Committee on NGOs after 75 years

UN General Assembly suspends Russia from Human Rights Council
UN General Assembly suspends Russia from Human Rights Council

Thailand: Angkhana Neelapaijit appointed to UN Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances
Thailand: Angkhana Neelapaijit appointed to UN Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances

Saudi Arabia: Raif Badawi released | Update
Saudi Arabia: Raif Badawi released | Update

China: Arbitrarily detained lawyer Yu Wensheng released | Update
China: Arbitrarily detained lawyer Yu Wensheng released | Update

Belarus and Myanmar lawyers honoured: U Khin Maung Zaw (Myanmar) and Maksim Znak and Liudmila Kazak (Belarus) | Video
Belarus and Myanmar lawyers honoured: U Khin Maung Zaw (Myanmar) and Maksim Znak and Liudmila Kazak (Belarus) | Video

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Qatar: Lawyers receive life sentence | Joint Statement
24/05/2022
Full .pdf joint statement 24 May 2022 The undersigned organisations are gravely concerned … [Read More]
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ACTION NEWS: LRWC Newsletter Spring 2022
30/04/2022
Join or Renew | Support LRWC's work LRWC Action News Spring 2022 Edition (full .pdf) Afghanistan | Belarus | Cambodia | Canada | China | Colombia | Iran | Myanmar | Philippines | Russia | Saudi … [Read More]
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