Joint Public Statement: North American NGOs and Human Rights Experts Condemn Colombia's Attack on Inter-American System … [Read more...]
North American NGOs and Human Rights Experts Condemn Colombia’s Attack on Inter-American System
Cambodia: Fourth draft Law on Associations and NGOs
Re: Fourth draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations To: Prime Minister Hun Sen, et al From: Toby Mendel, Centre for Law and Democracy and Gail Davidson, LRWC Date: 2011-11-17 We are writing on behalf of Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) and the Centre for Law and … [Read more...]
Thailand – Human rights defender and magazine editor Somyot Prueksakasemsuk faces lèse majesté charge
Re: Thailand - Human rights defender and magazine editor Somyot Prueksakasemsuk faces lèse majesté charge To: Prime Minister Yingluck Shinnawatra From: Front Line Defenders; Protection International; Clean Clothes Campaign; Asian Forum on Human Rights and Development; International Federation … [Read more...]
Intimidation and Harassment of Lawyer Thanassis Tartis and Panayote Dimitras
Re: Intimidation and Harassment of Lawyer Thanassis Tartis and Panayote Dimitras for their participation in the Hellenic Coast Guard anti-racism trial To: Prime Minister George Papandreou From: Gail Davidson, Executive Director, LRWC Date: 2011-11-02 LWRC is deeply troubled and aggrieved … [Read more...]
Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group October 28, 2011 hearing at the Human Rights Commission of the OAS
Press Release: Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group October 28, 2011 hearing at the Human Rights Commission of the Organization of American States … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Human Rights Report – October 2011
View PDF Cambodia: Human Rights Report - October 2011 by LRWC LRWC monitor and researcher, Catherine Morris(1), visited Cambodia during the month of October to discuss with human rights workers the priority concerns for protection of human rights defenders there. The main concerns are curbs … [Read more...]
British Columbia: Missing Women Commission of Inquiry
Full PDF Version Re: Missing Women Commission of Inquiry Inequality in funding lawyers for groups appearing before Commission To: Honourable Shirley Bond, Attorney General From: Gail Davidson, Executive Director, LRWC; Catherine Morris, BA, LLB, LLM Date: 2011-10-22 Thank you … [Read more...]
Canada: Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group Press Release | IACHR petition
IACHR: Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group Press Release by HTG … [Read more...]
Gambia: Judicial Harassment against Lawyer Moses Richards
Re: Judicial Harassment against Lawyer Moses Richards To: Defence Minister, Alhaji Yahya A. J. J. Jammeh; Attorney General, Edward Tony Gomiz; Secretary of State, Ousman Sonko; Ambassador, Moses Benjamin Jallow From: Vicheka Lay, LRWC Member; Jessica Fletcher, LRWC Member Date: … [Read more...]


