Re: Six activists being detained under Malaysian Emergency Ordinance To: Prime Minister, Dato' Sri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razuk; Minister of Home Affairs, Datuk Seri Hishammudin Hussein; Inspector General of Police, Tan Sri Ismail Omar From: Vicheka Lay, Member, LRWC Date: … [Read more...]
Nine-Year Jail Sentence and Professional/Academic Bar to Lawyer Mohammad-Ali Dadkhah
08/07/2011
Re: Nine-Year Jail Sentence and Professional/Academic Bar to Lawyer Mohammad-Ali Dadkhah To: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad From: Vicheka Lay, Member, LRWC; Adrie van de Streek, Lawyers for Lawyers Date: 2011-07-08 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) and Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) are … [Read more...]
Syria: Obstacle to the freedom of movement of Mr. Danial Saoud | Letter
04/07/2011
Re: Obstacle to the freedom of movement of Mr. Danial Saoud To: President Bashar al-Assad From: Vicheka Law, Member, LRWC Date: 2011-07-04 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) is concerned about the freedom of movement of Mr. Danial Saoud, President of the Committees for the Defence of … [Read more...]
Syria: Human rights lawyer, Sabri Mirza | Letter
22/06/2011
Re: Human rights lawyer, Sabri Mirza To: President Bashar al-Assad From: Vicheka Lay, Member, LRWC; Gail Davidson, Executive Director, LRWC Date: 2011-06-22 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) is gravely concerned about the personal safety of human rights lawyer Sabri Mirza, Kurdish who … [Read more...]
Mexico: Re-Opening of Tlachinollan Ayutla Office in Ayutla de los Libres
15/06/2011
Re: Re-Opening of Tlachinollan Ayutla Office in Ayutla de los Libres To: José Francisco Blake Mora, Secretary of Interior From: Cara Gibbons, Director, LRWC Date: 2011-06-15 On behalf of Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), we write to inquire into the status of Mexico’s compliance with … [Read more...]
Oral Statement to the UN Human Rights Council: Attacks on Journalists in Pakistan and Bangladesh
15/06/2011
PDF: Pakistan: Attacks on Journalists in Pakistan and Banagladesh by Asian Legal Resource Centre and LRWC HRC section: Item 4: General Debate Speaker: Ms. Catherine Morris An Oral Statement to the 17th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a … [Read more...]
Colombia: Amenazas de muerte en contra del abogado Julio Cesar Rosero
14/06/2011
Re: Amenazas de muerte en contra del abogado Julio Cesar Rosero To: Presidente Juan Manuel Santos; Rodrigo Rivera Salazar, Ministerio de Defensa From: Gail Davidson, Executive Director, LRWC; Pascal Paradis, Director General, LWBC Date: 2011-06-14 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC)1 y … [Read more...]
Colombia: Death Threat to Lawyer Julio Cesar Rosero
12/06/2011
Re: Death Threat to Lawyer Julio Cesar Rosero To: President Juan Manuel Santos; Rodrigo Rivera Salazar, Minister of Defense From: Vicheka Lay Date: 2011-06-12 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) is concerned for the personal and professional safety of lawyer Julio Cesar Rosero. On June 2 … [Read more...]
UN Approaches to Combating Impunity
03/06/2011
UN Approaches to Combating Impunity by Robert Husbands … [Read more...]
Canada: Petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights: Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group (on the merits) | Petition
03/06/2011
IACHR: LRWC on the Merits of the Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group Case No. 12.734 by Heather Neun, Grace Woo, Gail Davidson LRWC amicus brief to the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights in the Hul'qumi'num case … [Read more...]
