Re: Association for More Just Society (ASJ) Lawyers Face Risks to Life To: Sr. Porfirio Lobo Sosa From: Laura Best, LRWC Date: 2010-11-11 Lawyer’s Rights Watch has learned that lawyers working for the Association for More Just Society (ASJ) in Honduras face grave risks to their life … [Read more...]
Sapiyat Magomedova, Human Rights Lawyer
11/11/2010
Re: Sapiyat Magomedova, Human Rights Lawyer To: President Dmitry A. Medvedev From: CHARLES B. DAVISON Date: 2010-11-11 I am writing to you concerning the case of Sapiyat Magomedova. Ms. Magomedova is a human rights lawyer in Dagestan who has been the target and victim of assaults and … [Read more...]
Bangladesh: Human Rights Lawyer Mantu Ghosh
11/11/2010
Re: Human Rights Lawyer Mantu Ghosh To: Prime Minister Hasina From: John Cotter Date: 2010-11-11 Lawyers Rights Watch Canada is expressing concern about the safety and treatment within the Bangladesh legal system of a colleague in the fight for human rights: Mr. Mantu Ghosh. We are … [Read more...]
Omar Khadr: LRWC Calls for Repatriation
29/10/2010
Omar Khadr: LRWC Calls for Repatriation by LRWC … [Read more...]
British Columbia: International Obligations to Provide Legal Aid | Report
25/10/2010
Canada: International Obligations to Provide Legal Aid by Gail Davidson, Catherine Morris, Heather Neun To: BC Public Commission on Legal Aid From: Lawyers Rights Watch Canada INTRODUCTION The purpose of this submission is to lay out the basic international human rights law concerning the … [Read more...]
Philippines: Release of Health Care Workers
08/10/2010
Re: Release of Health Care Workers To: President Aguino and Secretary De Lima From: Gail Davidson, Executive Director, LRWC Date: 2010-10-08 Please advise when Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) will be receive a reply from your office to our letter of September 29, 2010 calling for the … [Read more...]
Human Rights Lawyer Tahiri Asanov
04/10/2010
Re: Human Rights Lawyer Tahiri Asanov To: Zarylbek Rysaliev From: Dale Darychuck Date: 2010-10-04 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada writes regarding our fellow lawyer, Tahiri Asanov. Mr. Asanov is defending a client accused of a number of charges arising from the June 2010 violence in … [Read more...]
Philippines: Release of Health Care Workers arrested February 6, 2010
01/10/2010
Re: Release of Health Care Workers arrested February 6, 2010 To: President Aguino and Secretary De Lima From: Gail Davidson, Executive Director, LRWC Date: 2010-10-01 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) requests that your government act to remedy the illegal arrest, detention and … [Read more...]
Intimidation and Killing of Human Rights Defenders in Colombia
01/10/2010
Re: Intimidation and Killing of Human Rights Defenders in Colombia To: H.E. Juan Manuel Santos, H.E. Germán Vargas Lleras, and H.E. Angelino Garzón From: Alyssa Brierley Date: 2010-10-01 LRWC has been closely monitoring the case of human rights defenders in Colombia since the new … [Read more...]
Demand for the Release of Human Rights Lawyer; Nasrin Sotoudeh
10/09/2010
Re: Demand for the Release of Human Rights Lawyer; Nasrin Sotoudeh To: Leader of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei and Head of the Judiciary, Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani From: Hugh Gwillim Date: 2010-09-10 Lawyers’ Rights Watch of Canada (LRWC) demands the immediate and … [Read more...]
