Iran: Country Monitoring Report from June 2009 to March 2010

Iran: Country Monitoring Report from June 2009 to March 2010 by Tina Parbhakar … [Read more...]

Cambodia: Summary Report 2009

Cambodia: Summary report on the situation of lawyers and human rights defenders 2009 by LRWC … [Read more...]

Javier Torres Cruz

Re: Javier Torres Cruz To: Senor Gobernador From: Prof. H. Ihmig, Gail Davidson Date: 2010-03-01 On December 22 2008 we sent you a letter denouncing the kidnapping of campesiono Javier Torres Cruz, a campesino from the community of La Morena in the Sierra de Petatlán, who testified … [Read more...]

Follow up on the independence of the human rights organization, Rights and Democracy

Re: Follow up on the independence of the human rights organization, Rights and Democracy. To: Prime Minister Stephen Harper From: Catherine Morris, Gail Davidson, and Paul Copeland Date: 2010-02-23 This is further to our letter of 27 January 2010. To date, we have not received a … [Read more...]

UN Human Rights Council: Omar Khadr, LRWC Report to the 13th Session of the HRC

UN Human Rights Council: Omar Khadr, LRWC Report to the 13th Session of the HRC by LRWC … [Read more...]

Protective Measures in the Inter-American Human Rights System

Protective Measures in the Inter-American Human Rights System by Isabela Piacentini de Andrade … [Read more...]

Independence of the human rights organization, Rights and Democracy

Re: Independence of the human rights organization, Rights and Democracy To: Prime Minister Stephen Harper From: Catherine Morris, Gail Davidson, and Paul Copeland Date: 2010-01-27 LRWC has become aware of a serious concern about the independence of the human rights organization, Rights … [Read more...]

Video: Justice for Omar Khadr

January 11, 2010 LRWC, B.C. Civil Liberties Association and StopWar.ca contributed to Amnesty International’s public forum, at Simon Fraser University. LRWC participated in the Justice for Omar Khadr Event held in Vancouver on January 11, the 8th anniversary of the opening of Guantanamo Bay … [Read more...]

Vietnam: Mr. Le Cong DINH, Human Rights Lawyer | Letter

Re: Mr. Le Cong DINH, Human Rights Lawyer To: Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, et all From: Darlene D. R. Kavka, LRWC Member Date: 2009-12-22 I am a member of Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, an organization dedicated to the promotion of human rights and protection of those who defend … [Read more...]

Sudan: Obstacles to the Freedom of Assembly; Harrassment of Mr. Hatem Salah

Re: Obstacles to the Freedom of Assembly; Harrassment of Mr. Hatem Salah To: Mr. Salva Kiir Mayardit, First Vice-President From: Joseph Hoffer Date: 2009-12-21 I am Mr. Joseph Hoffer, a Canadian lawyer and the Sudan monitor of Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada. I am writing to express my … [Read more...]