Re: Detention and Treatment of Human Rights Defender Jestina Mukoko To: President Robert G. Mugabe et al From: CHARLES B. DAVISON, LRWC Member Date: 2009-10-12 Further to our various letters to you over the past two years, we once again write concerning the case and situation of Jestina … [Read more...]
Mexico: GUSTAVO DE LA ROSA HICKERSON – Human Rights Lawyer
09/10/2009
Human rights lawyer Gustavo De La Rosa Hickerson is one of the few officials to publically recognise the substantial increase in human rights violations by the armed forces in Ciudad Juarez, Northern Mexico. Thousands of military have patrolled the streets of Ciudad Juarez since 2008 in an attempt … [Read more...]
Acerca del caso de Gustavo de la Rosa Hickerson
09/10/2009
Re: Acerca del caso de Gustavo de la Rosa Hickerson To: Secretario de Gobernación; Lic. José Reyes Baeza Terrazas; Lic. José Luis Armendáriz González From: Cara Gibbons, LRWC Member Date: 2009-10-09 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (“LRWC”) es un comité de abogados de Canadá que provee ayuda … [Read more...]
Dr. Salomón Lerner Febres, former president Truth and Reconciliation Commission; Death Threats and Fear for Safety
29/09/2009
Re: Dr. Salomón Lerner Febres, former president Truth and Reconciliation Commission; Death Threats and Fear for Safety To: Ms. Gladys Margot Echaíz Ramos & Dr. Aurelio Pastor Valdivieso From: Dagmar Dlab, LRWC Member Date: 2009-09-29 LRWC is gravely concerned for the safety of the … [Read more...]
Mexico: Ricardo Lagunes Gasca – Lawyer
24/09/2009
Mr. RICARDO LAGUNES GASCA, a lawyer working for the Fray Bartolomé de las Casas Human Rights Centre, was attacked on 18 September 2009. He was leaving Ejido Jotola in Chilsn municipality after advising clients when an armed group of about 50 men and women blocked the road. Mr. Gasca was pulled from … [Read more...]
Acerca del caso de Ricardo Lagunes Gasca y Carmen Aguilar Gómez
24/09/2009
Re: Acerca del caso de Ricardo Lagunes Gasca y Carmen Aguilar Gómez To: Lic. Juan Camilo Mouriño Terrazo; Lic. Juan Carlos Moreno Guillén; Mtro. Raciel López Salazar From: Cara E.I. Gibbons Date: 2009-09-24 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (“LRWC”) es un comité de abogados de Canadá que … [Read more...]
LRWC Statement to 12th Session of the HRC Re: Sri Lanka
22/09/2009
Statement to 12th Session of the HRC Re: Sri Lanka by LRWC … [Read more...]
Concerns about the Independence of the Judiciary and Legal Profession in Cambodia
28/08/2009
UN Human Rights Council: Concerns about the Independence of the Judiciary and Legal Profession in Cambodia by LRWC … [Read more...]
Vietnam: Mr. Le Cong DINH | Letter
28/08/2009
Re: Mr. Le Cong DINH To: President Nguyen Minh TRIET; Prime Minister Nguyen Tan DUNG From: Jessica Fletcher, LRWC Member Date: 2009-08-28 I am once again writing to follow up a letter written to you from Lawyer’s Rights Watch Canada (“LRWC”) on June 21, 2009 regarding our concern … [Read more...]
Sri Lanka: Death threat against Dr. Saravanamuttu, human rights defender
26/08/2009
Re: Death threat against Dr. Saravanamuttu, human rights defender To: President Mahinda Rajapakse From: Harini Sivalingam Date: 2009-08-26 Our organization, Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) is deeply concerned about the safety and security of Dr. Saravanamuttu, a human rights defender … [Read more...]
