ABOUT J. B. JEYARETNAM Two appeals involving Singapore Parliamentarian and lawyer J.B. Jeyaretnam and freedom of speech issues were heard before Singapore's Court of Appeal in the week of July 23-28 2001. One appeal, relating to a bankruptcy order issued in January 2001 after JB Jeyaretnam … [Read more...]
Sierra Leone: HARRY YANSANEH – former editor of independent newspaper For di People
26/03/2012
Harry Yansaneh, former acting editor of the independent newspaper For di people, and member of the Sierra Leone Chapter of Amnesty International and of the National League for Human Rights, died on July 28th, 2005 as a result of violent beatings he had been subjected to on May 10th, 2005 by a group … [Read more...]
Sierra Leone Law Libraries Project
26/03/2012
Background: Between 1991 and 2000, the West African nation of Sierra Leone suffered a bloody and destructive civil war. Horrific war crimes and crimes against humanity were inflicted upon children, women and men. Buildings in urban areas, including the capital, Freetown, suffered serious damage, … [Read more...]
THE SIERRA LEONE LAW LIBRARIES PROJECT
26/03/2012
Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada has joined forces with the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC), in an effort to re-build Sierra Leone's legal research infrastructure by providing high quality text books, practitioners' materials, law reports and electronic resources to two law … [Read more...]
Messrs. Sulaiman al-Rashudi, lawyer, and others
26/03/2012
On February 3rd, 2007, at 3:00am, at least ten human rights defenders, including Messrs. Sulaiman al-Rashudi & Essam al-Basrawi - lawyers, Saud al-Hashimi - a doctor, Messrs. Musa al-Qirni and Abdel Rahman al-Shumayri - university professors, and Messrs. Abdelaziz al-Khariji and Al-Sharif Saif … [Read more...]
CONCEPION JAYME-BRIZUELA (Lawyer), BEVERLY MUSNI (Lawyer), ROMEO T. CAPULONG (Judge)
26/03/2012
LRWC has received reports of threats, harassment and intimidation of three Filipino lawyers. On or about 23 June 2006, Atty. Concepcion Jayme-Brizuela of Kidapawan, North Cotabato, Mindanao received SMS messages saying she will be the next to be killed after a couple was recently murdered in cold … [Read more...]
CRISPIN KA BEL BELTRAN, labor leader, and others
26/03/2012
Labour leader and Anakpawis Rep. Crispin “Ka Bel” Beltran was arrested by the Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group hours after President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declared a state of national emergency on 24 February 2006. Beltran was detained under a rebellion case … [Read more...]
DR. SALOMÓN LERNER FEBRES – Human Rights Leader
26/03/2012
During the week of September 25, 2009, Dr. Salomón Lerner Febres received threatening telephone calls both at his house and at his office at the Catholic University of Peru. The caller left a message warning, “What we did to your dogs, we will do to you.” These telephone calls followed the poisoning … [Read more...]
GLORIA CANO – Lawyer; ASOCIACION PRO DERECHOS HUMANOS (APRODEH) – Staff
26/03/2012
On October 20, 2004 Gloria Cano, a lawyer with Asociacion Pro Derechos Humanos (APRODEH), received a threatening text message on her cell phone. The message read: Hello bitch, we are in jail, be aware even of your shadow, you will be reunited with the ‘terrorist’ in hell (Hola perra, nos estamos en … [Read more...]
YAN ZHENGXUE-Human rights activist
26/03/2012
The observatory has been informed by Human Rights in China (HRIC) of the detention of Mr. Yan Zhengxue, who is actively involved in human rights campaigns and an outspoken human rights promoter, as well as a well-known artist and dissident. In the lead up to the meeting of the Central Party … [Read more...]
