Re: Rudy Manuel Herrera and Rony Lopez, lawyers To: Sr. Presidente de la Republica de Guatemala and others From: Brenda J. Wemp, member of LRWC Date: 2009-03-18 Algunos abogados de LRWC han visitado Guatemala en varias oportunidades con el objeto de conocer acerca de la situación de los … [Read more...]
Guatemala: Rudy Manuel Herrera, Assistant Prosecutor; Rony Lopez, Prosecutor against Organized Crime
16/03/2009
On March 8, 2009, Assistant Prosecutor Rudy Manuel Herrera, 45 years-old, was assassinated on the 13th Street, Italy Settlement, Colonia El Limón, Zone 18. Mr. Herrera’s son, Eddy Herrera Merida, 18, was also wounded and was transferred to the Hospital in San Juan de Dios with a gunshot wound to the … [Read more...]
International Association of People’s Lawyers Fact Finding Mission in Brazil | Report
20/02/2009
December 1-4, 2008 The Philippines-based International Association of People’s Lawyers (IAPL) sent a team of investigators on a fact-finding mission (FFM) to Rondonia State in Brazil from December 1st to 4th 2008 to verify reports of ongoing human rights violations against peasant land reform … [Read more...]
Pakistan: LRWC Denounces Latest Attempt to Crush Lawyers Movement | Press release
19/02/2009
View PDF: Pakistan: LRWC Denounces Latest Attempt to Crush Lawyers Movement LRWC denounces use of the Pakistan Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) to prevent Pakistan lawyers from continuing to advocate for a) re-instatement of all judges illegally removed from office by former president Musharaff … [Read more...]
Robert P. Lee, Lawyer
18/02/2009
Re: Robert P. Lee, Lawyer To: the Right Honorable Premier Ed Stelmach, and others From: Brian M. Samuels, executive director, LRWCR Date: 2009-02-18 We are writing to express our concern about the conduct of representatives of the Alberta Government, which appear designed to: a) … [Read more...]
Zimbabwe: WOZA and MOZA arrests
17/02/2009
Re: WOZA and MOZA arrests To: Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, and others From: Charles B. Davidson, member of LRWC Date: 2009-02-17 We write at this time to express our concerns about the arrests of a number of persons on February 10, 2009, following peaceful demonstrations outside the … [Read more...]
Video: Torture and Canada-US Relations
12/02/2009
February 12, 2009 The Coalition for the Equal Treatment of Canadians Detained Abroad organized a speakers’ lunch on "Torture and Canada-US Relations" for press and parliamentarians on Parliament Hill, 12 February 2009. LRWC Director Maureen Webb was a featured speaker along with Amnesty … [Read more...]
Dr. Shirin Ebari & Ms. Jinus Sobhai – Lawyer & Administrative Assistant
23/01/2009
Re: Dr. Shirin Ebari & Ms. Jinus Sobhai – Lawyer & Administrative Assistant To: His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei, leader of the Islamic Republic, and others From: Tina Parbhakar, Iran Monitor of LRWC Date: 2009-01-23 Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) has received … [Read more...]
STANISLAV MARKELOV, Lawyer and ANASTASIA BARBUROVA – Journalist
20/01/2009
On January 19, 2009, human rights lawyer Mr. Stanislav Markelov and journalist for with the Novaya Gazeta, Ms. Anastasia Baburova were assassinated. Both parties were shot dead by a masked gunman in broad daylight around two in the afternoon on Prechistenka Street in the center of Moscow close to … [Read more...]
Assassination of Stanislav Markelov, lawyer and Anastasia Baburova, journalist
20/01/2009
Re: Assassination of Stanislav Markelov, lawyer and Anastasia Baburova, journalist To: Dmitri Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation, and others From: James Tate Esq. Date: 2009-01-20 It was with great dismay and sadness that we learned of the assassination of human rights lawyer … [Read more...]
