Re: Omar Khadr, our correspondence of August 13, 2007 To: The Honourable Maxime Bernier, P.C., M.P., Minister of Foreign Affairs From: Gail Davidson , Executive Director, LRWC Date: 2007-09-13 The Prime Minister’s office has advised Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) that, as the matter … [Read more...]
Fekadu Negeri and others, EHRCO Executive Committee Members
10/09/2007
Re: Fekadu Negeri and others, EHRCO Executive Committee Members To: Minister of Justice, Ethiopia From: Cara E.I. Gibbons, LRWC member Date: 2007-09-10 LRWC applauds the unconditional release of release of Fekadu Negeri, Ibsa Wake, Tefsa Burayu Abraham Likasa, , Jeregna Keba, Osman … [Read more...]
Arbitrary Arrest and Enforced Disappearance of Mr. Osman Ibrahim
13/08/2007
Re: Arbitrary Arrest and Enforced Disappearance of Mr. Osman Ibrahim To: His Excellency Lieutenant General Omar Hassan al-Bashir From: Joseph Hoffer, LRWC Date: 2007-08-13 Further to my letter to you of July 24, 2007 it appears that Mr. Osman has now disappeared and that he requires … [Read more...]
Omar Khadr, a child soldier detained without trial by US authorities since 2002
13/08/2007
Re: Omar Khadr, a child soldier detained without trial by US authorities since 2002 To: Right Hon. Stephen Harper, PC, MP, Prime Minister of Canada, and others From: Paul Copeland, Bencher and member of the Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto; Gail Davidson, member of the Law Society of … [Read more...]
LARISSA ARAP – Journalist and Opposition Activist
02/08/2007
Reports indicate that on July 5th, 2007, Ms. Larissa Arap, a Russian journalist, opposition activist and member of the United Civil Front, was arrested and has been forcibly interned in a psychiatric hospital where, according to information received, she would be forcefully injected with drugs and … [Read more...]
Larissa Arap
02/08/2007
Re: Larissa Arap To: President Vladimir Vladmirovich Putin and others From: Darlene Kavka, LRWC Date: 2007-08-02 I write to you today on a matter of utmost urgency. Human rights defenders worldwide, are alarmed and disheartened to hear that Larissa Arap, a highly respected member of … [Read more...]
SAT SAVUTH – Cambodian human rights campaigner
27/07/2007
Reports indicate that Mr. Sat Savuth, a well-known Cambodian human rights campaigner advocating land and forestry rights in Anlong Veng’s Phat commune, was attacked at his home in the Oddar Meanchey province. On the evening of July 23, 2007, four assailants threw a grenade at the front door of his … [Read more...]
Re: Attack against Mr. Sath Savuth, Mr. Seng Sarom
26/07/2007
Re: Grenade attack against Mr. Sath Savuth, July 21, 2007, Thlath Commune, Anlong Veng District, Oddar Meanchey Province; Shooting death of Mr. Seng Sarom, ADHOC human rights defender, Stung Treng Province To: H.E. Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen and others From: Gail Davidson, LRWC Date: … [Read more...]
Arbitrary Arrest and Enforced Disappearance of Mr. Osman Ibrahim
24/07/2007
Re: Arbitrary Arrest and Enforced Disappearance of Mr. Osman Ibrahim To: His Excellency Lieutenant General Omar Hassan al-Bashir From: Joseph Hoffer, LRWC Date: 2007-07-24 In cooperation with the World Organization Against Torture and the International Federation for Human Rights, I am … [Read more...]
Mr. Mansour Osanloo & Mr. Mahmoud Salehi
16/07/2007
Re: Mr. Mansour Osanloo & Mr. Mahmoud Salehi, Detained in Evin Prison (Tehran) and Central Prison of Sanandaj City, respectively, Islamic Republic of Iran To: His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran From: Tina Parbhakar Date: 2007-07-16 LRWC has received … [Read more...]
