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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

LRWC is gravely concerned by substantial charges of torture perpetrated against 122 individuals faced with charges relating to the secessionist Caprivi uprising of August 1999. There is fear the prisoners have been kept in unsanitary conditions and have been denied basic medical supplies. There is … [Read more...]

Lodoisambuu Sanjaasuren was convicted of ¡°exposing state secrets¡± in November 2004 and received an 18 month prison sentence. The charges stemmed from Sanjaasuren's defence of Enkhbat Damiran who was kidnapped from France by Mongolian intelligence officers on May 15, 2003. In the course of his … [Read more...]

Lawyers Heriberto Gomez Coello and Maria del Carmen Grajales Castillejos were arrested on August 11, 2004 in Cintalapa, in the southern state of Chiapas. They were charged with attempting to present false statements. Mr. Coella and Ms. Castillejos represent Eduardo Hernandez Sanchez, Carlos Navarro … [Read more...]

JESÚS MANUEL GRIJALVA MEJIA – Human Rights Lawyer MAYEN ARELLANES CANO – Human Rights Lawyer GILBERTO HERNÁNDEZ SANTIAGO – Human Rights Lawyer ALMA GÓMEZ SOTO – Human Rights Defender These four human rights activists have each faced threats to their safety, presumably because of their … [Read more...]