Re: Nour Eldin Mohamed Abdel Rahim; Bahr Eldin Abdallah Rifa; Madawi Ibrahim Adam; Osman Adam Abdel Mawla; Salih Mahmoud Osman To: Lt. General Omar Hassan al-Bashir, President of the Republic of Sudan Ali Osman Yasin, Minister of Justice and Attorney General; Yasir Sid Ahmed, Advisory Council for … [Read more...]
José Serrano Salgado, and other staff of Centro de Derechos Económicos Sociales (“CDES”)
27/04/2004
Re: José Serrano Salgado, and other staff of Centro de Derechos Económicos Sociales (“CDES”) To: Ing. Raul Baca Carbo, Minister of Interior From: Monique Pongracic-Speier Date: 2004-04-27 LRWC is gravely concerned for the safety of Mr. José Salgado, and other members of CDES, following … [Read more...]
Family of Efrain Guerrero, union leader affiliated with “SINAL TRAINAL”
21/04/2004
Re: Family of Efrain Guerrero, union leader affiliated with “SINAL TRAINAL” To: President Alvaro Uribe Vélez, President of the Republic of Colombia From: Monique Pongracic-Speier, member of LRWC Date: 2004-04-21 LRWC has received an urgent communiqué regarding violence against family … [Read more...]
Temor por la sequridad del los miembros de la Fundación Pachamama, el personal del Instituto Amazanga y Pablo Xavier Ortiz
19/04/2004
Re: Temor por la sequridad del los miembros de la Fundación Pachamama, el personal del Instituto Amazanga y Pablo Xavier Ortiz To: Ing. Raúl Baca Caro, Ministro de Gobierno, Policía, Justicia, Cultos y Municipalidades From: Monique Pongracic-Speier, member of LRWC, translated by Josén Garcia, … [Read more...]
Aktham Nu’aysa, lawyer and human rights defender
15/04/2004
Re: Aktham Nu’aysa, lawyer and human rights defender To: President Barshar al-Assad, President of Syrian Arab Republic From: Monique Pongracic-Speier, member of LRWC Date: 2004-04-15 LRWC has received information from Amnesty International which leads us to be gravely concerned about Mr. … [Read more...]
Ecuador: Pablo Xavier Ortiz-Academic and Adviser of Amazanga Institute Members of the Fundación Pachamama
08/04/2004
The human rights organization Fundación Pachamama received a telephone bomb threat on 6 April. This is the latest in a series of acts of intimidation and threatening phone calls they and the Instituto Amazanga have suffered since February this year. Both organizations have supported the Sarayaku … [Read more...]
Pablo Xavier Ortiz, academic and adviser at Amazanga Institute
08/04/2004
Re: Pablo Xavier Ortiz, academic and adviser at Amazanga Institute To: Ing. Raúl Baca Carco, minister of the interior Dra. Mariana Yépez de Velasco, attorney general From: Monique Pongracic-Speier, member of LRWC Date: 2004-04-08 LRWC is gravely concerned by information received from … [Read more...]
Yaneth Montoya Martinez, Journalist; Ademir Luna, Journalist
05/04/2004
Re: Yaneth Montoya Martinez, Journalist; Ademir Luna, Journalist To: President Alvaro Uribe Velez, president of Guatemala From: Monique Pongracic-Speier Date: 2004-04-05 LRWC is gravely concerned about the safety of Ademir Luna, and his wife and fellow journalist, Yaneth Montoya … [Read more...]
Ecuador: Jose Serrano Salgado and other staff at CDES, Economic and Social Rights Centre-Human Rights Organization
03/04/2004
José Serrano Salgado, a member of the Ecuadorian non-governmental organization Centro de Derechos Económicos y Sociales (CDES), Economic and Social Rights Centre, was reportedly threatened with death on 25 April. José Serrano Salgado was travelling in his car on the North-South Road (Vía Norte-Sur), … [Read more...]
Rebuilding Sierra Leone’s Law Library
26/03/2004
Dlab, Dagmar Lawyers' Weekly Vol. 23 No. 44 March 26 2004, page 14. Sierra Leone’s principal law library, located at the High Court in the nation’s capital Freetown, was destroyed by fire during the country’s ten-year civil war, leaving lawyers and judges with minimal legal … [Read more...]
