Mario César Escobedo Anaya, a 29-year-old defense lawyer in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico was killed in a police chase on February 5, 2002. At the time of the shooting Escobedo Anaya was the defense lawyer for Gustavo Gonzalaz Meza, one of two men accused of murdering eleven women in Ciudad Juárez. The … [Read more...]
Guatemala: OVIDIO PAZ BAL
31/03/2002
Mr. Bal is the Legal Advisor of the Solola branch of the organization Defensoria Indigena (Indigenous Defence). The threats against Mr. Balm made in January 2002,('we are going to kill you, we are going to kill you') were believed to have been made by individuals or groups seeking to hinder the work … [Read more...]
President’s View: No guts, no allegory
24/03/2002
Gibbs, Richard C., Q.C. 2002 The Law Society of British Columbia: No. 2 March-April Malaysia. Constitutional monarchy. Parliamentary democracy. Federal state. An Executive responsible to Parliament. Heavy influence of British legal tradition. An independent judiciary. The Barisan Nasional, the … [Read more...]
Brazil: Maria Aparecida Denadai, Lawyer
07/02/2002
Maria Aparecida Denadai, a lawyer working in the state of Espirito Santo, near Rio de Janeiro, has received death threats. The threats may be linked to the killing of her brother Marcelo Denadai, also a lawyer, on 15 April 2002. Mr. Denadai was killed as he was preparing to reveal evidence on … [Read more...]
Newsletter VII January 21, 2002
21/01/2002
January 21, 2002 I CAMPAIGNS I.1 MALAYSIA KARPAL SINGH SEDITION CHARGE WITHDRAWN Richard Gibbs Q.C. left January 10th for Kuala Lumpur to attend the January 14-18 2002 trial of lawyer Karpal Singh, charged with sedition based on words he spoke in court while defending his client, former … [Read more...]
World Responds to Murder of Digna Ochoa, leading human rights lawyer
07/12/2001
Jacob, Stephen The Lawyers Weekly Vol. 21, No., 30 December 7, 2001 The year-old government of Mexican President Vicente Fox has come under heavy criticism in the aftermath of the October 19th murder of attorney and human rights activist Digna Ochoa, with denunciations and expressions of … [Read more...]
Guatemala: Iris Yassmin Barrios, Judge, and Conchita Mazariegos, Judge
01/12/2001
On March 22nd, 2001 two grenades were thrown in the yard of Judge Iris Yassmin Barrios. On March 24th, 2001 shots were fired at the door of Judge Conchita Mazariegos' home after she received threatening phone calls. These women are senior judges involved in a case involving members of Guatemala's … [Read more...]
Pronunciamiento de LRWC sobre el asesinato de la abogada Mexicana y defensora de derechos humanos Digna Ochoa
30/11/2001
COMUNICADO DE PRENSA VANCOUVER, jueves 30 de noviembre del 2001: - Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (“LRWC”) disemino el siguiente comunicado hoy: Digna Ochoa y Placido, abogada mexicana y defensora de los derechos humanos murió de balazos el día de 19 de octubre del 2001 en su despacho en la … [Read more...]
