Ricardo Lagunes Gasca y Carmen Aguilar Gómez

Re: Ricardo Lagunes Gasca y Carmen Aguilar Gómez To: Lic. Juan Camilo Mouriño Terrazo, Secretaría de Gobernación, Chiapas From: Lic. Cara E.I. Gibbons, Miembro de LRWC Date: 0000-00-00 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (“LRWC”) es un comité de abogados de Canadá que provee ayuda a personas … [Read more...]

Statements made by Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs

Re: Statements made by Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs Charles Stimson threatening the livelihood and reputation of attorneys acting for people detained in Guantánamo Bay prison. To: President George W. Bush, Vice President Richard Cheney, Secretary of Defense Robert … [Read more...]

Syria: LRWC troubled by sentencing of Beirut-Damascus Declaration signatories

Michael Macaulay Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) is deeply troubled by the 13 May 2007 sentencing of Michel Kilo, President of the Organization for the Defence of Freedom of Speech and Press, and Mahmoud Issa, a human rights defender. Both men were sentenced to three years in prison for … [Read more...]

Syria Country Monitoring Report 2007

Syria Country Monitoring Report 2007 by Michael Macaulay & Caitlin Fell … [Read more...]

Lawyers and the rule of law on trial – sedition in Malaysia

View the PDF version of the report. Davidson, Gail, Friesen, Tami and Jackson, Michael Q.C. I THE POLITICAL BACKGROUND I.1 The Circumstances of the Charge I.2 The Charge II THE HISTORY OF SEDITION ACT PROSECUTIONS IN MALAYSIA III SEDITION IN COMMON LAW JURISDICTIONS IV MALAYSIAN … [Read more...]

Judges and the Rule of Law: the prosecution of Judge Garzon in Spain

Judges and the Rule of Law: the prosecution of Judge Garzon in Spain by LRWC, AHRC, IADL, AEDIDH … [Read more...]

Iran: Country Monitoring Report for 2007-2008

Iran: Country Monitoring Report for 2007-2008 of the situation for human rights defenders by Tina Parbhakar … [Read more...]

Iran: Attacks on Lawyers in Iran over the past 6 years (2004-2009)

Iran: Attacks on Lawyers in Iran over the past 6 years (2004-2009) by Tina Prabhakar … [Read more...]

Yassin al-Hamwl and Muhammad All al-Abdullah

Re: Yassin al-Hamwl and Muhammad All al-Abdullah To: President Bashar al-Assad; General Ghazi Kan¡¦an, Minster of the Interior; & Muhammad al-Ghafari, Minister of Justice From: Michael M. Macaulay, member of LRWC Date: 0000-00-00 I am writing you once again on behalf of Lawyer¡¦s … [Read more...]

Guatemala: Attacks on Jurists, 2005 – 2009

Guatemala: Attacks on Jurists, 2005 - 2009 by Isabel Stramwasser, B.A., LL.B. and Brenda J. Wemp … [Read more...]