On December 7, 2012 — the 64th anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights — LRWC, Amnesty International, the BC Civil Liberties Association, Council of Canadians, and the New Media Journalism Program of SFU's Continuing Studies Program hosted the Day of Dissent. Speakers at the event … [Read more...]
Vietnam: Mr. Le Quoc Quan | Joint letter
16/01/2013
Re: Mr. Le Quoc Quan To: H.E. Mr. Ha Hung Cuong, Minister of Justice From: Adrie van de Streek, Executive Director, Lawyers for Lawyers; Gail Davidson, Executive Director, LRWC Date: January 15, 2013 To view a PDF version, click here. The Dutch Lawyers for Lawyers Foundation (‘Stichting … [Read more...]
Sri Lanka: Impeachment of Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake | Letter
16/01/2013
Re: Impeachment of Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake To: President Mahinda Rajapakse From: Gail Davidson, Executive Director, LRWC Date: January 16, 2013 To view a PDF version, please click here. Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC)[1] is deeply alarmed by the motion passed today by the … [Read more...]
Cameroon: International obligations of Cameroon to protect lawyers and decriminalize homosexuality | Letter
16/01/2013
Re: International obligations of Cameroon to protect lawyers and decriminalize homosexuality To: Paul Biya, President; Philemon Yang, Prime Minister; Laurent Esso, Minister of Justice From: Gail Davidson, Executive Director, LRWC; Marion Caussanel, LRWC Date: January 16, 2013 To view a PDF … [Read more...]
China: The extended and continuing illegal persecution of Mao Hengfeng by Chinese officials | Letter
09/01/2013
Re: The extended and continuing illegal persecution of Mao Hengfeng by Chinese officials To: Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China From: Clive Ansley, LRWC China Country Monitor; Gail Davidson, Executive Director, LRWC Date: January 9, 2013 For a PDF version, please click … [Read more...]
Bangladesh: New legislation threatens freedoms of assembly, association, opinion, and expression | Letter
03/12/2012
Re: New legislation threatens freedoms of assembly, association, opinion, and expression To: Dr. Gauhar Rizvi, Honourable Adviser to the Prime Minister, International Affairs From: Siobhan Airey, M.Sc., LLM, PhD candidate, LRWC Date: December 3, 2012 I am writing to you on behalf of … [Read more...]
Iran: Call for the Release of Massumeh Dehghan, spouse of Abdolafattah Soltani
03/12/2012
Re: Call for the Release of Massumeh Dehghan, spouse of Abdolafattah Soltani To: Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Republic; Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani, Head of the Judiciary From: Hugh Gwillim Date: December 3, 2012 Lawyers’ Rights Watch of Canada (LRWC) calls for the … [Read more...]
LRWC Newsletter: November 2012 Edition
28/11/2012
Yorm Bopha | photo by Jenny Holligan | Please click here to view the November 2012 Edition of the LRWC Newsletter. … [Read more...]
Russia: New law on treason and espionage threatens freedom of expression in Russia
22/11/2012
Re: New law on treason and espionage threatens freedom of expression in Russia To: President Vladimir Putin; Alexander Kolonalov, Minister of Justice From: Andrew Guaglio, LRWC Date: November 19, 2012 I write on behalf of Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), a committee of Canadian … [Read more...]
