Joint Letter to the Prime Minister (full text pdf) | Joint letter to the Attorney General (full text pdf) Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada was among twelve human rights organizations that co-signed letters to Malaysia's Prime Minister and Attorney General expressing deep concern about the decision … [Read more...]
Thailand: Joint Oral Statement to 30th Session of the UN HRC: Abuse of laws and military courts to silence civil society
01/10/2015
Full text View the Oral Statement below at 1:39:45 Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada and the Asian Legal Resource Centre Item: Items 2 and 10 – General Debate Date: 30 September 2015 Speaker: Mr. Gavin Magrath Joint Oral Statement to the 30th Session of the UN Human Rights … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Oral Statement to the 30th Session of the UN Human Rights Council : Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia | Oral Statement
29/09/2015
Full text .pdf Check Against Delivery Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 10 - Cambodia Date: 29 September 2015 Speaker: Mr. Gavin Magrath Oral Statement to the 30th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), a … [Read more...]
Thailand: LRWC Submission to the Universal Periodic Review, 25th Session, April – May 2016
21/09/2015
PDF report (pdf) Lawyer's Rights Watch submission to the UN Human Rights Council for Thailand's Universal Periodic Revies in April-May 2016 discusses Thailand’s failure to comply with its international human rights obligations to guarantee: fair trial rights in accordance with the … [Read more...]
Thailand: Phuket Journalists Ms. Chutima Sidasathian and Mr. Alan Morison prosecuted for criminal defamation for reporting on human trafficking of Rohingya and other migrants
01/09/2015
UPDATE: Chutima Sidasathian and Alan Morison acquitted On 1 September 2015, journalists Ms. Chutima Sidasathian and Mr. Alan Morison were acquitted of criminal defamation under Articles 326 and 328 of the Thai Penal Code and Article 14(1) of the 2007 Computer Crimes Act. LRWC views the acquittal … [Read more...]
Thailand: Continued judicial harassment of migrant rights worker Mr. Andy Hall by Natural Fruit Co. Ltd | Joint Letter
19/08/2015
Full text letter (pdf) August 19, 2015 To Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha: We, a coalition of international labor and human rights organizations, wish to express our sincere condolences about the tragic bombing that took place this week in Bangkok. It was a brutal attack on a country … [Read more...]
Thailand Not Adequately Addressing Human Trafficking: US government leaves Thailand at lowest ranking in annual trafficking report | Joint Letter
27/07/2015
See full (pdf) letter The US Department of State maintained Thailand’s Tier 3 ranking, the lowest category, in its annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report released 27 July 2015. A global coalition of 25 human rights and labor groups, including Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) sent … [Read more...]
China: Canada must oppose wrongful arrests of lawyers and others | Letter
16/07/2015
See full pdf letter See 15 July 2015 letter to PRC President Xi Jinping 16 July 2015 The Honourable Robert Nicholson Minister of Foreign Affairs House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6 Fax: 613-996-9709 Email: rob.nicholson@parl.gc.ca Dear Minister, Re: China: Incommunicado … [Read more...]
Thailand: Judicial harassment of human rights defenders and democracy activists; harassment of human rights lawyers and advocates | Statement
08/07/2015
See full statement pdf Thailand: Judicial harassment of human rights defenders and democracy activists; harassment of human rights lawyers and advocates Fourteen students charged with sedition after symbolic anti-coup demonstrations Statement: Timeline, Analysis and Recommendations 8 July … [Read more...]
Canada: Bill C-51 demonstrates intention to violate international human rights and must be repealed | Statement
11/06/2015
Full .pdf statement Statement 11 June 2015 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada profoundly regrets that on 9 June 2015 the Anti-Terrorist Act, 2015 (Bill C-51) was passed by the Senate of Canada and will enter into force upon Royal Assent. The Bill was rushed through Parliament in the face of … [Read more...]
