Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo Photo Credit: The Globe and Mail May 7 2018 Journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were freed on 7 May 2019 after 500 days in prison as part of amnesty granted for 6,520 prisoners. Read more about LRWC Successes … [Read more...]
In Defence of Justice: End Impunity | Event
28/04/2019
Full PDF Version In Defence of Justice: End Impunity Date: May 8, 2019 Time: 6PM - 8PM Location: 515 West Hastings Street, SFU Harbour Centre Speaker: Atty. Edre Olalia, President, National Union of People's Lawyers The "war on drugs" declared by President Duterte has made the … [Read more...]
China: Nine Activists Wrongfully Convicted for Peaceful Pro-democracy Advocacy | Letter
24/04/2019
Full PDF Version Umbrella Movement leaders outside court on 9 April Photo Credit: Amnesty LRWC objects to the prosecution, conviction and sentencing of nine democracy advocates for peacefully exercising rights to expression and assembly to promote universal suffrage and open elections in Hong … [Read more...]
LRWC Newsletter: February – March 2019 Edition
01/04/2019
LRWC Action News and Updates | UN Human Rights Council Participation | Research and Publications | LRWC Members Working Pro Bono | LRWC Cooperating with other NGOs Full PDF Version LRWC ACTION NEWS AND UPDATES ARGENTINA 25 Years after Argentina’s AMIA Bombing: Justice vs. Impunity … [Read more...]
Canada: Stop the Flow of Weapons to Yemen | Letter
31/03/2019
Full PDF Version March 26th, 2019 The Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau, PC MP, Prime Minister of Canada, 24 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON., K1M 1M4 Re: Letter to Prime Minister on Saudi Arms Deal Dear Mr. Prime Minister, We, the Canadian Defenders for Human Rights (CD4HR), and our allies and … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia: Nomination of Waleed Abu al-Khair for the 2019 ABA International Human Rights Award | Joint Letter
29/03/2019
Full PDF Version Waleed Abu al-Khair, unlawfully imprisoned for his work as a human rights lawyer since 15 April 2014, has been nominated for the 2019 American Bar Association Human Rights Award jointly by LRWC, Lawyers for Lawyers, Union Internationale des Avocats and the Law Society of … [Read more...]
Prisoners: The Right to Medical Treatment – International Law Provisions | Report
28/03/2019
Full PDF Version Prisoners: The Right to Medical Treatment International Law Provisions By Grace Cheung Updated by Temisan Boyo Fanou Prisoners have a right to receive medical treatment. By arresting and detaining a person, a State takes full responsibility at international law for … [Read more...]
Turkey: Release 108 Lawyers from Arbitrary Detention | Letter
28/03/2019
Full PDF Version Selçuk Kozağaçlı (left), Şebnem Korur Fincancı, Erin Keskin (right) Mr. Abdulhamit Gül Minister of Justice 06659 Kizilay Ankara, Turkey Tel: +90 (0312) 417 77 70 Fax: +90 (0312) 419 33 70 Email: info@adelet.gov.tr President of Turkey Recep Tayyip … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia: Joint Statement to the 40th Session of the UN Human Rights Council on Saudi Arabia | Joint Statement
28/03/2019
Full PDF Version Loujain Al-Hathloul (left), Aziza Al-Yousef, Eman Al-Nafjan, Samar Badawi (right) Tuesday, March 12, 2019 Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs Email: chrystia.freeland@parl.gc.ca House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6 Maryam Monsef, Minister of … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia: Arbitrary Detention of Samar Badawi | Working Paper
27/03/2019
Full PDF Version Samar Badawi, human rights advocate Draft Working Paper on the Arbitrary Detention of Samar Badawi Background Samar Badawi is known and respected internationally as a human rights advocate. Her past peaceful and lawful human rights works has included advocacy for: … [Read more...]
