IRAN CAMPAIGNS
Oral Statement to the 25th Session of the UN Human Rights Council: Situation of Lawyers in Iran and independence of the legal profession remain precarious | Statement
17/03/2014
full .pdf version Date: 17 March 2014 HRC section: Agenda item 4 Speaker: Ms. Vani Selvarajah Oral Statement to the 25th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) & Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L), non-governmental organizations in special … [Read more...]
Iran: Safety and Independence of Lawyers & Access to Legal Representation | Report
15/03/2014
Full PDF Version Safety and Independence of Lawyers & Access to Legal Representation in Iran by LRWC and L4L Advocacy Rights 1.1 As a member of the United Nations (24 October 1945), the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran) has obligations to ensure the equal enjoyment by all … [Read more...]
Iran: Human Rights Lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani arbitrarily detained | Letter
25/04/2013
To: Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei; President Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad From: Hugh Gwillim Re: Request for Furlough for Human Rights Lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani Date: March 26, 2013 Lawyers’ Rights Watch of Canada (LRWC) requests that an appropriate bail for furlough be set for … [Read more...]
Iran: Furlough request for Abdolfattah Soltani | Letter
17/04/2013
To: Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Republic; President Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad From: Hugh Gwillim, LRWC Re: Request for Furlough for human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani Date: March 26, 2013 Lawyers’ Rights Watch of Canada (LRWC) requests that an appropriate bail … [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...]
Iran: Call for the release of human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh
08/11/2012
Re: Call for the release of human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh To: Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Republic; Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani, Head of the Judiciary From: Hugh Gwillim, LRWC Date: October 26, 2012 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) calls for the immediate … [Read more...]
Iran: Call for the release of human rights lawyer Mohammad Ali Dadkhah
18/10/2012
Re: Call for the release of human rights lawyer Mohammad Ali Dadkhah To: Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei; President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ali Akbar Salehi; Secretary General, High Council for Human Rights, Mohammed Javad Larijani; H.E. Mr. … [Read more...]
Iran: Demand for the end of harassment of human rights reporter Kouhyar Goudarzi
05/10/2012
Lawyers’ Rights Watch of Canada (LRWC) demands that the Iranian government immediately cease the continued and unlawful harassment of Kouhyar Goudarzi. LRWC submits that the harassment of Kouhyar Goudarzi is an attempt to silence his legitimate human rights activities and that his sentence of … [Read more...]
Iran: Demand for the release of human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh
19/09/2012
Re: Demand for the release of human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh To: Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei; Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani From: Hugh Gwillim, Barrister and Solicitor Date: September 12, 2012 Lawyers’ Rights Watch of Canada (LRWC) demands the immediate and unconditional release of … [Read more...]
Nine-Year Jail Sentence and Professional/Academic Bar to Lawyer Mohammad-Ali Dadkhah
08/07/2011
Re: Nine-Year Jail Sentence and Professional/Academic Bar to Lawyer Mohammad-Ali Dadkhah To: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad From: Vicheka Lay, Member, LRWC; Adrie van de Streek, Lawyers for Lawyers Date: 2011-07-08 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) and Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) are … [Read more...]
