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Turkey: 18 rights and lawyers’ groups express concern to the UN as a trial against 46 lawyers under terrorism charges is due to open on July 16 | Joint press release
13/07/2012
Amsterdam-Ankara-Brussels-Geneva-Grenoble-Montpellier-Ottawa-Paris-Rennes, July 13, 2012. 18 rights and lawyers' groups express concern to the UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers and to the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders as a trial under … [Read more...]
Turkey: Ongoing judicial harassment against lawyers, jeopardizing their independence | Joint letter
11/07/2012
Joint letter from LRWC and 15 other organisations regarding the "Lawyers' trial" in Turkey, scheduled to take place 16-18 July 2012. "We fear that justice is misused as a weapon to repress, intimidate and punish lawyers, through criminal proceedings that blatantly violate the right to a fair … [Read more...]
Sudan: Detention of Rashida Shams al-Din
10/07/2012
HE Omar Hassan Ahmad al-BashirOffice of the PresidentPeople’s PalacePO Box281 Khartoum,Sudan Mohammed Bushara DousaMinistry of JusticePO Box302Al Nil Avenue Khartoum,Sudan Your Excellencies: Re: Detention of Rashida Shams al-Din Lawyers Rights Watch … [Read more...]
Russia: Professional and Personal Threat against Lawyer Rustam Matsev
26/06/2012
Mr. Vladimir Putin President of the Russian Federation, Llinka Str. 23, Moscow 103132, Moscow, Russian Federation Fax: + 7 495 606 5173/630 2408 Mr. Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Minister of the Interior, Ulitsa Zhitnaya 16 117049, Moscow, Russian Federation Telegram: Rossiia, 117049, … [Read more...]
Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand: Business enterprises and attacks on human rights defenders and protestors | Oral Statement, UN Human Rights Council
20/06/2012
Full PDF Version 21 June 2012 Item 3: Interactive Dialogue with the Working Group on the Issue of Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises Oral Statement to the 20th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), a … [Read more...]
Pakistan: Plot to assassinate Asma Jahangir, human rights lawyer | Letter
15/06/2012
Asif Ali Zardari President's Secretariat Islamabad,Pakistan Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Prime Minister House Islamabad, Pakistan Fax: 011 92-51-9213780 011 92 51 922 1596 E-mail: secretary@cabinet.gov.pk Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani c/o Inter … [Read more...]
Sarah Morales: Cooperation or Conquest: Coast Salish Legal Traditions & the Canadian State | Video
05/06/2012
First Nations' Rights: The Gap Between Law and Practice: A Series of Five Talks The 2011-2012 series was sponsored by Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group (HTG), Amnesty International and the Vancouver Public Library ALL TALKS IN THE SERIES: 1. Grace Woo: Ghost Dancing … [Read more...]
PRESS RELEASE | Omar Khadr: Committee against Torture recommends transfer to Canada and redress for human rights violations
01/06/2012
Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) and International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group (CMLG) For Immediate Release Friday, June 01, 2012 (pdf version) Omar Khadr: Committee against Torture recommends transfer to Canada and redress for human rights violations The Committee against Torture … [Read more...]
PRESS RELEASE | Canada must prosecute any foreign national suspected of torture
01/06/2012
Immediate Release Friday, June 01, 2012 Canada must prosecute any foreign national suspected of torture (committed anywhere and against anyone) when the suspect enters Canada even temporarily, says Committee against Torture. The Committee against Torture (“Committee”), in an advance version of … [Read more...]
Groups call for apology from Prime Minister to UN Special Rapporteur on right to food: Open letter
30/05/2012
The Right Honourable Stephen Harper Prime Minister of Canada Office of the Prime Minister 80 Wellington Street Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A2 By fax: 613-941-6900 By email: pm@pm.gc.ca May 30, 2012 Dear Prime Minister, We are writing this open letter to you as individuals and representatives … [Read more...]
