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Event | Grace Woo: Ghost Dancing with Colonialism, 12 January | Video
12/01/2012
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...]
Cambodia: Revise or Abandon Draft NGO Law | Joint Press Release
22/12/2011
full statement PDF Joint Statement by Human Rights Watch, Global Witness, Freedom House, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Article 19, Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA), Civil Rights Defenders, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, Centre for Law and Democracy, … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Fourth Draft Law on Associations and NGOs | Joint Letter by LRWC and CLD
21/12/2011
View PDF: Cambodia: Fourth Draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations by LRWC and CLD 21 December 2011 H.E. Hun Sen Prime Minister Office of the Prime Minister Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia Fax: +855 23 36 06 66 / 855 23 88 06 24 (c/o Council of Ministers) Email: … [Read more...]
Turkey: Call for the release and the end of judicial harassment against lawyers | Joint letter
16/12/2011
Re: Call for the release and the end of judicial harassment against lawyers To: Mr. Abdullah Gül, President, and Mr. Sadullah Ergin, Minister of Justice Republic of Turkey From: International Federation for Human Rights, LRWC, the World Organisation Against Torture, the Conférence … [Read more...]
Philippines: Increasing cases of human rights violations and extrajudicial killings
22/11/2011
Re: Increasing cases of human rights violations and extrajudicial killings To: His Excellency Benigno Simeon Aquino III From: Mable Elmore; Dr. Nora Angeles; Leo Alejandria; Joe Barrett; Fr. Conrado Beloso; Jay Catalan; Gail Davidson; Susan Draper; Jim Edmondson; David B. Fairey; Rev. Expedito … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Fourth draft Law on Associations and NGOs
17/11/2011
Re: Fourth draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations To: Prime Minister Hun Sen, et al From: Toby Mendel, Centre for Law and Democracy and Gail Davidson, LRWC Date: 2011-11-17 We are writing on behalf of Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) and the Centre for Law and … [Read more...]
Thailand – Human rights defender and magazine editor Somyot Prueksakasemsuk faces lèse majesté charge
15/11/2011
Re: Thailand - Human rights defender and magazine editor Somyot Prueksakasemsuk faces lèse majesté charge To: Prime Minister Yingluck Shinnawatra From: Front Line Defenders; Protection International; Clean Clothes Campaign; Asian Forum on Human Rights and Development; International Federation … [Read more...]
Intimidation and Harassment of Lawyer Thanassis Tartis and Panayote Dimitras
02/11/2011
Re: Intimidation and Harassment of Lawyer Thanassis Tartis and Panayote Dimitras for their participation in the Hellenic Coast Guard anti-racism trial To: Prime Minister George Papandreou From: Gail Davidson, Executive Director, LRWC Date: 2011-11-02 LWRC is deeply troubled and aggrieved … [Read more...]
