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Video: Torture and Canada-US Relations
12/02/2009
February 12, 2009 The Coalition for the Equal Treatment of Canadians Detained Abroad organized a speakers’ lunch on "Torture and Canada-US Relations" for press and parliamentarians on Parliament Hill, 12 February 2009. LRWC Director Maureen Webb was a featured speaker along with Amnesty … [Read more...]
Dr. Shirin Ebari & Ms. Jinus Sobhai – Lawyer & Administrative Assistant
23/01/2009
Re: Dr. Shirin Ebari & Ms. Jinus Sobhai – Lawyer & Administrative Assistant To: His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei, leader of the Islamic Republic, and others From: Tina Parbhakar, Iran Monitor of LRWC Date: 2009-01-23 Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) has received … [Read more...]
STANISLAV MARKELOV, Lawyer and ANASTASIA BARBUROVA – Journalist
20/01/2009
On January 19, 2009, human rights lawyer Mr. Stanislav Markelov and journalist for with the Novaya Gazeta, Ms. Anastasia Baburova were assassinated. Both parties were shot dead by a masked gunman in broad daylight around two in the afternoon on Prechistenka Street in the center of Moscow close to … [Read more...]
Assassination of Stanislav Markelov, lawyer and Anastasia Baburova, journalist
20/01/2009
Re: Assassination of Stanislav Markelov, lawyer and Anastasia Baburova, journalist To: Dmitri Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation, and others From: James Tate Esq. Date: 2009-01-20 It was with great dismay and sadness that we learned of the assassination of human rights lawyer … [Read more...]
Javier Torres Cruz
22/12/2008
Re: Javier Torres Cruz To: Lic. Zeferino Torreblanca Galindo From: Prof. H. Ihmig, a nombre de la Iniciativa México, y Gail Davidson, Executive Director, LRWC Date: 2008-12-22 Hasta cuándo se instaurará un Estado de Derecho en Guerrero? Con gran alivio nos enteramos del regreso del … [Read more...]
Bangladesh: LRWC Endorses the call for a return to the rule of law in Bangladesh
15/12/2008
.doc: Bangladesh: Call for Return to Rule of Law, 15 December 2008 Bangladesh: Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) Endorses the call for a return to the rule of law in Bangladesh December 15, 2008: LRWC joins with the jurists, lawyers and legal academics from throughout Asia who assembled in … [Read more...]
Vietnam: Mr. Nguyen Hoang Hai (Dieu Cay) | Letter
11/12/2008
Re: Mr. Nguyen Hoang Hai (Dieu Cay) To: President Nguyen Minh Triet and others From: Darlene Kavka, member of LRWC Date: 2008-12-11 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) is gravely concerned for the safety and wellbeing of human rights advocate, Mr. Nguyen Hoang Hai. It appears Mr. … [Read more...]
Zimbabwe: Mr. Broderick Takawira, Mr. Pascal Gonzo, Mr. Zacharia Nkomo and Ms. Jestina Mukoko
10/12/2008
Re: Mr. Broderick Takawira, Mr. Pascal Gonzo, Mr. Zacharia Nkomo and Ms. Jestina Mukoko To: President Robert G. Mugabe, and others From: Charles B. Davison, member of LRWC Date: 2008-12-10 Once again Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) is writing to you to express our most serious … [Read more...]
Parvez Imroz, Firdous Ahmed Sofi and Ajaz Ahmed Mir: arrest and ill-treatment
20/11/2008
Re: Parvez Imroz, Firdous Ahmed Sofi and Ajaz Ahmed Mir: arrest and ill-treatment To: Pratibha Devisingh Patil, President of India and others From: Charles Davison, member of LRWC Date: 2008-11-20 We are writing to you to express our grave concerns arising from the recent arrest, beating … [Read more...]
Ms. Negin Sheikholeslami, arrested and imprisoned arbitrarily
17/11/2008
Re: Ms. Negin Sheikholeslami, arrested and imprisoned arbitrarily; Mr. Yasser Goli, sentenced to 15 years in prison; and Ms. Esha Momeni, charged with “propaganda against the State” and released on high bail To: His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Republic, and … [Read more...]
