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Bangladesh: LRWC calls for release of Sigma Huda, UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons
24/09/2007
Bangladesh: LRWC challenges legitimacy of conviction and sentencing of Sigma Huda, UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons and calls for her release. September 24, 2007: Immediate Release Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) is concerned that the trial, conviction and sentencing of Sigma … [Read more...]
The Duty of the Philippines Government to Investigate Extra-judicial Killings
16/09/2007
The Duty of the Philippines Government to Investigate Extra-judicial Killings, 27, Sept. 2007 by Matthew Stacey … [Read more...]
Philippines: Duty of the Philippines Government to Investigate Extra-judicial Killings
16/09/2007
Philippines: Duty of the Philippines Government to Investigate Extra-judicial Killings by Matthew Stacey … [Read more...]
Mohamed Badwi and others
14/09/2007
Re: Mohamed Badwi and others To: President of the Republic of Sudan – General Omar Hassan al-Bashir From: Joseph Hoffer, Lawyer Date: 2007-09-14 I am a lawyer and Sudan Monitor of Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada. I am writing to request your assurance with respect to the treatment of … [Read more...]
Omar Khadr, our correspondence of August 13, 2007
13/09/2007
Re: Omar Khadr, our correspondence of August 13, 2007 To: The Honourable Maxime Bernier, P.C., M.P., Minister of Foreign Affairs From: Gail Davidson , Executive Director, LRWC Date: 2007-09-13 The Prime Minister’s office has advised Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) that, as the matter … [Read more...]
Fekadu Negeri and others, EHRCO Executive Committee Members
10/09/2007
Re: Fekadu Negeri and others, EHRCO Executive Committee Members To: Minister of Justice, Ethiopia From: Cara E.I. Gibbons, LRWC member Date: 2007-09-10 LRWC applauds the unconditional release of release of Fekadu Negeri, Ibsa Wake, Tefsa Burayu Abraham Likasa, , Jeregna Keba, Osman … [Read more...]
Arbitrary Arrest and Enforced Disappearance of Mr. Osman Ibrahim
13/08/2007
Re: Arbitrary Arrest and Enforced Disappearance of Mr. Osman Ibrahim To: His Excellency Lieutenant General Omar Hassan al-Bashir From: Joseph Hoffer, LRWC Date: 2007-08-13 Further to my letter to you of July 24, 2007 it appears that Mr. Osman has now disappeared and that he requires … [Read more...]
Omar Khadr, a child soldier detained without trial by US authorities since 2002
13/08/2007
Re: Omar Khadr, a child soldier detained without trial by US authorities since 2002 To: Right Hon. Stephen Harper, PC, MP, Prime Minister of Canada, and others From: Paul Copeland, Bencher and member of the Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto; Gail Davidson, member of the Law Society of … [Read more...]
LARISSA ARAP – Journalist and Opposition Activist
02/08/2007
Reports indicate that on July 5th, 2007, Ms. Larissa Arap, a Russian journalist, opposition activist and member of the United Civil Front, was arrested and has been forcibly interned in a psychiatric hospital where, according to information received, she would be forcefully injected with drugs and … [Read more...]
Larissa Arap
02/08/2007
Re: Larissa Arap To: President Vladimir Vladmirovich Putin and others From: Darlene Kavka, LRWC Date: 2007-08-02 I write to you today on a matter of utmost urgency. Human rights defenders worldwide, are alarmed and disheartened to hear that Larissa Arap, a highly respected member of … [Read more...]
