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Guatemala: Rigoberta Menchú Tum, founder and President of FRMT, Francisco Menchú, FRMT security guard
20/09/2003
Rigoberta Menchú Tum (f), founder and President of Rigoberta Menchú Tum Foundation (FRMT) Francisco Menchú (m), FRMT security guard Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Rigoberta Menchú Tum and her relative, Francisco Menchú, who works for the human rights group the Fundación Rigoberta Menchú Tum … [Read more...]
Juan Carlos Galvis, vice-president of SINALTRAINAL Other SINALTRAINAL members
12/09/2003
Re: Juan Carlos Galvis, vice-president of SINALTRAINAL Other SINALTRAINAL members To: Senor Presidente Alvaro Uribe Velez, President From: Monique Pongracic-Speier of LRWC Date: 2003-09-12 LRWC is gravely concerned about a recent attempt on the life of Juan Carlos Galvis and the high … [Read more...]
Investigación Digna Ochoa—La Theoría del Suicidio (SPANISH)
09/09/2003
Re: Investigación Digna Ochoa—La Theoría del Suicidio (SPANISH) To: Lic. Bernardo Bátiz Vázquez, Procurador General de Justicia Del D.F. From: Gail Davidson, Directora ejecutiva, LRWC, Leo McGrady Q.C. and Nadeem Ahmad, BHRC. Date: 2003-09-09 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) es una … [Read more...]
Samuel Alfonso Castellanos Pinon; Beatriz Casas Arellanes; and others
07/09/2003
Re: Samuel Alfonso Castellanos Pinon; Beatriz Casas Arellanes; and others To: Maestro Ricardo J. Sepulveda Iguiniz, Director of Human Rights, Interior Ministry From: Dr. Brian Donovan Date: 2003-09-07 We are grateful for your July 30, 2003 reply to my letter of March 9, 2003 relative to … [Read more...]
Namibia: The treatment of 122 defendants
05/09/2003
Re: The treatment of 122 defendants To: Theo-Ben Gurirab From: Heather Nuan, LRWC Date: 2003-09-05 I write to respectfully express LWRC’s concerns about the treatment of the 122 defendants standing trial on charges of connection with the secessionist Caprivi uprising of August 1999 in … [Read more...]
Digna Ochoa Investigation: LRWC/BHRC Reject Suicide Theory (ENGLISH)
02/09/2003
Re: Digna Ochoa Investigation: LRWC/BHRC Reject Suicide Theory (ENGLISH) To: Lic. Bernardo Bátiz Vázquez, Procurador General de Justicia del D. F. From: Nadeem Ahmad, Gail Davidson, Leo McGrady Q.C. Date: 2003-09-02 Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) is a committee of Canadian lawyers … [Read more...]
Re: Threats to and harassment of Marcelino Altamirano
01/09/2003
Re: Threats to and harassment of Marcelino Altamirano, coordinator of La Casita del Puente Afectivo and human rights defender To: Ing. Roberto Raul Iglesias, Governor of Mendoza Province and Dr. Leopoldo Manuel Orquin, Minister of Justice and Security and Sr. Jorge Poblete, President of the … [Read more...]
The murder of Griselda Tirado Evangelio and the safety of her family
25/08/2003
Re: The murder of Griselda Tirado Evangelio and the safety of her family To: Governor of Puebla Lic. Melquiades Morales Flores Gobernador del Estado de Puebla From: Jenna Virk, LRWC Date: 2003-08-25 We have become aware of a situation about which we feel sure that you would wish to be … [Read more...]
Belize: Police harassment of Antoinette Moore | Letter
25/08/2003
Re: Police harassment of Antoinette Moore To: Said Musa, Prime Minister of Belize From: Dr. Brian Donovan LRWC member Date: 2003-08-25 We are gravely concerned about the present situation of Antoinette Moore, a lawyer who works in the Dangriga area of Belize, and of her husband Michael … [Read more...]
Murders of Reynaldo Perdomo and Pedro Torres
21/08/2003
Re: Murders of Reynaldo Perdomo and Pedro Torres To: Álvaro Uribe Vélez, President of Columbia From: Monique Pongracic-Speier, LRWC member Date: 2003-08-21 LRWC is extremely disturbed by reports from Amnesty International concerning the recent violent deaths of Messrs. Perdomo and … [Read more...]
