Viet Nam: Response to Government of Viet Nam’s comments concerning the Petition filed on behalf of Mr Le Quoc Quan

Full PDF Version TO: UNITED NATIONS WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRARY DETENTION Mr. Malick Sow (Senegal) Ms. Shaheen Ali (Pakistan) Mr. Vladimir Tochilovsky (Ukraine) Mr. Roberto Garretón (Chile) Mr. Mads Andenas (Norway) HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY in the … [Read more...]

Colombia: Paramilitaries Threaten Trade Unionists and Human Rights Defenders | Letter

Full PDF Version August 23, 2013 President Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia Palacio de Nariño Carrera 8 No.7-26 Bogotá, Colombia Fax: 011 57 1 596 0631 & Mail Rafael Pardo Rueda Minister of Labor Calle 14 No. 99-33 Bogotá, Colombia Dear President Santos and … [Read more...]

Cambodia: Arbitrary Detention of Human Rights Defender Mr. Kuch Veng | Letter

This letter follows up on our letters of 23 May 2013 and 22 July 2013 concerning Mr. Kuch Veng. On 19 May 2013, Mr Kuch Veng, a land rights activist, community forestry leader and member of the Community Peace Network, was arrested by four police officers at Kbal Trach commune, Krako district, … [Read more...]

United States: International law duty to release Lynne Stewart for medical treatment | Letter

LRWC writes a letter to Mr. Eric Holder, the US Attorney General, and Mr. Charles E. Samuels Jr., Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, to highlight the legal duty of the United States, under international law, to ensure that Lynne Stewart is released immediately for the treatment recommended … [Read more...]

Cambodia: Petition to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Regarding the Arbitrary Detention of Yorm Bopha | Petition

Full PDF Version EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Petition requests the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to render an Opinion that the arrest and detention of Ms. Yorm Bopha, amounts to arbitrary detention. Ms. Yorm Bopha is a human rights defender. She is a resident of  the … [Read more...]

Bangladesh: Arbitrary arrest and detention of Mr. Adilur Rahman Khan | Letter

Full PDF Version Monday, August 12, 2013 Ms. Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister, Office of the Prime Minister, Gona Bhaban, Old Sangsad Bhaban, Tejgaon, Dhaka, Bangladesh Fax: +880 2 8113243, Email: info@pmo.gov.bd Mr. Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir, Minister for Home Affairs, Ministry of Home … [Read more...]

Turkey: Call for the Release of 15 Lawyers and One Journalist Arbitrarily Detained | Letter

Full PDF Version Wednesday, August 2, 2013 Mr. Abdullah Gül, President of Turkey Cumhurbaskanligi 06100 Ankara, Turkey Fax: +90 312 468 5026 Email: cumhurbaskanligi@tccb.gov.tr Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of Turkey Office of the Prime Minister Basbakanlik 06573 Ankara, … [Read more...]

Thailand: Draft Amnesty Legislation | Letter

Full PDF Version 1 August 2013 Ms. Yingluck Shinawatra, Prime Minister The Secretariat of the Prime Minister Office of the Prime Minister Government House Pitsanulok Road Dusit, Bangkok 10300 Thailand          Fax:  +66 2 280 0858 Webmaster@opm.go.th Mr. Abhisit … [Read more...]

United States: International law obligations to release of Lynne Stewart for medical treatment | Letter

Full PDF Version Wednesday, July 24, 2013 Mr. Eric Holder US Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001   Mr. Charles E. Samuels, Jr., Director Federal Bureau of Prisons 320 First Street, … [Read more...]

Cambodia: KUCH Veng, human rights defender | Letter

PDF version with addresses, copy list | Letter of 23 May 2013  | Excerpt of 23 May 2013 letter in Khmer H.E. Hun Sen, Prime Minister H.E. Sok An, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman, Council for Legal and Judicial Reform H.E. Sar Kheng, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior H.E. Ang … [Read more...]