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Bahrain: Joint Appeal to the UN against Ill-Treatment and Torture of Detained Human Rights Defenders, Activists and Photojournalist in Bahrain | Joint Statement
28/05/2013
Full PDF Version (English) | Full PDF Version (Arabic) LRWC joined an Appeal by 52 NGOs to United Nations Special Rapporteurs on Torture, Human Rights Defenders and Freedom of Expression regarding arbitrary arrests, detentions and torture in Bahrain. Human rights defenders Nabeel Rajab, … [Read more...]
Help us reach our funding goal in 2013
25/05/2013
Thanks to our members and donors LRWC work contributes to saving lives, securing liberty, obtaining UN recommendations, changing opinions, assisting human rights defenders and promoting understanding of human rights and the rule of law. See our 2012 Annual General Report and our regular … [Read more...]
Colombia: Protecting Access to Justice, Report of the Third International Caravana to Colombia, 21 May 2013 | Report
24/05/2013
Full PDF Version The report of the third Colombia Carvana contains the findings of the delegation of lawyers and judges who visited Colombia in August 2012 to for the purposes of: investigating risks faced by judges, lawyers and other human rights defenders in Colombia, providing support and making … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Judicial Harassment and Arbitrary Detention of Human Rights Defender Kuch Veng | Letter
23/05/2013
Full letter below | Full PDF Version | Khmer language PDF version On 19 May 2013 Mr. Kuch Veng, a land rights and forestry activist and member of the Community Peace Network, was arrested in the Krako district, without provision of reasons or an arrest warrant, and has not been released. … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Land Rights Advocate Yorm Bopha Arbitrarily Detained | Letter
16/05/2013
Full PDF Version 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:leewood_phu@nida.gov.kh; cppparty@gmail.com H.E. Sok An Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman, Council … [Read more...]
Sudan: Lawyer and Human Rights Defender Asma Ahmed Arbitrarily Detained | Letter
16/05/2013
Full PDF Version May 14, 2013 HE Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir Office of the President People’s Palace PO Box 281 Khartoum, Sudan Mohammed Bushara Dousa Ministry of Justice PO Box 302, Al Nil Avenue Khartoum, Sudan Dear Your Excellencies: Re: Detention of Asma … [Read more...]
Bahrain: IAP Executive Committee member, Ali bin Fadhel Al-Buainain | Letter
25/04/2013
PDF version (with footnotes) To: President James Hamilton, International Association of Prosecutors From: Toby Cadman, IAP Member Re: IAP Executive Committee member, Ali bin Fadhel Al-Buainain. Date: April 25, 2013 I write in relation to the above named Executive Committee member to … [Read more...]
Iran: Human Rights Lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani arbitrarily detained | Letter
25/04/2013
To: Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei; President Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad From: Hugh Gwillim Re: Request for Furlough for Human Rights Lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani Date: March 26, 2013 Lawyers’ Rights Watch of Canada (LRWC) requests that an appropriate bail for furlough be set for … [Read more...]
Colombia: Report of Judge Delegates of the Colombia Caravana | Report
25/04/2013
PDF Version In April, 2013 the judge delegates of the Colombia Caravana issued the report of their findings. The Honourable Carol Huddart, retired justice of the BC Court of Appeal, attended the Caravana on behalf of LRWC. The judges found, inter alia, that: "[i]n all regions visited by the … [Read more...]
Canada: Free Omar Khadr Now – Dennis Edney Q.C. | Video
25/04/2013
On April 16, 2013, Dennis Edney, Q.C., who has defended Omar Khadr on a pro bono basis for years, spoke concerning the illegal capture and detention of Mr. Khadr by U.S. Special Forces. In 2002, the U.S. illegally detained 15-year-old Khadr in Bagram and Guantánamo Bay Prisons until he was … [Read more...]
