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Free Omar Khadr Now – April 16, 2013
10/04/2013
Dennis Edney, Q.C. Omar Khadr´s Lawyer, Recipient of B.C. 2009 Human Rights Award Tuesday, April 16, 2013 7:00 - 9:00pm SFUHarbour Centre, 515 West Hastings St. on unceded Coast Salish territory Free Admission Omar Khadr was illegally captured by U.S. Special Forces in 2002 in Afghanistan … [Read more...]
Turkey: Petition regarding mass detention of lawyers in Turkey | Joint Statement
01/04/2013
On 22 November 2011 46 lawyers were arrested in Turkey and charged with offences related to their participation in the defence of the leader of the PKK, Abdullah Öcalan. Their trial started on July 2012. 22 of them are still in jail to date. Soon their pretrial detention will reach 500 … [Read more...]
Handbook: Pre-Trial Release and the Right to be Presumed Innocent
27/03/2013
Pre-trial release and the right to be presumed innocent: A handbook on international law rights to pre-trial release. Lois Leslie, B.Soc. Sc. (Hons), LL.B, LL.M PDF version Production of this handbook was inspired by the fact that millions of people around the world are in pre-trial detention … [Read more...]
Bahrain: Arbitrary Detention of Zainab Al-Khawaja and Violation of Her Right to Protest | Letter
26/03/2013
PDF version To: Shaikh Hamad bin 'Issa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain; Prince Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa, Prime Minister; Dr. Ali Fadhul Al-Buainain, Attorney General From: Gail Davidson, Executive Director, LRWC; Marion Caussanel, Bahrain Monitor, LRWC; Annie Game, Executive Director, … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Mam Sonando Released | Joint Press Release
22/03/2013
PDF version Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LWRC) are pleased to note that Mam Sonando, a Cambodian broadcaster who had been detained for exercising his right to freedom of expression, has been released. He was … [Read more...]
Zimbabwe: Unlawful arrest and detention of Beatrice Mtetwa | Letter
20/03/2013
PDF version To: Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe; CC: Officer in Charge, Harare Police; Patrick Chinamasa, Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs; Khembo Mohadi, co-Minister of Home Affairs; Augustine Chihuri, Commissioner-General of Police; Johannes … [Read more...]
Costa Rica: Harassment of Environmental Defenders | Letter
20/03/2013
PDF version To: Laura Chinchilla Miranda, Presidente de la República; Fernando Ferraro Castro, Ministro de Justicia y Paz From: Gail Davidson, Executive Director, LRWC; Marion Caussanel, LRWC Re: Your reply to LRWC concerns with the harassment of environmental defenders by means of legal … [Read more...]
Canada: Oral Intervention at the UN Human Rights Council on Omar Khadr | Oral Statement
13/03/2013
Oral Intervention by Vanitha Selvarajah at the UN Human Rights Council on Omar Khadr On March 11, 2013, Vanitha Selvarajah gave an oral intervention on behalf of LRWC at the 22nd session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on the Omar Khadr case, citing it as an example of the continuing failure … [Read more...]
Myanmar: Oral Intervention at the UN Human Rights Council on Prisoners of Conscience | Video
13/03/2013
Oral Intervention by Vanitha Selvarajah at the UN Human Rights Council on Prisoners of Conscience On March 12, 2013, Vanitha Selvarajah gave an oral intervention on behalf of LRWC at the 22nd session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on the release of prisoners of conscience in Myanmar and the … [Read more...]
Vietnam: Letter to the UN Special Rapporteurs on the arbitrary detention of Le Quoc Quan | Letter
13/03/2013
PDF version (full letter) To: Frank La Rue, UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression; Mr. Maina Kiai, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Mrs. Margaret Sekaggya, UN Special Rapporteur … [Read more...]
