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Burma: Lawyer Saw Kyaw Kyaw Min | Letter
07/09/2012
In October 28, 2008, lawyer Saw Kyaw Kyaw Min was accused of engaging in an offence described as contempt of court / disrupting judicial servants while defending clients in a criminal proceeding. The alleged criminal act involved Saw Kyaw Kyaw Min's refusal to make his clients face the court after … [Read more...]
Canada: Use of Torture-tainted information / Utilisation d’information obtenue par la torture
06/09/2012
A dozen leading advocacy, human rights and civil liberties organisations have called on the Canadian government to immediately direct their agencies to stop using any information that may have been extracted through torture. Click here to read the letter in English. Clickez ici pour lire la … [Read more...]
Omar Khadr, Oh Canada | Vancouver, 19 September 2012
01/09/2012
See the video of this event -------------------- Wednesday September 19, 7:00 p.m. Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level Central Library, 350 West Georgia St. Vancouver, BC Admission is free. Seating is limited. Omar Khadr’s imprisonment in Guantanamo raises disturbing questions for … [Read more...]
Side Event: Human Rights in the Philippines | September 20, 2012, Palais des Nations, Geneva
01/09/2012
Human Rights in the Philippines Can the UPR make a difference on the ground? & Launch of the ALRC’s special report “The Philippines' hollow human rights system” Thursday, September 20, 2012, 12:00 – 14:00 p.m. Room XVII, Palais des Nations, Geneva Click here to view the invitation … [Read more...]
University of Victoria: Celebrating the 5th Anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples | September 13
01/09/2012
Download the September 13 Victoria Event Poster (pdf) Series: FIRST NATIONS’ RIGHTS: THE GAP BETWEEN LAW AND PRACTICE Indigenous Rights in the UN System Celebrating the 5th Anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Thursday, Sept. 13, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Room … [Read more...]
Side Event: Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparations and Guarantees of Non-recurrence | September 12, 2012, Palais des Nations, Geneva
01/09/2012
Side Event on the Occasion of the Presentation of the First Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparations and Guarantees of Non-recurrence Invitation to the Side Event (pdf) September 12, 2012, Palais des Nations, Geneva: LRWC and the Asian Legal Resource … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Summons to appear in court issued against Mr. Chan Soveth, Human Rights Defender
19/08/2012
LRWC is increasingly alarmed by an escalating pattern of threats and judicial harassment of human rights defenders protesting violations of land rights in Cambodia. The most recent incident is a report that a summons to court has been sent to a human rights defender, Mr. Chan Soveth, a Senior … [Read more...]
Arrest and Detention of Lawyers in Turkey: Right to Pre-Trial Release | Report
16/08/2012
Lawyers in Turkey are being subjected to arbitrary arrest and detention and judicial harassment for merely defending their clients’ rights in politically sensitive cases. "Arrest and Detention of Lawyers in Turkey - Right to Pre-Trial Release" is a report presented jointly by Lawyers Rights Watch … [Read more...]
Sudan: Arbitrary Arrest and Detention Release Requests
15/08/2012
Below are the details of the human rights defenders we have been advised are arrested or detained. -On June 23rd, Rashida Shams al-Din was arrested and is being detained incommunicado without access to her relatives or a lawyer and is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. Rashida Shams … [Read more...]
Sudan: Arbitrary Arrest and Detention of Human Rights Defenders
07/08/2012
HE Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir Office of the President People’s Palace PO Box 281 Khartoum, Sudan Ali Ahmed Karti Ministry of Foreign Affairs/External Relations PO Box 873 Kharthoum, Sudan Advisory Council for Human Rights, Rapporteur PO Box 302 Khartoum, Sudan Ibrahim Mahmoud … [Read more...]
