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China: The Persecution of Ni Yulan | Letter
07/08/2012
Premier WEN Jiabao The State Council General Office 2 Fuyoujie, Xichengqu, Beijingshi 100017, People's Republic of China Fax: 011 86 10 6596 1109 (c/o Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Dear Mr. Premier: Re: The Persecution of Ni Yulan Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) promotes advocacy … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Detention of Mam Sonando, independent broadcaster and President of the Democrats Association
03/08/2012
Centre for Law and Democracy, along with Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada and the International Federation of Journalists – Asia Pacific, have sent an open letter to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to protest the detention of Mam Sonando, an independent broadcaster and prominent critic of Cambodia’s … [Read more...]
Canada: Legal obligation of Canadian government to repatriate Omar Khadr | Letter
02/08/2012
The Right Honourable Stephen Harper Office of the Prime Minister 80 Wellington Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2 Fax: 613-941-6900 E-mail: pm@pm.gc.ca The Honourable Robert Douglas Nicholson Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada 284 Wellington Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0H8 Email: … [Read more...]
Pakistan: Plot to assassinate Asma Jahangir, prominent human rights lawyer
24/07/2012
Asif Ali Zardari President's Secretariat Islamabad, Pakistan Fax: 011 92 51 920 4974 Rajaz Pervaz Ashraf Prime Minister House Islamabad, Pakistan Fax: 011 92 51 921 3780 E-mail: secretary@cabinet.gov.pk General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani c/o … [Read more...]
Sudan: Arbitrary Arrest and Detention of 13 Defenders
19/07/2012
HE Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir Office of the President People’s Palace PO Box 281 Khartoum, Sudan Mohammed Boushara Dossa Ministry of Justice PO Box 302 Al Nil Avenue Khartoum, Sudan Ali Ahmed Karti Ministry of Foreign Affairs/External Relations PO Box 873 Kharthoum, … [Read more...]
Turkey: July trial ignored fundamental guarantees of the rights of the defence | Joint press release
18/07/2012
From July 16 to 18, 2012, our organisations attended in Istanbul the opening of the trial indicting 46 lawyers, 3 of their staff members and 1 journalist. They insist that identifying a lawyer with his client amounts to an unacceptable criminalization of the lawyers' profession. Our … [Read more...]
3rd International Caravana of Lawyers 2012 – Lawyers in Colombia need your help
13/07/2012
See the report of the visit See the donors who helped make the LRWC delegation possible Sin Abogados, No Hay Justicia! Without Lawyers, there is no Justice! In Colombia, being a lawyer can be a matter of life and death. This is a country where lawyers are the victims - where 334 lawyers … [Read more...]
Turkey: 18 rights and lawyers’ groups express concern to the UN as a trial against 46 lawyers under terrorism charges is due to open on July 16 | Joint press release
13/07/2012
Amsterdam-Ankara-Brussels-Geneva-Grenoble-Montpellier-Ottawa-Paris-Rennes, July 13, 2012. 18 rights and lawyers' groups express concern to the UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers and to the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders as a trial under … [Read more...]
Turkey: Ongoing judicial harassment against lawyers, jeopardizing their independence | Joint letter
11/07/2012
Joint letter from LRWC and 15 other organisations regarding the "Lawyers' trial" in Turkey, scheduled to take place 16-18 July 2012. "We fear that justice is misused as a weapon to repress, intimidate and punish lawyers, through criminal proceedings that blatantly violate the right to a fair … [Read more...]
Sudan: Detention of Rashida Shams al-Din
10/07/2012
HE Omar Hassan Ahmad al-BashirOffice of the PresidentPeople’s PalacePO Box281 Khartoum,Sudan Mohammed Bushara DousaMinistry of JusticePO Box302Al Nil Avenue Khartoum,Sudan Your Excellencies: Re: Detention of Rashida Shams al-Din Lawyers Rights Watch … [Read more...]
