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Brazil: Assassination of Judge Patricia Lourival Acioli | Letter
22/08/2011
Re: Assassination of Judge Patricia Lourival Acioli To: President Dilma Vana Rousseff, and Attorney General, Roberto Monteiro Gurgel Santos From: Gail Davidson, Executive Director, LRWC Date: 2011-08-22 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) is deeply concerned to learn that on August 12, … [Read more...]
Recent public statements against Amnesty International Canada
21/08/2011
Re: Recent public statements against Amnesty International Canada To: The Honourable Jason Kenney, P.C., M.P. From: Catherine Morris, B.A., L.L.B., L.L.M.; Gail Davidson, Executive Director, LRWC Date: 2011-08-21 Dear Minister, Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) is a committee of … [Read more...]
Syria: Mr. Muhanad Al-Hassani | Joint letter
28/07/2011
Re: Mr. Muhanad Al-Hassani To: Mr. Nizar Assakkef, President of the Syrian Bar Association From: Adrie Van De Streek, Lawyers for Lawyers; Gail Davidson, Executive Director, LRWC Date: 2011-07-28 Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) and Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) would like to ask … [Read more...]
Malaysia: Six activists being detained under Malaysian Emergency Ordinance | Letter
13/07/2011
Re: Six activists being detained under Malaysian Emergency Ordinance To: Prime Minister, Dato' Sri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razuk; Minister of Home Affairs, Datuk Seri Hishammudin Hussein; Inspector General of Police, Tan Sri Ismail Omar From: Vicheka Lay, Member, LRWC Date: … [Read more...]
Nine-Year Jail Sentence and Professional/Academic Bar to Lawyer Mohammad-Ali Dadkhah
08/07/2011
Re: Nine-Year Jail Sentence and Professional/Academic Bar to Lawyer Mohammad-Ali Dadkhah To: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad From: Vicheka Lay, Member, LRWC; Adrie van de Streek, Lawyers for Lawyers Date: 2011-07-08 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) and Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) are … [Read more...]
Syria: Obstacle to the freedom of movement of Mr. Danial Saoud | Letter
04/07/2011
Re: Obstacle to the freedom of movement of Mr. Danial Saoud To: President Bashar al-Assad From: Vicheka Law, Member, LRWC Date: 2011-07-04 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) is concerned about the freedom of movement of Mr. Danial Saoud, President of the Committees for the Defence of … [Read more...]
Mexico: Corruption, Impunity, Silence: The War on Mexico’s Journalists
30/06/2011
Corruption, Impunity, Silence: The War on Mexico’s Journalists by Cara Gibbons (LRWC Mexico monitor) and Beth Spratt, on behalf of PEN Canada and the International Human Rights Program at the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto, 3 June 2011. Full report. SUMMARY: Corruption Impunity … [Read more...]
Syria: Human rights lawyer, Sabri Mirza | Letter
22/06/2011
Re: Human rights lawyer, Sabri Mirza To: President Bashar al-Assad From: Vicheka Lay, Member, LRWC; Gail Davidson, Executive Director, LRWC Date: 2011-06-22 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) is gravely concerned about the personal safety of human rights lawyer Sabri Mirza, Kurdish who … [Read more...]
Mexico: Re-Opening of Tlachinollan Ayutla Office in Ayutla de los Libres
15/06/2011
Re: Re-Opening of Tlachinollan Ayutla Office in Ayutla de los Libres To: José Francisco Blake Mora, Secretary of Interior From: Cara Gibbons, Director, LRWC Date: 2011-06-15 On behalf of Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), we write to inquire into the status of Mexico’s compliance with … [Read more...]
Oral Statement to the UN Human Rights Council: Attacks on Journalists in Pakistan and Bangladesh
15/06/2011
PDF: Pakistan: Attacks on Journalists in Pakistan and Banagladesh by Asian Legal Resource Centre and LRWC HRC section: Item 4: General Debate Speaker: Ms. Catherine Morris An Oral Statement to the 17th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a … [Read more...]
