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Colombia: Personal and professional safety of Colombian Judge Maria Cristina Trejos | Joint letter
24/05/2011
Re: Personal and professional safety of Colombian Judge Maria Cristina Trejos To: President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón From: Gail Davidson, Executive Director LRWC; Pascal Paradis, Executive Director LWBC Date: 2011-05-24 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) and Lawyers without Borders … [Read more...]
Colombia: Seguridad personal y profesional de la juez colombiana María Cristina Trejos
24/05/2011
Re: Seguridad personal y profesional de la juez colombiana María Cristina Trejos To: Presidente Juan Manuel Santos Calderón From: Gail Davidson, Directora Ejecutiva LRWC; Pascal Paradis, Director Ejecutivo ASFC Date: 2011-05-24 Las organizaciones Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) y … [Read more...]
Mexico: Assassination of Javier Torez Cruz
25/04/2011
Re: Assassination of Javier Torez Cruz To: Lic. Felipe Calderón Hinojosa From: Prof. H. Ihmig & Gail Davidson Date: 2011-04-25 Con sobresalto e indignación nos enteramos del asesinato de Javier Torres Cruz, campesino de la comunidad La Morena en la Sierra de Petatlán, Guerrero. El 18 … [Read more...]
China: Unlawful detention and treatment of Ni Yulan and Dong Jiqin | Letter
21/04/2011
Re: Unlawful detention and treatment of Ni Yulan and Dong Jiqin To: Hu Jintao et al From: Jessica Fletcher & Gail Davidson Date: 2011-04-21 LRWC is alarmed at the treatment of Housing Rights activist Ni Yulan and her husband Dong Jiqin, both detained since 7 April 2011. A formal … [Read more...]
Re: Unlawful arrest of Mohammed al-Tajer
20/04/2011
Re: Unlawful arrest of Mohammed al-Tajer violates international human rights principles To: King Cheikh Hamad bin Issa AL KHALIFA et al. From: LRWC Date: 2011-04-20 LWRC is aggrieved by the unlawful arrest of a prominent social activist and lawyer, Mohammed al-Tajer, in his home on April … [Read more...]
Arrest and maltreatment of Mary Pais da Silva, Maxwell Dlamini, Themba Mabuza, Sifiso Mabuza and Samkeliso
19/04/2011
Re: Arrest and maltreatment of Mary Pais da Silva, Maxwell Dlamini, Themba Mabuza, Sifiso Mabuza and Samkeliso (last name unknown) To: Prime Minister Dlamini From: LRWC Date: 2011-04-19 I write on behalf of Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) and the 250,000 members of United Food and … [Read more...]
Vietnam: Cu Huy Ha Vu, Lawyer | Letter
10/04/2011
Re: Cu Huy Ha Vu, Lawyer To: President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, Nguyen Tan Dung, et al From: Darlene D. R. Kavka, LRWC Member Date: 2011-04-10 I am a member of Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (“LRWC”), an organization dedicated to the promotion of human rights and … [Read more...]
Joint Statement on Cambodia’s Draft Law on Associations and NGOs
08/04/2011
Joint Statement on Cambodia's Draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations by LRWC & CLD … [Read more...]
China: The Recent Illegal Arrests and Disappearances of Jiang Tianyong, Tang Jitian, and Teng Biao | Letter
02/04/2011
Re: The Recent Illegal Arrests and Disappearances of Jiang Tianyong, Tang Jitian, and Teng Biao To: President Hu Jintao et al. From: Clive Ansley Date: 2011-04-02 I am writing, as the China Monitor for LRWC, in response to information obtained from a variety of sources indicating that an … [Read more...]
Brazil: Shooting of lawyer, Ricardo Gama | Letter
01/04/2011
Re: Shooting of lawyer, Ricardo Gama To: President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Dilma Vana Rousseff & Martha Rocha, Civil Police From: Vicheka Lay, LRWC Member Date: 2011-04-01 LRWC was informed that on March 24, 2011, Brazilian lawyer and blogger Ricardo Gama was shot on a … [Read more...]
