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Myanmar/Burma: The absence of minimum conditions for elections | Written Statement to the 14th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
20/03/2010
Full PDF Version Official UN Version … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Summary Report 2009
10/03/2010
Cambodia: Summary report on the situation of lawyers and human rights defenders 2009 by LRWC … [Read more...]
Javier Torres Cruz
01/03/2010
Re: Javier Torres Cruz To: Senor Gobernador From: Prof. H. Ihmig, Gail Davidson Date: 2010-03-01 On December 22 2008 we sent you a letter denouncing the kidnapping of campesiono Javier Torres Cruz, a campesino from the community of La Morena in the Sierra de Petatlán, who testified … [Read more...]
Follow up on the independence of the human rights organization, Rights and Democracy
23/02/2010
Re: Follow up on the independence of the human rights organization, Rights and Democracy. To: Prime Minister Stephen Harper From: Catherine Morris, Gail Davidson, and Paul Copeland Date: 2010-02-23 This is further to our letter of 27 January 2010. To date, we have not received a … [Read more...]
UN Human Rights Council: Omar Khadr, LRWC Report to the 13th Session of the HRC
15/02/2010
UN Human Rights Council: Omar Khadr, LRWC Report to the 13th Session of the HRC by LRWC … [Read more...]
Independence of the human rights organization, Rights and Democracy
27/01/2010
Re: Independence of the human rights organization, Rights and Democracy To: Prime Minister Stephen Harper From: Catherine Morris, Gail Davidson, and Paul Copeland Date: 2010-01-27 LRWC has become aware of a serious concern about the independence of the human rights organization, Rights … [Read more...]
Video: Justice for Omar Khadr
11/01/2010
January 11, 2010 LRWC, B.C. Civil Liberties Association and StopWar.ca contributed to Amnesty International’s public forum, at Simon Fraser University. LRWC participated in the Justice for Omar Khadr Event held in Vancouver on January 11, the 8th anniversary of the opening of Guantanamo Bay … [Read more...]
Vietnam: Mr. Le Cong DINH, Human Rights Lawyer | Letter
22/12/2009
Re: Mr. Le Cong DINH, Human Rights Lawyer To: Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, et all From: Darlene D. R. Kavka, LRWC Member Date: 2009-12-22 I am a member of Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, an organization dedicated to the promotion of human rights and protection of those who defend … [Read more...]
Sudan: Obstacles to the Freedom of Assembly; Harrassment of Mr. Hatem Salah
21/12/2009
Re: Obstacles to the Freedom of Assembly; Harrassment of Mr. Hatem Salah To: Mr. Salva Kiir Mayardit, First Vice-President From: Joseph Hoffer Date: 2009-12-21 I am Mr. Joseph Hoffer, a Canadian lawyer and the Sudan monitor of Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada. I am writing to express my … [Read more...]
Sudan: Arbitrary detention by the National Intelligence Security Service of Sudan (NISS) of the three lawyers
21/12/2009
Re: Arbitrary detention by the National Intelligence Security Service of Sudan (NISS) of the three lawyers Ms. Butheina Omar Al Sadiq, Ms. Randa Yousif and Ms. Nafisa Al-Nur Hajar To: Mr. Salva Kiir Mayardit, First Vice-President From: Joseph Hoffer Date: 2009-12-21 I am Mr. Joseph … [Read more...]
