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Zimbabwe: Ms. Jennifer Williams and Ms. Magadonga Mahlangu
28/10/2008
Re: Ms. Jennifer Williams and Ms. Magadonga Mahlangu To: Mr. Robert G. Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe, and others From: Charles B. Davison, member of LRWC Date: 2008-10-28 Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) writes to you once again about the cases of Ms. Jennifer Williams and Ms. … [Read more...]
Universal Periodic Review of China: No Independent Courts
01/09/2008
Full report: UN Human Rights Council: Universal Periodic Review of China: No Independent Courts by LRWC This report details the complete failure of the rule of law2in China through: a. the absence of an independent judiciary and the required safeguards that would enable lawyers and other human … [Read more...]
Thailand: Mr. Ismael Ta, Mr. Amisi Manak, Mr. Ruslan Tuyong, Mr. Waerosalee Latae, Mr. Romlee Latae
18/08/2008
Re: Mr. Ismael Ta, Mr. Amisi Manak, Mr. Ruslan Tuyong, Mr. Waerosalee Latae, Mr. Romlee Latae To: Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, Minister Kowit Wattana, Minister Sompong Amornwiwat, Governor Teera Mindrasak From: Gail Davidson, Director of LRWC Date: 2008-08-18 LRWC is very … [Read more...]
Magristrate Jose Vidal Barillas Monzon and Rudy Rocael Pineda
03/07/2008
Re: Magristrate Jose Vidal Barillas Monzon and Rudy Rocael Pineda To: President of Guatemala From: Heather Neun, LL.B., M.Phil Date: 2008-07-03 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (“LRWC”) writes to condemn an alarming series of attacks and threats against justice system operators (“los … [Read more...]
Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG)
03/07/2008
Re: Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) To: Honourable David Emerson, Minister of Foreign Affairs From: Heather Neun, LL.B. Date: 2008-07-03 We are writing to bring to your attention the grave situation facing the justice situation in Guatemala, and to urge the Canadian … [Read more...]
Honourable Madam Justice Louise Arbour, UN High Commissioners for Human Rights
19/06/2008
Re: Honourable Madam Justice Louise Arbour, UN High Commissioners for Human Rights To: To Whom it May Concern From: The Honourable Madam Justice Claire L'Heureux-Dubé (Québec), Charles B. Davison (Edmonton), James Tate (Vancouver), Steven Kelliher (Victoria), Gail Davidson (Vancouver), on … [Read more...]
David Nevin and Scott McKay
22/05/2008
Re: David Nevin and Scott McKay To: Mr. Leandro DESPOUY, UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers From: Gail Davidson, Executive Director, LRWC, and Paulo de Tarso Lugon Arantes, LRWC Brazil Monitor Date: 2008-05-22 We write to advise you of the United States … [Read more...]
David Nevin and Scott McKay (ACLU) Legal Defense of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Guantánamo Bay
22/05/2008
Re: David Nevin and Scott McKay (American Civil Liberties Union) Legal Defense of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Guantánamo Bay To: Mr. Leandro DESPOUY, UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers From: Gail Davidson, Executive Director and Paulo de Tarso Lugon … [Read more...]
Ms. Rezvan Moghadam & Ms. Parvin Ardalan
09/05/2008
Re: Ms. Rezvan Moghadam & Ms. Parvin Ardalan To: His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei From: Tina Parbhakar, LRWC/Iran Monitor Date: 2008-05-09 LRWC has received information that Ms. Rezvan Moghadam and Ms. Parvin Ardalan, both members of the One Million Signatures Campaign … [Read more...]
Philippines: Extra-judicial killings and disappearances
31/03/2008
Extra-Judicial Killings of Jurists in the Philippines The Dutch Lawyers for Lawyers Foundation (L4L) published a report, From Facts to Action: Report on the Attack Against Filipino Lawyers and Judges, compiled by two Dutch judges and six Dutch and Belgian lawyers, on the unsolved murders of … [Read more...]
