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Re: Grenade attack against Mr. Sath Savuth, July 21, 2007, Thlath Commune, Anlong Veng District, Oddar Meanchey Province; Shooting death of Mr. Seng Sarom, ADHOC human rights defender, Stung Treng Province To: H.E. Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen and others From: Gail Davidson, LRWC Date: … [Read more...]
Re: Arbitrary Arrest and Enforced Disappearance of Mr. Osman Ibrahim To: His Excellency Lieutenant General Omar Hassan al-Bashir From: Joseph Hoffer, LRWC Date: 2007-07-24 In cooperation with the World Organization Against Torture and the International Federation for Human Rights, I am … [Read more...]
Re: Mr. Mansour Osanloo & Mr. Mahmoud Salehi, Detained in Evin Prison (Tehran) and Central Prison of Sanandaj City, respectively, Islamic Republic of Iran To: His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran From: Tina Parbhakar Date: 2007-07-16 LRWC has received … [Read more...]
Global Witness, a UK-based NGO which is particularly active in the protection of the environment and natural resources, has been threatened and censured by the Cambodian government. On 01 June 2007, Global Witness released a report titled “Cambodia’s Family Trees: Illegal logging and the … [Read more...]
Re: Threats against Global Witness To: Prime Minister and senior government officials From: Gail Davidson, Executive Director LRWC Date: 2007-07-16 We are aware of the report of Global Witness on June 1, 2007 documenting unlawful forest destruction in Cambodia. We have received … [Read more...]
Re: Seng Sarorn, community leader To: H.E. Samdech Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia From: Gail Davidson,Executive Director of LRWC Date: 2007-07-15 LRWC is deeply disturbed about reports of the shooting death of Mr. Seng Sarorn in his home in the village of Sre Kor, Stung Treng … [Read more...]
PARVEZ ALAM CHOUDHRY – Lawyer, Chairman of Legal Aid for Destitute and Settlement YOUNIS MASIH – Pakistani Christian Younis Masih, a Pakistani Christian, has been sentenced to death based on an apparently unfounded charge of blasphemy. His lawyer, Parvez Aslam Choudhry, has been subjected to … [Read more...]
Re: Jésus Manuel Grijalva Mejia, Mayen Arellanes Cano, Lawyers To: Lic. Francisco Ramirez Acuña, Lic. Ulises Ruis Ortiz, Lic. Evenico Nicolás Martínez Ramírez From: Monique Pongracic-Speier Date: 2007-06-22 I write to express LRWC’s serious concern about the safety of lawyers Jésus … [Read more...]
Since reporting on deforestation in Kompong Thom province, Mr. Lem Piseth – a journalist at Radio Free Asia – has faced anonymous death threats. He published four articles on the damage resulting from forest destructions, after which he was followed by the police and military and forced to leave his … [Read more...]
Re: Mr. Lem Piseth, Journalist at Radio Free Asia To: H.E. Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen and others From: Gail Davidson, LRWC Date: 2007-06-22 We have received information based on a report by the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) that on June 16, 2007 an … [Read more...]
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