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Saudi Arabia: Immediately Release Wrongfully Detained Sudanese Social Justice Activists Waleed Imam and Algasim Mohamed Sidahmed | Letter
19/01/2017
Full PDF Version Waleed Imam (Al-Waleed Imam Hassan Taha) and Algasim Mohamed Sidahmed (Al-Qasem Mohammad Sayyed Ahmad), Sudan nationals working in Saudi Arabia were arrested by Saudi authorities on 20 December 2016, are being held incommunicado in a secret location and are at risk of … [Read more...]
Pakistan: Immediately Investigate and Remedy Enforced Disappearance of Five Human Rights Defenders and Bloggers | Letter
18/01/2017
Full PDF Version Enforced disappearances of Salman Haider, Waqas Goray, Aasim Saeed, Ahmed Naseer and Samar Abbas. Between 4 and 7 January 2017 five prominent human rights defenders and bloggers were abducted and disappeared from Islamabad, Lahore and Punjab. All five of the men had been engaged … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia: LRWC Requests Support of Petition to Release Waleed Abu al-Khair to Receive Law Society of Upper Canada 2016 Human Rights Award | Letter
17/01/2017
Full PDF Version Tuesday, January 17, 2017 Mr. Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Email: InfoDesk@ohchr.org; Diego García-Sayán Special Rapporteur of the Human Council on the … [Read more...]
Kenya: Immediately Investigate and Remedy Enforced Disappearance of Lawyer Simon Lilan | Letter
15/01/2017
Full PDF Version Saturday, January 14, 2017 Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta President of the Republic of Kenya Email: president@statehousekenya.go.ke Hon. William Ruto Deputy-President of the Republic of Kenya Email: dp@deputypresident.go.ke Hon. Joseph Nkaissery Interior & … [Read more...]
Zimbabwe: Remedy Unlawful Arrest and Detention of Lawyer Fadzayi Mahere | Letter
02/01/2017
Full PDF Version 28 December 2016 The Hon. Mr. Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs C/o The Permanent Secretary Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Secretary P. Bag 7751, Causeway, Harare Zimbabwe Phone: +011 263 04 7774560, +011 04 … [Read more...]
Turkey: Immediately and Unconditionally Release Arbitrarily Detained Dr. İştar Gözaydın | Letter
01/01/2017
Full PDF Version 31 December 2016 President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan Cumhurbaskanligi 06100 Ankara, Turkey Fax: +90 312 468 5026 Email: cumhurbaskanligi@tccb.gov.tr Foreign Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu Basbakanlik 06573 Ankara, Turkey Fax: +90 312 417 0476 Email: … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia: Immediately and Unconditionally Release Waleed Abu al-Khair | Letter
20/12/2016
Full PDF Version VIA FAX TO: His Majesty King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud King of Saudi Arabia and Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Office of His Majesty the King Royal Court, Riyadh Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Fax (via Ministry of the Interior): + 966 11 403 3125 His Royal … [Read more...]
Canada: Urge Saudi Arabia to Immediately Release Waleed Abu al-Khair | Letter
20/12/2016
Full PDF Version 20 December 2016 The Honourable Stéphane Dion Minister of Foreign Affairs 125 Sussex Drive Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G2 Email: stephane.dion@parl.gc.ca Dear Minister Dion: Re: Request for Release of Waleed Abu al-Khair by Saudi Arabia LRWC writes … [Read more...]
Colombia: Immediately Implement Protections for Human Rights Defenders | Joint Letter
16/12/2016
Full PDF Version (English) Full PDF Version (Spanish) Juan Manuel Santos Calderon President of the Republic of Colombia Palacio de Nariño Carrera 8 No. 7 – 26 Bogotá - Colombia 14 December 2016 Dear President Santos, Re: Letter of concern regarding the rise in killings and … [Read more...]
Viet Nam: Organizations Renew Call for Release of Human Rights Lawyer Nguyen Van Dai, Arbitrarily Detained for One Year | Joint Statement
15/12/2016
Full PDF Version Vietnamese human rights lawyer arbitrarily detained for the last year December 16, 2016 The Vietnamese government must immediately and unconditionally release human rights lawyer and blogger Nguyen Van Dai who has been arbitrarily detained for a year without access … [Read more...]
