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Zambia: Drop Charges and Remedy Wrongful Arrest and Detention of Lawyer Oliver Holland | Letter
17/02/2017
Full PDF Version Friday, February 17, 2017 Mr. Mumba Malila Attorney-General, Ministry of Justice PO Box 50106 Fairley Road, Ridgeway Lusaka, Zambia Dear Sir; Re: Wrongful arrest and detention of lawyer Oliver Holland Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada … [Read more...]
China: Cease and Remedy Widespread Human Rights Violations Against Human Rights Defenders and Activists | Joint Letter
17/02/2017
Full PDF Version Members of the Human Rights Council are urged to pressure China to stop and remedy widespread and systemic human rights violations against human rights defenders, environmental and democracy activists and lawyers in China which include: enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention, … [Read more...]
Philippines: Investigate and Remedy Unlawful Killing of Veronico L. Delamente | Letter
15/02/2017
Full PDF Version Twenty-seven year old Veronico “Nico” L. Delamente, indigenous anti-mining activist, Mamanwa tribal leader and member of the Kahugpungan sa Lumadnongmga Organisasyon (KASALO) was killed on 20 January 2017. He was shot to death by two unidentified men while waiting to meet with … [Read more...]
Burma: Immediately Investigate and Remedy Murder of Lawyer U Ko Ni | Letter
03/02/2017
Full PDF Version Friday, February 3, 2017 President U Htin Kyaw President’s Office Office No.18 Nay Pyi Taw, Republic of the Union of Myanmar Fax: 011 95 1 652 624 Minister of Home Affairs Lt. Gen. Kyaw Swe Ministry of Home Affairs, Office No. 10 Nay Pyi Taw, Republic of the … [Read more...]
Kenya: Guarantee Protection of Lawyer Simon Lilan and Investigate and Remedy Enforced Disappearances and Extra-Judicial Killings | Letter
31/01/2017
Full PDF Version 31 January 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 & Coordination … [Read more...]
Sudan: Immediately Release and Cease Judicial Harassment of Six Arbitrarily Detained Human Rights Defenders | Letter
23/01/2017
UPDATE: On March 5, 2017, the Khartoum Central Criminal Court convicted TRACKs Director Khalafalla Al-Afif Mukhtar and trainer Midhat A. Hamdanof (of dissemination of false information under Article 66 of the Criminal Codeand possession of immoral material underArticle 14 of the Sudan Information … [Read more...]
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...]
