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Canada: LRWC’s views on Canada’s Response to the List of Issues Prior to Reporting (LOIPR) from the UN Committee against Torture | Report
21/12/2015
Full PDF Version Monday, December 21st, 2015 Human Rights Program Department of Canadian Heritage 25 Eddy Street, 4th Floor Gatineau QC K1A 0M5 Attention: Adam Côté, Ph. D. Policy Officer, Via Email to: adam.cote@canada.ca | 819-994-3670 To the Human Rights Program, … [Read more...]
Viet Nam: Physical Attack on and Arrest of Lawyer Nguyễn Vãn Ðài | Joint Letter
18/12/2015
Full PDF Version BY AIRMAIL H.E. Mr. Trương Tấn Sang President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam 02 Hung Vuong street, Ba Dinh district HA NOI, VIET NAM Email: webmaster@president.gov.vn Fax: 0084 37 33 52 56 Friday, 18 December 2015 Subject: … [Read more...]
Malaysia: Drop charges against human rights defender Lena Hendry | Joint letter
10/12/2015
Joint Letter to the Prime Minister (full text pdf) | Joint letter to the Attorney General (full text pdf) Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada was among twelve human rights organizations that co-signed letters to Malaysia's Prime Minister and Attorney General expressing deep concern about the decision … [Read more...]
Hong Kong Rally to Free Lawyers in China
10/12/2015
Hong Kong rally to free lawyers in China INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY - 10 December - Free Chinese Lawyers … [Read more...]
Syria: Canadian Government Asked for Support to Help Free Syrian Human Rights Defender Razan Zaitouneh on Two-Year Anniversary of Abduction | Joint Statement
09/12/2015
Full PDF Version (English and Arabic) On the second anniversary of the abduction and disappearance of human rights lawyer Razan Zaitouneh, her colleagues Samira Khalil, Nazem Hamadi and her husband Wa’el Hamada, eight international NGOs joined with Razan's family to reiterate their call for their … [Read more...]
Lesotho: Security Situation of Lawyers and Independence of the Legal Profession | Joint Letter
03/12/2015
Six lawyers, who act on behalf of 23 soldiers suspected of plotting a coup, have been harassed by the Lesotho Defence Forces who have threatened the lawyers, prevented them from consulting with clients, and kept them under survelllance. Five of the lawyers were named in a 'hit list' distributed … [Read more...]
Turkey: Tragic Killing of Tahir Elçi | Obituary
02/12/2015
Deeply shocked we are by the brutal killing on 28 November of our colleague lawyer TAHİR ELÇİ who was President of the Diyarbakır Bar Association. We, the undersigned, lawyers organizations from all over the world would like to pay our condolences to his family and colleagues with whom he worked on … [Read more...]
Syria: Fears for Life of Free Expression Advocate – Bassel Khartabil, in Undiscloed Location, May Face Death Sentence | Joint Letter
20/11/2015
Full PDF Version LRWC and 35 other international human rights organizations call for the release of Syrian freedom of expression advocate, Bassel Khartabil, arbitrarily detained since 12 March 2012 and now feared to have been disappeared as of 3 October 2015 and possibly sentenced to death by an … [Read more...]
Bahrain: European Parliament Urges Bahrain’s King to Lift Nabeel Rajab’s Travel Ban and Drop Charges | Joint Letter
19/11/2015
Full PDF (English) | Full PDF (French) LRWC joined 20 other international human rights organizations in an open letter (in English and French) calling for the withdrawal of all charges against prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab and removal of the ban that prevents him from … [Read more...]
Israel: Arbitrary Detention of Mohammed Allan | Letter
09/11/2015
Full PDF Version Wednesday, October 21, 2015 Minister of Public Security Gilad Erdan Kiryat Hamemshala PO Box 18182 Jerusalem 91181, Israel Fax: 011 972 2 584 7872 Email: gerdan@knesset.gov.il Director General, Ministry of Health Moshe Bar Siman Tov 2 Ben-Tabai St. P.O.B. … [Read more...]
