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Mass Arrest, Detention and Disappearance of Lawyers and Other Rights Advocates in China: Report to the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers
16/09/2015
Full PDF Version Mass arrest, detention and disappearance of lawyers and other rights advocates in China Since 9 July 2015, the Government of the People’s Republic of China (China) has conducted country-wide reprisals against criminal defence and human rights lawyers, law firm staff, family … [Read more...]
China: Mass Arrest, Detention and Disappearance of Lawyers and Other Rights Advocates in China | Report
16/09/2015
Full PDF Version LRWC calls on UN Special Rapporteurs and Working Groups to come to the aid of lawyers and their associates under seige by state authorities in China. Since the beginning of July 2015 over 284 human rights lawyers have been wrongfully arrested in a country-wide campaign to close … [Read more...]
Canada: NGOs Call for Improved Access to Information and Amendments to the Access to Information Act | Letter
16/09/2015
Full PDF Version Twenty Canada-based NGOs including LRWC, the BCCLA and the International Civil Liberties Association, endorsed an open letter on 15 September 2015 calling for improved access to information as a vital part of democracy. The groups called on all federal parties to support amendments … [Read more...]
Argentina: Responsibilities of the Government of Argentina in the Death of Prosecutor Alberto Nisman | Letter
14/09/2015
Full PDF Version 11 September 2015 Alejandra Magdalena Gils Carbó, Attorney General of Argentina Avenida de Mayo 760 Buenos Aires, B.A., Argentina Email agils@mfp.com.cr Dr. Julio Alak, Minister of Justice and Human Rights Sarmiento 329 C1041AAG, … [Read more...]
Egypt: Canadian Journalist Mohamed Fahmy | Letter
08/09/2015
Full PDF Version This letter implores the Canadian government to take personal and immediate action to secure Mr. Fahmy’s deportation to Canada. … [Read more...]
Egypt: Letter Calling for Mr. Mohamad Fahmy’s Release from Prison and Return to Canada | Letter
08/09/2015
Full PDF Version Hundreds of individuals endorsed a letter calling on the Prime Minister of Canada to ensure that journalist Mohamad Fahmy is released from prison in Egypt and returned to Canada. Mohamad Fahmy was convicted in Egypt of charges that criminalize freedoms of expression and … [Read more...]
Thailand: Phuket Journalists Ms. Chutima Sidasathian and Mr. Alan Morison prosecuted for criminal defamation for reporting on human trafficking of Rohingya and other migrants
01/09/2015
UPDATE: Chutima Sidasathian and Alan Morison acquitted On 1 September 2015, journalists Ms. Chutima Sidasathian and Mr. Alan Morison were acquitted of criminal defamation under Articles 326 and 328 of the Thai Penal Code and Article 14(1) of the 2007 Computer Crimes Act. LRWC views the acquittal … [Read more...]
Bahrain: Release Prisoner of Conscience Dr Abduljalil al-Singace as Hunger Strike Reaches 160th Day | Joint Letter
28/08/2015
Full PDF Version Forty-two NGOs including LRWC demand the immediate release from prison of prominent human rights defender Dr Abduljalil al-Singace who has been on a hunger strike in prison since 21 March 2015. Dr. Dr Abduljalil al-Singace was sentenced by a military court by life in prison for … [Read more...]
Thailand: Continued judicial harassment of migrant rights worker Mr. Andy Hall by Natural Fruit Co. Ltd | Joint Letter
19/08/2015
Full text letter (pdf) August 19, 2015 To Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha: We, a coalition of international labor and human rights organizations, wish to express our sincere condolences about the tragic bombing that took place this week in Bangkok. It was a brutal attack on a country … [Read more...]
Singapore: LRWC Urges Law Society of Singapore to Dismiss Complaints Against Human Rights Lawyer Mr. M. Ravi | Letter
19/08/2015
Full PDF Version Wednesday, August 19, 2015 Disciplinary Tribunal 1 Supreme Court Lane Singapore 178879 Fax: 011 65 6332 4061 To: the Disciplinary Tribunal of the Law Society of Singapore Re: In the matter of M. Ravi s/o Madasamy (NRIC No. S6913333I) Lawyers’ Rights Watch … [Read more...]
