Bahrain: Bahrain Elections Must Not Be Used to Cover Human Rights Violations | Joint Statement

21/11/2014

Full PDF Version LRWC joined 25 other NGOs in a statement released on the eve of the 22 November election in Bahrain. The joint statement expresses concern with grave ongoing human rights abuses, the lack of necessary reform and the fact that the election is being boycotted by a coalition of the … [Read more...]

Columbia: Legitimacy of David Ravelo Crespo’s Conviction Questioned | Joint Statement

31/10/2014

Full PDF Version (Spanish)  | Full PDF Version (English) LRWC joined twenty-six NGOs to publish a statement to the Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia, expressing international concern about the conviction of David Ravelo Crespo for aggravated murder and calling on the Court to carefully … [Read more...]

Canada: Response to the Societies Act White Paper from British Columbia Nongovernmental Organizations | Joint Statement

28/10/2014

Full PDF Version Fifty-seven BC-based organizations, including LRWC published a statement expressing concern that section 99 of the draft B.C. Societies Act contained in the Societies White Paper would threaten the ability of BC societies to act in furtherance of their  purposes. The … [Read more...]

Bahrain: Bahrain’s Allies Must Take Action to Free Human Rights Defenders | Joint Statement

28/10/2014

Full PDF (English) | Full PDF (Arabic) Bahrain’s allies must take action to free human rights defenders 28 October 2014 - The undersigned 40 organisations call on the international community to publicly condemn the ongoing crackdown on human rights defenders, who face harassment, … [Read more...]

Bahrain: Arbitrary Detention of Nabeel Rajab | Letter

10/10/2014

Full PDF Version Friday, October 10, 2014 Shaikh Hamad bin 'Issa Al Khalifa King of Bahrain Office of His Majesty the King P.O. Box 555, Rifa’a Palace, al-Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain Prince Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa Prime Minister Kingdom of Bahrain al-Manama, Kingdom of … [Read more...]

Indonesia: Threats against Lawyers: Mr. Gustaf Kawer and Ms. Latifah Anum Siregar | Letter

09/10/2014

Full PDF Version In this letter, LRWC requests that all authorities comply with the ICCPR and other international human rights law obligations including the Basic Principles and Declaration on Human Rights Defenders and call on the Government of Indonesia to: take all necessary … [Read more...]

Bahrain: Free Nabeel Rajab Immediately and Unconditionally | Statement

09/10/2014

Full PDF Version 104 organizations endorsed a statement calling for the immediate release of Nabeel Rajab, President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights who was arrested pm 1 October after attending the United Nations Human Rights Council in Genava.  9 October 2014 Bahrain: Free Nabeel … [Read more...]

Ecuador: Denial of Fair Trial Rights | Letter

02/10/2014

Full PDF Version Thursday, October 2, 2014 Minister of Justice Dra. Ledy Zuniga Rocha Ministerio de Justicia Av. Colon, entre Diego de Almagro y Reina Victoria Quito, Ecuador Email: comunicacion@minjusticia.gob.ec Attorney General Dr. Galo Alfredo Chiriboga Zambrano Fiscalia … [Read more...]

Colombia: International Caravana of Lawyers and Jurists to Colombia 2014: Without Lawyers, There Is No Justice | Report

29/09/2014

Full PDF Version International Caravana of Lawyers and Jurists to Colombia 2014: Sin Abogados no hay Justicia (Without Lawyers, there is no Justice) by   Heather Neun BA (BC) 1984, MPhil (Development Studies, UK) 1987, JD (BC) 1997 Member of Law Society of British … [Read more...]

Indonesia: Criminal Investigation of Gustaf Kawer | Letter

26/09/2014

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