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Colombia: Failure to Fulfill Duties in Response to Attacks on Lawyers | Report
27/05/2014
Full PDF Version Official UN Version Colombia: Failure to fulfill duties in response to attacks on lawyers LRWC calls on the Human Rights Council to fulfill its duty to promote and protect the rule of law and fundamental rights and freedoms in Colombia by calling on Colombia to act … [Read more...]
Canada: The Shrinking Space for Dissent in Canada | Report
27/05/2014
Full PDF Version Official UN Version Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) Contact: Gail Davidson lrwc@portal.ca Tel: +1 604 736 1175 Fax: +1 604 736 1170 Interactive Dialogue Agenda Item 3 – Freedom of Expression Written Statement by Lawyers Rights Watch Canada[1] to the 26th … [Read more...]
Bangladesh: Attempted Abduction and Intimidation of Mr. Mohammad Nur Khan | Letter
27/05/2014
Full PDF Version Monday, May 26, 2014 Ms. Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister, Office of the Prime Minister, Gona Bhaban, Old Sangsad Bhaban, Tejgaon, Dhaka 1215, Bangladesh Fax: +880 2 8113243, Email: info@pmo.gov.bd Mr. Asaduzzaman Khan, State Minister for Home Affairs, Ministry … [Read more...]
Iran: Wrongful Prosecution and Imprisonment of Lawyers | Report
27/05/2014
Full PDF Version Official UN Version Iran: Wrongful Prosecution And Imprisonment Of Lawyers To the 26th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council Agenda Item 3 – Independence of Lawyers and Judges Written Statement Submitted Jointly by Lawyers Rights Watch Canada, an NGO … [Read more...]
Pakistan: Murder of Rashid Rehman Khan and injury to Nadeem Parwaz and Afzal | Letter
15/05/2014
Full PDF Version Wednesday, May 14, 2014 Mr. Mamnoon Hussain President of Pakistan President's Secretariat Islamabad PAKISTAN Email: publicmail@president.gov.pk Mr. Mian Nawaz Sharif Prime Minister Prime Minister House Islamabad PAKISTAN E-mail: secretary@cabinet.gov.pk; … [Read more...]
Event: Speaking Out on Human Rights: Debating Canada’s Human Rights System – 9 June 2014 | Poster
13/05/2014
Full PDF Version Monday 9 June at 7 p.m. The Alma VanDusen & Peter Kaye Rooms, Lower Level Central Library, 350 West Georgia Street Free! Seating is limited. The human rights system in Canada has been the object of sustained debate and vehement criticism, based largely on … [Read more...]
Thailand: Allegation of Enforced Disappearance of Mr. Porlagee Rakcharoen (also known as Billy Rakchongcharoen), a Human Rights Defender
06/05/2014
Full PDF Version Porlagee Rakcharoen | chiangraitimes.com 5 May 2014 Ms. Yingluck Shinawatra, Prime Minister Office of the Prime Minister Government House, Pitsanulok Road Dusit, Bangkok, 10399 Thailand Fax: +66 2 280 0858, Webmaster@opm.go.th Mr. Jarupong Ruangsuwan Minister … [Read more...]
Canada: Letter regarding Anti-SLAPP Law | Letter
29/04/2014
The Honourable Madeleine Meilleur Ministry of the Attorney General McMurtry-Scott Building 720 Bay Street, 11th Floor Toronto, ON M7A 2S9 April 4, 2014 Dear Attorney General, We are writing to congratulate you on your appointment as Ontario’s Attorney General. We are also writing to … [Read more...]
Philippines: The personal and professional safety of Atty. Catherine Dannug-Salucon threatened by unwarranted surveillance and labeling | Letter
22/04/2014
Full PDF Version BY AIRMAIL Hon. Mr. Benigno S. Aquino III President of the Republic of the Philippines Malacañang Palace J.P. Laurel Street, San Miguel NRC 1005, MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES Fax: 0063 2 736 1010 @ corres@op.gov.ph , opnet@ops.gov.ph Amsterdam, 23 April … [Read more...]
