Russia: Threats Against Lawyers Sapiyat Magomedova and Musa Suslanov | Letter
09/06/2013
Criminal defence lawyers Sapiyat Magomedova and Musa Suslanov received death threats in May 2013 in connection with their work in the North Caucasus republicof Dagestan. These text message threats were designed to discourage them from representing the families of five men killed in March 2012. The … [Read more...]
Canada: Indigenous Law as a Solution to Resource Conflict in Treaty 8 | Video
04/06/2013
In this 4-part series, Caleb Behn examines conflict and environmental degradation associated with natural gas extraction in Treaty 8 in northeastern BC which sits atop the second largest hydrocarbon deposit in the world. Mr. Behn discusses the ramifications of a number of threatening factors: a … [Read more...]
Corporations and Human Rights: Oral Intervention at the UN Human Rights Council | Statement
31/05/2013
UN Webcast (see 55 at 02:42:02) | PDF version Item: Item 3 Interactive Dialogue Speaker: Paulo de Tarso Lugon Arantes Date: Friday 31 May 2013 Re: Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises Oral Statement to … [Read more...]
Canada: Oral Intervention at the UN Human Rights Council on Legal Aid in Canada | Statement
30/05/2013
PDF Version | UN Webcast (see 7 at 00:19:45) Item: Item 3 Interactive Dialogue Speaker: Paulo de Tarso Lugon Arantes Date: Thursday, 30 May 2013 Re: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers Oral Statement to the 23rd Session of the UN Human Rights … [Read more...]
United States: Human Rights Attorney Lynne Stewart Letter Regarding Release on Compassionate Grounds | Letter
28/05/2013
Full PDF Version U.S. human rights attorney Lynne Stewart, sentenced to 10 years in prison for speaking to the media on behalf of her client, is now terminally ill. When she was sentenced in 2010, the potentially curative surgery (out-of-prison) scheduled for the following week was … [Read more...]
Bahrain: Joint Appeal to the UN against Ill-Treatment and Torture of Detained Human Rights Defenders, Activists and Photojournalist in Bahrain | Joint Statement
28/05/2013
Full PDF Version (English) | Full PDF Version (Arabic) LRWC joined an Appeal by 52 NGOs to United Nations Special Rapporteurs on Torture, Human Rights Defenders and Freedom of Expression regarding arbitrary arrests, detentions and torture in Bahrain. Human rights defenders Nabeel Rajab, … [Read more...]
Help us reach our funding goal in 2013
25/05/2013
Thanks to our members and donors LRWC work contributes to saving lives, securing liberty, obtaining UN recommendations, changing opinions, assisting human rights defenders and promoting understanding of human rights and the rule of law. See our 2012 Annual General Report and our regular … [Read more...]
Colombia: Protecting Access to Justice, Report of the Third International Caravana to Colombia, 21 May 2013 | Report
24/05/2013
Full PDF Version The report of the third Colombia Carvana contains the findings of the delegation of lawyers and judges who visited Colombia in August 2012 to for the purposes of: investigating risks faced by judges, lawyers and other human rights defenders in Colombia, providing support and making … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Judicial Harassment and Arbitrary Detention of Human Rights Defender Kuch Veng | Letter
23/05/2013
Full letter below | Full PDF Version | Khmer language PDF version On 19 May 2013 Mr. Kuch Veng, a land rights and forestry activist and member of the Community Peace Network, was arrested in the Krako district, without provision of reasons or an arrest warrant, and has not been released. … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Land Rights Advocate Yorm Bopha Arbitrarily Detained | Letter
16/05/2013
Full PDF Version H.E. Hun Sen Prime Minister Office of the Prime Minister Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia Fax: +855 23 36 06 66 / 855 23 88 06 24 (c/o Council of Ministers) Email:leewood_phu@nida.gov.kh; cppparty@gmail.com H.E. Sok An Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman, Council … [Read more...]
