Bahrain: Release of wrongly convicted: Abdulhadi Al Khawaja and others
16/05/2012
Your Majesty the King Shaikh Hamad bin 'Issa Al Khalifa, Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa Re: Release of wrongly convicted: Abdulhadi Al Khawaja and others Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC)1 is gravely concerned for the safety of human rights defender Mr. Abdulhadi Al Khawaja, … [Read more...]
OPEN LETTER TO: His Excellency Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister
15/05/2012
OPEN LETTER TO: His Excellency Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister Your Excellency, We write to you today in regard to the 25th anniversary of Operation Spectrum, when 22 young professional Singaporeans were arrested under the Internal Security Act (ISA), the law that permitted arrest … [Read more...]
PRESS RELEASE | Omar Khadr: Canada in Breach of Convention Against Torture and Child Rights Convention
15/05/2012
On May 21-22, 2012, the United Nations Committee against Torture will review Canada’s failure to comply with its obligations under the Convention against Torture to prevent, punish and remedy the torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of Canadian Omar Khadr during his ongoing … [Read more...]
Vietnam: Mr. Nguyen Van Hai (also known as Dieu Cay), Mr. Phan Thanh Hai and Ms. Ta Phong Tan
03/05/2012
Re: Mr. Nguyen Van Hai (also known as Dieu Cay), Mr. Phan Thanh Hai and Ms. Ta Phong Tan Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC)[1], is dedicated to the promotion of human rights and the defence of human rights advocates worldwide. I write again, on behalf of LRWC, urging release of Nguyen Van Hai … [Read more...]
Briefing to the Committee Against Torture on the Omar Khadr Case
28/04/2012
On April 18, 2012, LRWC and the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group (CLMG) filed a report on the Omar Khadr case with the Committee Against Torture. To view the report, please click here. Also see related press releases: Press release of LRWC and CLMG, 1 June 2012 Press … [Read more...]
Canada: Briefing to the Committee against Torture (48th Session, May 2012) on the Omar Khadr Case from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada and The International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group | Briefing
10/04/2012
Full PDF Version This briefing addresses Canada’s failure to comply with obligations under the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment (the Convention) to prevent, prosecute, and remedy the torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or … [Read more...]
Sri Lanka: Reprisals against supporters of Human Rights Council Resolution
28/03/2012
Re: Reprisals against supporters of Human Rights Council Resolution A/HRC/19/L.2, “Promoting Reconciliation and Accountability in Sri Lanka” To: President Mahinda Rajapakse From: Gail Davidson, Executive Director, LRWC Date: 2012-03-28 Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) is deeply … [Read more...]
Sri Lanka: PAIKIASOTHY SARAVANAMUTTU – Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Alternatives
26/03/2012
On 20 August 2009, Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu received an anonymous death threat. It had been typed in English and posted to his residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka. According to its contents, Saravanamuttu was being targeted because of information he purportedly supplied to the European Union with … [Read more...]
DUNN BOSANGS – Political Activist
26/03/2012
Dunn Bosangs is a political activist from the Democratic Republic of the Congo currently living as a refugee in South Africa. While attending a conference in South Africa in 2002, Mr. Bosangs learned that a warrant had been issued for his arrest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and remained … [Read more...]
