Cambodia: Revise or Abandon Draft NGO Law | Joint Press Release
full statement PDF Joint Statement by Human Rights Watch, Global Witness, Freedom House, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Article 19, Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA), Civil Rights Defenders, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, Centre for Law and Democracy, … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Fourth Draft Law on Associations and NGOs | Joint Letter by LRWC and CLD
View PDF: Cambodia: Fourth Draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations by LRWC and CLD 21 December 2011 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: … [Read more...]
Turkey: Call for the release and the end of judicial harassment against lawyers | Joint letter
Re: Call for the release and the end of judicial harassment against lawyers To: Mr. Abdullah Gül, President, and Mr. Sadullah Ergin, Minister of Justice Republic of Turkey From: International Federation for Human Rights, LRWC, the World Organisation Against Torture, the Conférence … [Read more...]
Philippines: Increasing cases of human rights violations and extrajudicial killings
Re: Increasing cases of human rights violations and extrajudicial killings To: His Excellency Benigno Simeon Aquino III From: Mable Elmore; Dr. Nora Angeles; Leo Alejandria; Joe Barrett; Fr. Conrado Beloso; Jay Catalan; Gail Davidson; Susan Draper; Jim Edmondson; David B. Fairey; Rev. Expedito … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Fourth draft Law on Associations and NGOs
Re: Fourth draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations To: Prime Minister Hun Sen, et al From: Toby Mendel, Centre for Law and Democracy and Gail Davidson, LRWC Date: 2011-11-17 We are writing on behalf of Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) and the Centre for Law and … [Read more...]
Thailand – Human rights defender and magazine editor Somyot Prueksakasemsuk faces lèse majesté charge
Re: Thailand - Human rights defender and magazine editor Somyot Prueksakasemsuk faces lèse majesté charge To: Prime Minister Yingluck Shinnawatra From: Front Line Defenders; Protection International; Clean Clothes Campaign; Asian Forum on Human Rights and Development; International Federation … [Read more...]
Intimidation and Harassment of Lawyer Thanassis Tartis and Panayote Dimitras
Re: Intimidation and Harassment of Lawyer Thanassis Tartis and Panayote Dimitras for their participation in the Hellenic Coast Guard anti-racism trial To: Prime Minister George Papandreou From: Gail Davidson, Executive Director, LRWC Date: 2011-11-02 LWRC is deeply troubled and aggrieved … [Read more...]
Sri Lanka: 3rd and 4th Periodic Report on the Implementation of the Convention Against Torture
Executive Summary: These submissions are made by Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada in aid of the Committee against Torture’s (CAT) examination of the combined 3rd and 4th Periodic Report of Sri Lanka outlining its implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Human Rights Report – October 2011
View PDF Cambodia: Human Rights Report - October 2011 by LRWC LRWC monitor and researcher, Catherine Morris(1), visited Cambodia during the month of October to discuss with human rights workers the priority concerns for protection of human rights defenders there. The main concerns are curbs … [Read more...]


