Ms. Rita Mahato and Ms. Dev Kumari Mahara, Women’s Rehabilitation Centre (WOREC)

Re: Ms. Rita Mahato and Ms. Dev Kumari Mahara, Women’s Rehabilitation Centre (WOREC). Siraha district, Nepal To: Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and others From: Catherine Morris, LRWC Date: 2007-06-20 We are concerned about reports we have received about threats and harassment … [Read more...]

Alfatih Abdallah and others, lawyers and journalists

Re: Alfatih Abdallah and others, lawyers and journalists To: Mr. Muhammad Ali-al-Maradhi, Minister of Justice and Attorney General From: Joseph Hoffer, LRWC Date: 2007-06-19 I am writing to appeal to you to urge the authorities under your control to give the above-named men immediate and … [Read more...]

Parvez Aslam Choudhry

Re: Parvez Aslam Choudhry To: President Pervez Musharaf, Pakistan Secretariat From: Benjamin D. Levine Date: 2007-06-26 LRWC is gravely concerned for the safety and well-being of Mr. Parvez Aslam Choudhry, a lawyer, because of acts of violence and intimidation perpetrated against him. … [Read more...]

Ms. Bahareh Hedayat – Lawyer, Detained in Evin Prison, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Re: Ms. Bahareh Hedayat – Lawyer, Detained in Evin Prison, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran To: His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei From: Tina Parbhakar, LRWC Date: 2007-05-31 LRWC has received information that Ms. Bahareh Hedayat has been condemned to a suspended sentence of 2 … [Read more...]

Lydia Cacho (f), journalist and human rights defender

Re: Lydia Cacho (f), journalist and human rights defender To: Attorney Generals and Secretary of the Interior From: Monique Pongracic-Speier, Mexico Monitor, LRWC Date: 2007-05-23 I write to express LRWC’s concern about an apparent attempt on the life of journalist and human rights … [Read more...]

Zimbabwe: Andrew Makoni and Alec Muchadehama

Re: Andrew Makoni and Alec Muchadehama To: The President of Zimbabwe and others From: Charles B Davison, member of LRWC Date: 2007-05-17 I am once again writing to you as a result of my concern about reports of a number of serious incidents of violence and illegal conduct in which your … [Read more...]

Mexico: Yesica Sánchez Maya, lawyer, human rights defender; Aline Castellanos Jurado, human rights defender

Yesica Sánchez Maya (f), lawyer, human rights defender and Aline Castellanos Jurado (f), human rights defender, have been documenting and publicizing human rights violations that have taken place in Oaxaca since the beginning of widespread protests in June. They are now facing arrests on charges … [Read more...]

Yesica Sánchez Maya (f), lawyer and human rights defender

Re: Yesica Sánchez Maya (f), lawyer and human rights defender; Aline Castellanos Jurado (f), human rights defender To: President of Mexico government and others From: Monique Pongracic-Speier, LRWC Mexico monitor Date: 2007-05-09 I write to express LRWC’s continued serious concern about … [Read more...]

Pakistan: LRWC welcomes Supreme Court decision in Chaudhry case

Cara Gibbons MAY 8, 2007: (Update to LRWC statements of March 19 and April 27, 2007) LRWC welcomes the May 7, 2007 decision of the Supreme Court of Pakistan to stay the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) in camera consideration of allegations against Chief Justice Chaudhry. LRWC looks forward to a … [Read more...]

China: Mr. Tan Kai: harassment and wrongful conviction and imprisonment |

Re: Mr. Tan Kai: harassment and wrongful conviction and imprisonment To: President Hu Jintao, People’s Republic of China From: Coller Levine, LRWC Date: 2007-05-07 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (“LRWC”) is a committee of Canadian lawyers providing support internationally to advocates … [Read more...]