Gambia: Mariam Denton – Lawyer
06/10/2006
Re: Mariam Denton - Lawyer To: Captain (retd.) Alhaji Yahya A. J. J. Jammeh, President and Minister of Defence and others From: Cara E.I. Gibbons, Barrister and Solicitor, LRWC member Date: 2006-10-06 LRWC has received information about the release of Mariam Denton this past July 25th … [Read more...]
Saffaa Abdel Rahum Saror and other members of Amel Centre
04/10/2006
Re: Saffaa Abdel Rahum Saror and other members of Amel Centre To: His Excellency Lieutenant General Omar Hassan al-Bashir, President of the Republic of Sudan, and others From: Joseph Hoffer, Lawyer, LRWC Date: 2006-10-04 I am a lawyer and Sudan Monitor of Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada. I … [Read more...]
Mexico: MANUEL GOMEZ HERNANDEZ –human rights defender
26/08/2006
Manuel Gómez Hernandez, male, human rights defender has been threatened, allegedly by a judge from the municipality of Zinacantán, in an apparent attempt to stop him carrying out his legitimate and peaceful activities as a human rights defender. Amnesty International fears that he may be in … [Read more...]
Ali Shahabi – Writer, professor and pro-democracy activist
22/08/2006
Re: Ali Shahabi – Writer, professor and pro-democracy activist To: H.E. President Bashar al-Assad and others From: Michael M. Macaulay, LRWC Date: 2006-08-22 This letter is in regards to the August 10, 2006 detention of Ali Shahabi, an author and professor involved in the pro-democracy … [Read more...]
Mr. Ikhtior Khamroev
13/08/2006
Re: Mr. Ikhtior Khamroev To: President Islam Abduganiyeich Karimov and others From: Russell C. MacKay Date: 2006-08-13 I am writing, as a member of LRWC, in response to information obtained from the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights indicating that Mr. Ikhtior Khamroev … [Read more...]
Mr. Mossaad Mohamed Ali; Ms. Rasha Souraj; Ms. Ebthisam Alsemani; and Ms. Najat DafaAlla
10/08/2006
Re: Mr. Mossaad Mohamed Ali; Ms. Rasha Souraj; Ms. Ebthisam Alsemani; and Ms. Najat DafaAlla To: H.E. Lieutenant General Omar Hassan al-Bashir, President of the Republic of Sudan From: Joseph Hoffer, LRWC Date: 2006-08-10 I am a lawyer and Sudan Monitor of Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada. I … [Read more...]
Ecuador: Julio Marcelo Prieto Mendez Guadalupe de Heredia, Alejandro Ponce Villacis, and four others
02/08/2006
Julio Marcelo Prieto Méndez, male, member of a legal team representing indigenous communities taking legal action against the multinational oil company Chevron Texaco for failing to clean up the pollution allegedly caused by decades of drilling in Sucumbios. On May 19th, 2006 Julio Marcelo Prieto … [Read more...]
Guadalupe de Heredia, Alejandro Ponce Villacis, Julio Marcelo Prieto Mendez, and others
02/08/2006
Re: Guadalupe de Heredia, Alejandro Ponce Villacis, Julio Marcelo Prieto Mendez, and others, members of the legal team representing indigenous communities in legal action against Chevron Texaco To: Dr. Felipe Vega de la Cuadra (Minister) From: Isabel Stramwasser Date: 2006-08-02 Lawyers’ … [Read more...]
China: Zheng Enchong – Lawyer | Letter
28/07/2006
Re: Zheng Enchong - Lawyer To: Mr. Hu Jintao, President of China, and others From: Clive Ansley, LRWC China Country Monitor Date: 2006-07-28 LRWC is gravely concerned for the safety and well-being of Lawyer Zheng Enchong because of acts of intimidation perpetrated against him by the … [Read more...]
Manuel Gomez Hernandez
27/07/2006
Re: Manuel Gomez Hernandez To: Governor, Attorney General From: Monique Pongracic-Speier Date: 2006-07-27 I write to express LRWC’s serious concern about the safety of Mr. Gómez, and the disturbing circumstances of threats against him. Mr. Gómez, a person of Tsotsil origin, works as a … [Read more...]
