Guatemala: Orlando Joaquin Blanco Lapola
04/02/2004
Orlando Joaquin Blanco Lapola, director of Centro Internacional de Investigaciones en Derechos Humanos (“CIIDH”) received abusive telephone calls threatening him with death on January 16 and 30 and again on February 2, 2004. CIIDH is a Guatemalan NGO founded in 1993 to conduct human rights research … [Read more...]
Orlando Joaquin Blanco Lapola
04/02/2004
Re: Orlando Joaquin Blanco Lapola To: Oscar Berger Presidente de la Republica de Guatemala and Sr. Carlos David de Leon Argueta, Ministerio Publico From: Heather D. Neun, Barrister and Solicitor and LRWC member Date: 2004-02-04 I write on behalf of Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (“LWRC”). … [Read more...]
Orlando Joaquin Blanco Lapola (Spanish)
04/02/2004
Re: Orlando Joaquin Blanco Lapola To: Presidente Oscar Berger, Presidente de la Republica de Guatemala and Sr. Carlos David de León Argueta, Ministerio Público From: Heather D. Neun, LRWC member; Spanish translation by José E. García Verdes. Date: 2004-02-04 Me dirijo a usted en nombre … [Read more...]
Nepal: DINESH RAJ PRASAIN, Human Rights Defender
19/01/2004
Mr. Dinesh Raj Prasain is the Coordinator of the Collective Campaign for Peace (COCAP), and a leading human rights activist in Nepal . COCAP is a network of 40 community based groups working to rebuild Nepali society in the face of the violent conflict between the Maoist insurgents and the … [Read more...]
Mr. Mohammad Abdallah Duma and Mr. Mohammad Harun Kafi, lawyers
19/01/2004
Re: Mr. Mohammad Abdallah Duma and Mr. Mohammad Harun Kafi, lawyers To: Mr. Ali Osman Mohammad Taha, First Vice President From: C.A. Morris, BA, LLB, LLM, Member, LRWC Date: 2004-01-19 Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), is a committee of Canadian lawyers provides support internationally … [Read more...]
Mr. Dinesh Raj Prasain, Human Rights Defender
19/01/2004
Re: Mr. Dinesh Raj Prasain, Human Rights Defender To: Prime Minister Sura Bahadur Thapa From: C.A. Morris, BA, LLB, LLM, Member, LRWC Date: 2004-01-19 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), a committee of Canadian lawyers, provides support internationally to lawyers to in danger and … [Read more...]
Uldarico Florez, Lawyer–disappearance
06/01/2004
Re: Uldarico Florez, Lawyer--disappearance To: President of the Republic of Columbia, Álvaro Uribe Vélez From: Heather Neun, LRWC member Date: 2004-01-06 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LWRC) is a committee of Canadian lawyers providing support internationally to lawyers whose rights, … [Read more...]
Mexico: SAMUEL ALFONSO CASTELLANOS PIÑÓN – Lawyer; BEATRIZ CASAS ARELLANES – Lawyer
26/12/2003
Samuel Alfonso Castellanos Piñón and Beatriz Casas Arellanes are lawyers working with the Oaxaca regional office of Acción de los Cristianos para la Abolición de la Tortura, (ACAT), Christian Action for the Abolition of Torture. In October 2002 the two lawyers officially took over the defence of … [Read more...]
Guatemala: LUIS ALBERTO PEREZ BARILLAS – Journalist
25/12/2003
Luis Alberto Perez Barillas, a journalist working in the city of Rabinal, has throughout June 2003 been reporting extensively on the situation surrounding an incident on the 14th of the month in which the current president of Congress, Efrain Rios Montt, a prospective presidential candidate for the … [Read more...]
Adriana Cuéllar and Corporación Colectivo de Abogados ‘José Alvear Restrepo International obligations to protect human rights defenders
09/12/2003
Re: Adriana Cuéllar and Corporación Colectivo de Abogados ‘José Alvear Restrepo International obligations to protect human rights defenders To: Senor Presidente Alvaro Uribe Velez From: Heather Neun, LRWC Date: 2003-12-09 I write on behalf of Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (“LWRC”). LWRC … [Read more...]
