Namibia: The treatment of 122 defendants
05/09/2003
Re: The treatment of 122 defendants To: Theo-Ben Gurirab From: Heather Nuan, LRWC Date: 2003-09-05 I write to respectfully express LWRC’s concerns about the treatment of the 122 defendants standing trial on charges of connection with the secessionist Caprivi uprising of August 1999 in … [Read more...]
Digna Ochoa Investigation: LRWC/BHRC Reject Suicide Theory (ENGLISH)
02/09/2003
Re: Digna Ochoa Investigation: LRWC/BHRC Reject Suicide Theory (ENGLISH) To: Lic. Bernardo Bátiz Vázquez, Procurador General de Justicia del D. F. From: Nadeem Ahmad, Gail Davidson, Leo McGrady Q.C. Date: 2003-09-02 Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) is a committee of Canadian lawyers … [Read more...]
Re: Threats to and harassment of Marcelino Altamirano
01/09/2003
Re: Threats to and harassment of Marcelino Altamirano, coordinator of La Casita del Puente Afectivo and human rights defender To: Ing. Roberto Raul Iglesias, Governor of Mendoza Province and Dr. Leopoldo Manuel Orquin, Minister of Justice and Security and Sr. Jorge Poblete, President of the … [Read more...]
The murder of Griselda Tirado Evangelio and the safety of her family
25/08/2003
Re: The murder of Griselda Tirado Evangelio and the safety of her family To: Governor of Puebla Lic. Melquiades Morales Flores Gobernador del Estado de Puebla From: Jenna Virk, LRWC Date: 2003-08-25 We have become aware of a situation about which we feel sure that you would wish to be … [Read more...]
Belize: Police harassment of Antoinette Moore | Letter
25/08/2003
Re: Police harassment of Antoinette Moore To: Said Musa, Prime Minister of Belize From: Dr. Brian Donovan LRWC member Date: 2003-08-25 We are gravely concerned about the present situation of Antoinette Moore, a lawyer who works in the Dangriga area of Belize, and of her husband Michael … [Read more...]
Murders of Reynaldo Perdomo and Pedro Torres
21/08/2003
Re: Murders of Reynaldo Perdomo and Pedro Torres To: Álvaro Uribe Vélez, President of Columbia From: Monique Pongracic-Speier, LRWC member Date: 2003-08-21 LRWC is extremely disturbed by reports from Amnesty International concerning the recent violent deaths of Messrs. Perdomo and … [Read more...]
Threats against Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Francisco Menchú and other FRMT staff
15/08/2003
Re: Threats against Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Francisco Menchú and other Fundación Rigoberta Menchú Tum ("FRMT") staff. To: Lic. Alfonso Portillo Cabrera, Presidente de la República de Guatemala From: Heather Neun, LRWC member Date: 2003-08-15 I write on behalf of Lawyers' Rights Watch … [Read more...]
Threats against Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Francisco Menchú and other FRMT staff
15/08/2003
Re: Threats against Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Francisco Menchú and other Fundación Rigoberta Menchú Tum ("FRMT") staff. To: Lic. Alfonso Portillo Cabrera, Presidente de la República de Guatemala From: Monique Pongracic-Speier, LRWC member Date: 2003-08-15 Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada … [Read more...]
CARMAN JUDITH MORAN CRUZ – Journalist
25/07/2003
Carmen Judith Moran Cruz is a regional reporter for the news service agency, Center for Information on Guatemala (CERIGUA), in the town of Salama. On June 29th 2003 she received two death threats from an unidentified caller demanding her resignation from CERIGUA. In February, her bag containing … [Read more...]
Jose Israel Lopez Lopez
15/07/2003
Re: Jose Israel Lopez Lopez, Auxiliar (Regional Rep.) Oficina Regional de Chimaltenango de la Procuraduria de Derechos Humanos (PDH) Thelma de Lam, Special Prosecutor for Defenders of Human Rights Marines Martinez, Assistant Prosecutor To: Alfonso Portillo Cabrera, President of the Republic of … [Read more...]
