Argentina: Marcelino Altamirano, Human rights advocate
20/03/2003
Marcelino Altamirano, coordinator of the street children's home La Casita del Puente Afectivo (The Little House of the Bridge of Affection) in the city of Mendoza has been harassed on several occasions and has received threatening telephone calls. On August 29, 2003, his car was set fire to while … [Read more...]
Leonel Rivero Rodriguez
12/03/2003
Re: Leonel Rivero Rodriguez To: Lic. Bernardo Bátiz Vázquez, Procurador General de Justicia del D. F. From: Gail Davidson Date: 2003-03-12 Lawyers Rights Watch Canada is a committee of Canadian lawyers that provides support internationally to lawyers in danger and promotes the … [Read more...]
Sergio Dante Amaraz y Miriam Garcia and Blanca Guadalupe Lopez
12/03/2003
Re: Sergio Dante Amaraz y Miriam Garcia and Blanca Guadalupe Lopez; investigacion de la muerte de Mario Escobedo Anaya To: General Rafael Marcial Macedo de la Concha, Procurador General de la Republica From: Nerys Poole (sra.) Abogada y miembro de LRWC Date: 2003-03-12 Ref. la seguridad … [Read more...]
Samuel Alfonso Castellanos Pinon; Beatriz Casas Arellanes; and others
09/03/2003
Re: Samuel Alfonso Castellanos Pinon; Beatriz Casas Arellanes; and others To: Lic. Jose Murat Casab, Gobernador del Estado de Oaxaca From: Dr. Brian Donovan Date: 2003-03-09 I write as a member of Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, a committee of Canadian lawyers whose mandate is to monitor … [Read more...]
Ernesto Ledesma Arronte, director of CAPISE
17/02/2003
Re: Ernesto Ledesma Arronte, director of Centro de Análisis Político e Investigaciones Sociales y Económicas (CAPISE) To: Attorney General of Chiapas, Minister of the Interior Lic. Santiago Creel and Governor of Chiapas Pablo Salazar Mendiguchia From: Gail Davidson, Director, Lawyers Rights … [Read more...]
Guatemala: TATIANA MORALES VALDIZON, Lawyer
31/01/2003
Tatiana Morales Valdizon is the Special Prosecutor for Human Rights Defenders for the Public Prosecutors Office of Guatemala. Tatiana Morales Valdizon has the specific mandate of investigating human rights violations committed against human rights defenders. LRWC received reports from a number of … [Read more...]
Zimbabwe: Situation of Lawyers, Human Rights Defenders and Others in Zimbabwe
29/01/2003
Re: Situation of Lawyers, Human Rights Defenders and Others in Zimbabwe To: Hon. Bill Graham, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Canada From: Catherine Morris, BA, LLB, LLM, member LRWC Date: 2003-01-29 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), a committee of Canadian lawyers, provides support … [Read more...]
Re: Elma Novais, Lawyer
15/01/2003
Re: Elma Novais, Lawyer To: Sr. Gustavo Augusto Rodrigues de LIMA, Secretary of Defense for the State of Pernambuco From: Paulo de Torso Lugan Arantes Date: 2003-01-15 'Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada' presents you this very communication to show its concern with the security of Dr. Elma … [Read more...]
Mexico: ARTURO REQUENSES GALNARES – Human Rights Defender for ACAT
26/12/2002
Arturo Requenses Galnares is a human rights defender for Acción de los Cristianos para la Abolición de la Tortura, (ACAT), Christian Action for the Abolition of Torture. Galnares has been working on several cases involving disappearances and allegations of torture in Mexico and has called for an … [Read more...]
Guatemala: Leopoldo Zeissig, Special Prosecuotor | Trial monitoring
25/10/2002
Leopoldo Zeissig was the prosecutor and investigator of the April 28 1998 murder of Monsignor Juan José Gerardi. Two days before his death, Gerardi as Director of the Human rights office of the Archdioces of Guatemala--ODHA had issued a 4-volume report on human rights abuses that occurred during … [Read more...]
