Burma: Ko Htay, U Aung or Maung Htay, Aye Kyaw Zwa and others
04/10/2002
Ko Htay, U Aung or Maung Htay, Aye Kyaw Zwa and others At least 30 people, including 2 or 3 lawyers have been arrested and detained since September 25 2002. Their whereabouts is unknown and Amnesty International reports that they may be at risk of torture and/or ill treatment by the military. All … [Read more...]
Guatemala: ROBERTO ROMERO and CARMEN AIDA IBARRA
01/10/2002
LRWC received reports from a number of sources that there had been additional threats to the lives, personal security and independence of Roberto Romero and Carmen Aida Ibarra, advocates involved in the trial of General Edgar Augusto Godoy Gaytan, Colonel Juan Guillermo Ovica Carrera and Colonel … [Read more...]
Nepal: HARI PRASAD PHUYAL – Lawyer
21/09/2002
Hari Prsad Phuyal was arrested by police on May 22nd 2004, at around 7:00am at his home at Himalipath, Biratnagar. He was held at the District Police Office in Biratnagar for two days, and then was transferred to a Morang prison under a preventive detention order. At first his family and a lawyer … [Read more...]
Mr. Hari Prasad Phuyal, Lawyer from Biratnagar, Morang district
07/08/2002
Re: Mr. Hari Prasad Phuyal, Lawyer from Biratnagar, Morang district To: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba From: C. A. Morris, B.A., LL.B., LL.M, member of LRWC Date: 2002-08-07 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), a committee of Canadian lawyers, provides support internationally to … [Read more...]
Cameron Ward, Lawyer
07/08/2002
Re: Cameron Ward, Lawyer To: Vancouver Police Department From: Gail Davidson, Director of LRWC Date: 2002-08-07 LRWC has received information that Mr. Ward was arrested at approximately 10:30 a.m. on August 1st, 2002 by three Vancouver City police officers while Mr. Ward was attending a … [Read more...]
Arturo Requenses Galnares, human rights defender
24/07/2002
Re: Arturo Requenses Galnares, human rights defender To: Attorney General of the Republic, General Rafael Marcial Macedo de la Concha From: Gail Davidson Date: 2002-07-24 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (“LRWC”) is a committee of Canadian lawyers providing support internationally to lawyers … [Read more...]
Bangladesh: RABINDRA GHOSH – Lawyer
20/07/2002
Mr. Rabindra Ghosh, a Lawyer in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh has experienced harassment, threats and physical abuse occasioned, in the opinion of Amnesty International, on his political orientation, his Hindu religious identity and his advocacy for stronger government measures to protect members … [Read more...]
CLAUDIO PANDOLFI – Lawyer
20/07/2002
On June 26, 2002, photographs were taken during disturbances in Avellaneda, Buenos Aires province. These photographs were published in the Argentine press and clearly show police involvement in the events leading to the killing of Dario Santillan and Maximiliano Costeki. The photographs are also … [Read more...]
Mexico: MARIO CÉSAR ESCOBEDO ANAYA – lawyer
31/03/2002
Mario César Escobedo Anaya, a 29-year-old defense lawyer in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico was killed in a police chase on February 5, 2002. At the time of the shooting Escobedo Anaya was the defense lawyer for Gustavo Gonzalaz Meza, one of two men accused of murdering eleven women in Ciudad Juárez. The … [Read more...]
