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LRWC Newsletter: October 2013 Edition

LRWC Action News | Human Rights Council News | Notable Reports and Cases | New: Donate or Collect Airmiles for LRWC Full PDF Version LRWC ACTION NEWS Bahrain LRWC joined Ceartas and others to send a follow-up letter responding to the International Association of Prosecutors’ (IAP) … [Read more...]

Presentation to James Anaya, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples | Presentation

Full PDF Version Presentation to  James Anaya, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples  10 October 2013 My comments are focused on past, continuing and present violations of the rights of First Nations people to equality and non-discrimination and the need for … [Read more...]

Myanmar: Call for Release of Prisoners of Conscience Held in Myanmar | Letter

Full PDF Version Tuesday, October 22, 2013 U Thein Sein President Republic of the Union of Myanmar President Office Fax: +95 67 404 146/ 106 Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar Fax: + 95 1 652 624 Dear President and Attorney General; Re: Call for Release of Prisoners of Conscience Held … [Read more...]

Sudan: The Detention of Adam Sharief | Letter

Full PDF Version October 22, 2013 HE Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir Office of the President People’s Palace, PO Box 281 Khartoum, Sudan Mohammed Bushara Dousa Ministry of Justice PO Box 302, Al Nil Avenue Khartoum, Sudan Dear Your Excellencies: Re:      Detention of Adam … [Read more...]

Russia: Civil and Administrative Proceedings against the Anti-Discrimination Centre ‘Memorial’ (ADC Memorial) | Letter

Full PDF Version October 3, 2013 Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Aleksandr Ivanovich Bastrykin Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Tekhnicheskii pereulok, d.2 105005 Moscow, Russian Federation Fax: 011 7 499 265 9077 President of the … [Read more...]

Bangladesh: Follow-Up Letter Regarding the Arbitrary Arrest and Ongoing Detention of Mr. Adilur Rahman Khan | Letter

Full PDF Version 10th October 2013 Ms. Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister, Office of the Prime Minister, Gona Bhaban, Old Sangsad Bhaban, Tejgaon, Dhaka, Bangladesh Fax: +880 2 8113243, Email: info@pmo.gov.bd Mr. Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir, Minister for Home Affairs, Ministry of … [Read more...]

Bahrain: Follow-Up Letter to the International Association of Prosecutors Regarding Dr. Ali bin Fadhel Al-Buainain | Letter

Full PDF Version 2 October 2013 Mr Derek Kuipers Secretary General, International Association of Prosecutors, Hartogstraat 13, 2514 EP The Hague, Netherlands. Re: Dr Ali bin Fadhel Al – Buainain, Executive Committee member of the International Association of Prosecutors … [Read more...]

LRWC Newsletter: September 2013 Edition

LRWC Action News | Human Rights Council Meeting | New: Donate or Collect Airmiles for LRWC Full PDF Version  LRWC ACTION NEWS Bangladesh Adilur Rahman Khan denied bail - LRWC sent another letter on 10 September calling for the release and objecting to the prosecution of Adilur Rahman … [Read more...]

Cambodia: Killing & Attacks on Demonstrators; Violations of rights to freedoms of assembly and expression | Letter

Full pdf version H.E. Hun Sen Prime Minister Office of the Prime Minister Phnom Penh, Cambodia Fax: +855 23 36 06 66 / 855 23 88 06 24 (C/o Council of Ministers); email: leewood_phu@nida.gov.kh; cppparty@gmail.com H.E. Sar Kheng Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of … [Read more...]

Sri Lanka: Oral Statement at the Human Rights Council 24th Session

Full pdf version Date: September 26, 2013 Check Against Delivery Agenda Item 2 & 10 General Debate Speaker: Ms. Vani Selvarajah Thank you Mr. President, Lawyers Rights Watch Canada wishes to thank Madam High Commissioner Pillay for her oral report on her recent visit to Sri … [Read more...]