Publications
Thailand: Draft Amnesty Legislation | Letter
01/08/2013
Full PDF Version 1 August 2013 Ms. Yingluck Shinawatra, Prime Minister The Secretariat of the Prime Minister Office of the Prime Minister Government House Pitsanulok Road Dusit, Bangkok 10300 Thailand Fax: +66 2 280 0858 Webmaster@opm.go.th Mr. Abhisit … [Read more...]
United States: International law obligations to release of Lynne Stewart for medical treatment | Letter
24/07/2013
Full PDF Version Wednesday, July 24, 2013 Mr. Eric Holder US Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 Mr. Charles E. Samuels, Jr., Director Federal Bureau of Prisons 320 First Street, … [Read more...]
LRWC Annual General Report 2013
24/07/2013
Full PDF Version: In 2012-2013 Annual Report discusses the work of LRWC which, in cooperation with other organizations, contributed to the following results: Fourteen lawyers were released from jail in Turkey; Sentences were reduced for 14 wrongfully convicted people in Cambodia; Eleven … [Read more...]
Cambodia: KUCH Veng, human rights defender | Letter
22/07/2013
PDF version with addresses, copy list | Letter of 23 May 2013 | Excerpt of 23 May 2013 letter in Khmer H.E. Hun Sen, Prime Minister H.E. Sok An, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman, Council for Legal and Judicial Reform H.E. Sar Kheng, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior H.E. Ang … [Read more...]
LRWC Newsletter: June 2013 Edition
01/07/2013
LRWC Action News | Education Events | UN Human Rights Council | Getting Involved with LRWC Full PDF Version LRWC ACTION NEWS Bahrain Joint Letter on Assembly Rights - LRWC prepared a brief, endorsed by the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression and the Bahrain Centre for Human … [Read more...]
Vietnam: Letter Regarding Mr. Le Quoc Quan and his upcoming trial on 9 July 2013 | Letter
01/07/2013
Full PDF Version The trial of charges widely viewed as illegitimate against Le Quoc Quan is scheduled for July 9, 2013. In response to advice that the presence of international observers may encourage the Vietnamese Government to respect their international human rights obligations, LRWC and … [Read more...]
Report on the UN Human Rights Council 23rd Session | Report
27/06/2013
Full PDF Version Human Rights Council Concludes its 23rd Session Highlights of the most recent Human Rights Council Session, this June, were the urgent debate on Syria, the reports by the Special Rapporteurs on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, the Working Group on Business and Human … [Read more...]
United States: Ms. Lynne Stewart — Approval of Motion for Release on compassionate grounds | Letter
27/06/2013
Full PDF Version Mr. Charles E. Samuels, Jr., Director Federal Bureau of Prisons 320 First Street, NW Washington, DC 20534 United States of America Fax: (202) 514-6620; Email: info@bop.gov Dear Sir; Re: Ms. Lynne Stewart: Approval of Motion for Release on compassionate … [Read more...]
Bahrain: Freedom of Assembly in Bahrain: Domestic law and practice violates international law obligations | Report
14/06/2013
LRWC prepared a brief, endorsed by the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression and the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights expressing concern with the continuing wrongful arrest, prosecution, conviction and sentencing of human rights advocates in Bahrain for peacefully exercising their internationally … [Read more...]
Zimbabwe: Wrongful arrest and prosecution of lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa | Letter
13/06/2013
In March human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa was arrested and detained for 8 nights after asking police for a search warrant and an inventory during a raid of her client’s premises. Charges of defeating and / or obstructing the course of justice under the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) were … [Read more...]
