Publications

China: The Persecution of Ni Yulan | Letter

07/08/2012

Premier WEN Jiabao The State Council General Office 2 Fuyoujie, Xichengqu, Beijingshi 100017, People's Republic of China Fax: 011 86 10 6596 1109 (c/o Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Dear Mr. Premier: Re: The Persecution of Ni Yulan Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) promotes advocacy … [Read more...]

Cambodia: Detention of Mam Sonando, independent broadcaster and President of the Democrats Association

03/08/2012

Centre for Law and Democracy, along with Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada and the International Federation of Journalists – Asia Pacific, have sent an open letter to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to protest the detention of Mam Sonando, an independent broadcaster and prominent critic of Cambodia’s … [Read more...]

Canada: Legal obligation of Canadian government to repatriate Omar Khadr | Letter

02/08/2012

The Right Honourable Stephen Harper Office of the Prime Minister 80 Wellington Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2 Fax: 613-941-6900 E-mail: pm@pm.gc.ca The Honourable Robert Douglas Nicholson Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada 284 Wellington Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0H8 Email: … [Read more...]

LRWC Newsletter: June & July 2012

31/07/2012

LRWC Action News | UN Human Rights Council | International Delegation of Lawyer to Colombia | Education Events | The Right to Know Our Rights | Publications Click here for the pdf version LRWC ACTION NEWS Burma Seven lawyers in Burma have been readmitted to the bar after having been … [Read more...]

LRWC Annual General Report 2011

24/07/2012

Throughout the reporting period LRWC effectively promoted advocacy rights and the rule of law through campaigns, legal research and education. LRWC campaign activities during the reporting period involved lawyers and other human rights defenders subjected to murder, assault, threats, false arrest, … [Read more...]

Pakistan: Plot to assassinate Asma Jahangir, prominent human rights lawyer

24/07/2012

Asif Ali Zardari President's Secretariat Islamabad, Pakistan Fax: 011 92 51 920 4974 Rajaz Pervaz Ashraf Prime Minister House Islamabad, Pakistan Fax: 011 92 51 921 3780 E-mail: secretary@cabinet.gov.pk General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani c/o … [Read more...]

Sudan: Arbitrary Arrest and Detention of 13 Defenders

19/07/2012

HE Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir Office of the President People’s Palace PO Box 281 Khartoum, Sudan Mohammed Boushara Dossa Ministry of Justice PO Box 302 Al Nil Avenue Khartoum, Sudan Ali Ahmed Karti Ministry of Foreign Affairs/External Relations PO Box 873 Kharthoum, … [Read more...]

Turkey: July trial ignored fundamental guarantees of the rights of the defence | Joint press release

18/07/2012

From July 16 to 18, 2012, our organisations attended in Istanbul the opening of the trial indicting 46 lawyers, 3 of their staff members and 1 journalist. They insist that identifying a lawyer with his client amounts to an unacceptable criminalization of the lawyers' profession. Our … [Read more...]

3rd International Caravana of Lawyers 2012 – Lawyers in Colombia need your help

13/07/2012

See the report of the visit See the donors who helped make the LRWC delegation possible Sin Abogados, No Hay Justicia! Without Lawyers, there is no Justice! In Colombia, being a lawyer can be a matter of life and death. This is a country where lawyers are the victims - where 334 lawyers … [Read more...]

Turkey: 18 rights and lawyers’ groups express concern to the UN as a trial against 46 lawyers under terrorism charges is due to open on July 16 | Joint press release