Publications

Zimbabwe: Country Monitoring Report, March 2006

Zimbabwe: Country Monitoring Report, March 2006 by Jennifer Meyer … [Read more...]

Ammar Qurabi – Human rights defender

Re: Ammar Qurabi – Human rights defender To: President Bashar al-Assad and others From: Michael M. Macaulay, LRWC Date: 2006-03-16 This letter is in regards to the arrest and detention of Mr. Ammar Qurabi, the Media Manager of the Arab Organization for Human Rights – Syria (AOHR-S) on … [Read more...]

Erica Serrano Farías – Lawyer

Re: Erica Serrano Farías - Lawyer To: Lic. Zeferino Torreblanca Galindo, Gobernador Electo del Estado de Guerrero and others From: Monique Pongracic-Speier, LRWC Mexico Monitor Date: 2006-03-13 LRWC writes to express serious concern for the safety of Erica Serrano Farías and her … [Read more...]

Ernesto Ledesma Arronte, Director of CAPISE

Re: Ernesto Ledesma Arronte, Director of Centro de Análisis Político e Investigaciones Sociales y Económicas (CAPISE) To: Lic. Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía, Gobernador del Estado de Chiapas and others From: Monique Pongracic-Speier, LRWC Mexico Monitor Date: 2006-03-13 I write to express … [Read more...]

Crispin “Ka Bel” Beltran, Labor leader, and others.

Re: Crispin “Ka Bel” Beltran, Labor leader, and others. To: H.E. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Republic of the Phillippines and others From: Ms. Luningning Alcuitas-Imperial, LRWC Date: 2006-03-01 As an organization of lawyers in Canada defending human rights, we strongly … [Read more...]

United Kindgom: Murder of Patrick Finucane

Full PDF Version PATRICK FINUCANE – THE UNITED KINGDOM: NORTHERN IRELAND On February 13th 1989, Patrick Finucane was shot dead in front of his wife and three children by 3 masked men. Patrick Finucane was a lawyer in Northern Ireland who had acted as defense counsel on many politically … [Read more...]

Re: Maria Aparecida Denadai, lawyer

Re: Maria Aparecida Denadai, lawyer To: Exmo. Governador de Espirito Santo, Sr. Paulo Cesar Hartung Gomes and others From: Paulo de Tarso Lugon Arantes, Monitor para o Brasil, LRWC; Gail Davidson, Directora, LRWC Date: 2006-02-07 Através da presente, expressamos respeitosamente nossa … [Read more...]

Zimbawe: Arnold Tsunga – Lawyer

Re: Arnold Tsunga - Lawyer To: Mr. Robert G. Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe, and others From: Charles B. Davison, member of LRWC Date: 2006-02-06 I am writing concerning the case of Arnold Tsunga, who is a well-known lawyer in your country and who is presently believed to be under threat … [Read more...]

Dante Almaraz – Human rights lawyer

Re: Dante Almaraz – Human rights lawyer To: Lic. Jose Reyes Baeza Terrazas, Gobernador del Estado de Chihuahua From: Monique Pongracic-Speier, LRWC Mexico Monitor Date: 2006-01-26 I write to express LRWC’s sadness, horror and disappointment at the recent murder of lawyer Dante … [Read more...]

Re: Mr. U Aye Myint, Human Rights Lawyer (1)

Re: Mr. U Aye Myint, Human Rights Lawyer To: Senior General Than Shwe, Ministry of Defence From: Paul Copeland, LRWC Date: 2006-01-25 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (“LRWC”) is a committee of Canadian lawyers providing support internationally to advocates whose rights, safety, or … [Read more...]