Publications
Brazil: Maria Aparecida Denadai, Lawyer
07/02/2002
Maria Aparecida Denadai, a lawyer working in the state of Espirito Santo, near Rio de Janeiro, has received death threats. The threats may be linked to the killing of her brother Marcelo Denadai, also a lawyer, on 15 April 2002. Mr. Denadai was killed as he was preparing to reveal evidence on … [Read more...]
Newsletter VII January 21, 2002
21/01/2002
January 21, 2002 I CAMPAIGNS I.1 MALAYSIA KARPAL SINGH SEDITION CHARGE WITHDRAWN Richard Gibbs Q.C. left January 10th for Kuala Lumpur to attend the January 14-18 2002 trial of lawyer Karpal Singh, charged with sedition based on words he spoke in court while defending his client, former … [Read more...]
World Responds to Murder of Digna Ochoa, leading human rights lawyer
07/12/2001
Jacob, Stephen The Lawyers Weekly Vol. 21, No., 30 December 7, 2001 The year-old government of Mexican President Vicente Fox has come under heavy criticism in the aftermath of the October 19th murder of attorney and human rights activist Digna Ochoa, with denunciations and expressions of … [Read more...]
Guatemala: Iris Yassmin Barrios, Judge, and Conchita Mazariegos, Judge
01/12/2001
On March 22nd, 2001 two grenades were thrown in the yard of Judge Iris Yassmin Barrios. On March 24th, 2001 shots were fired at the door of Judge Conchita Mazariegos' home after she received threatening phone calls. These women are senior judges involved in a case involving members of Guatemala's … [Read more...]
Pronunciamiento de LRWC sobre el asesinato de la abogada Mexicana y defensora de derechos humanos Digna Ochoa
30/11/2001
COMUNICADO DE PRENSA VANCOUVER, jueves 30 de noviembre del 2001: - Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (“LRWC”) disemino el siguiente comunicado hoy: Digna Ochoa y Placido, abogada mexicana y defensora de los derechos humanos murió de balazos el día de 19 de octubre del 2001 en su despacho en la … [Read more...]
International Law and Afghanistan
07/11/2001
The Lawyers Weekly Vol. 21, No., 25 November 7, 2001. Commentary Vol.1, No. 12, December 2001. OPENING STATEMENT International law and Afghanistan "We the peoples of the United Nations determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war..." Preamble to the United Nations … [Read more...]
DR. ROBERTO CORIA, DR. LINDOLFO BERTINAT, DR. VILDOR GARAVELLI, MATHILDE BRUERA
20/10/2001
In October and July 2000, Dr. Roberto Coria of Los Juicios por la Verdad, Dr. Lindolfo Bertinat, Dr. Vildor Garavelli, Mathilde Bruera and Daniel Luna all of Rosario Sante F?were subjected to letter bombs, office break-ins, threats and assaults. Many of these lawyers are directors of human rights … [Read more...]
DANIEL LUNA – Lawyer
20/10/2001
In October and July 2000, Dr. Roberto Coria of Los Juicios por la Verdad, Dr. Lindolfo Bertinat, Dr. Vildor Garavelli, Mathilde Bruera and Daniel Luna, all of Rosario Sante F?were subjected to letter bombs, office break-ins, threats and assaults. Many of these lawyers are directors of human rights … [Read more...]
Human Rights and the Reaction to Terrorism
05/10/2001
Schabas, William 59 Advocate 905. The lawyers Weekly Vol. 21, No. , 21 October 5, 2001 The terrorist acts of September 11 may well have been an attack on democracy, as George Bush, Tony Blair and others asserted, but they were no threat to democracy. Democratic regimes have survived far worse. … [Read more...]
