Hong Kong SAR: Lawyer Chow Hang-Tung sentenced to prison for organizing Tiananmen vigil | Update
18/12/2021
Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada deplores the conviction and prison sentence handed down to Hong Kong lawyer Chow Hang-Tung on 13 December 2021 for participating in a peaceful candlelight vigil for victims of China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. The vigil was held on 4 June 2020, the anniversary of … [Read more...]
Egypt: Global Legal Community Stands in Solidarity with Egyptian Lawyer Mohamed el-Baqer | Joint statement
17/12/2021
Full .pdf statement On 17 December, Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada joined a global coalition of 31 lawyers' organizations and 134 individual lawyers and law students in a joint statement calling for the unconditional release of Egyptian human rights lawyer, Mohamed el-Baqer, charged with … [Read more...]
Canada: Unlawful attacks on Indigenous land rights defenders in Wet’suwet’en Territory | Letter
15/12/2021
Full .pdf letter [See errata *]. On 15 December 2021 LRWC wrote to Canadian and British Columbia authorities expressing concern about "allegations of unlawful use of force by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) against Wet’suwet’en people and their invitees during the enforcement of a court … [Read more...]
Celebrate International Human Rights Day by joining or donating to LRWC
08/12/2021
Promoting human rights by protecting those who defend them Your membership dues & other donations make LRWC’s work possible. In 2021, celebrate the work of human rights lawyers and defenders by joining or donating to LRWC. LRWC membership fees and donations ensure needed support for our … [Read more...]
China: Suspension of Lin Qilei’s and revocation of Liang Xiaojun’s licences to practice law | Joint statement
08/12/2021
Full pdf joint statement Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L), The 29 Principles, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), Human Rights Now, China Change, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), Paris Bar Association, the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales, the … [Read more...]
Russian Federation: Authorities must cease harassment of lawyer Ivan Pavlov | Joint statement
03/12/2021
Full pdf statement On 2 December 2021, six international human rights organizations released a statement denouncing the ongoing judicial and administrative harassment of Russian Federation lawyer Ivan Pavlov. See the statement below signed by the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE); … [Read more...]
Persecution of lawyers and defenders in China’s legal system
16/11/2021
"The “two Michaels” and Celil: Windows into China’s legal gulag," written by LRWC's transitional Executive Director, Catherine Morris, has now been published at www.Slaw.ca, Canada's online legal magazine. Abstract The “two Michaels,” Kovrig and Spavor, are not the only Canadians who have … [Read more...]
Cameroon: Ensure protection of human rights lawyer Felix Agbor Nkongho | Letter
15/11/2021
Full pdf letter (EN) 12 November 2021 His Excellency Mr. Paul Biya President of the Republic of Cameroon Presidency of the Republic, Palais de l’Unité 1000 Yaoundé Republic of Cameroon Email: cellcom@prc.cm; contact@presidenceducameroun.com His Excellency Mr. Joseph Dion … [Read more...]
Algeria: Arbitrary detention of lawyer Abderraouf Arslane | Joint letter
09/11/2021
Full pdf letter (ENG) Full pdf letter (Arabic): حول مواصلة الاعتقال التعسفي للمحامي عبد الرؤوف أرسلان دون محاكمة Présidence de la République Algérienne Démocratique et Populaire H.E. Abdelmadjid Tebboune Place Mohamed Seddik Benyahia, El Mouradia Alger, 16000, Algérie E-mail: … [Read more...]
British Columbia, Canada: Withdraw amendments to Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act | Joint letter
27/10/2021
Full joint letter (pdf) | See FIPA's webpage for more information Update 1 November 2021: See a Note by the Centre for Law and Democracy with in-depth assessments of proposed amendments to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) On 26 October 2021, Lawyers' Rights … [Read more...]
