During the week of September 25, 2009, Dr. Salomón Lerner Febres received threatening telephone calls both at his house and at his office at the Catholic University of Peru. The caller left a message warning, “What we did to your dogs, we will do to you.” These telephone calls followed the poisoning … [Read more...]

On October 20, 2004 Gloria Cano, a lawyer with Asociacion Pro Derechos Humanos (APRODEH), received a threatening text message on her cell phone. The message read: Hello bitch, we are in jail, be aware even of your shadow, you will be reunited with the ‘terrorist’ in hell (Hola perra, nos estamos en … [Read more...]

The observatory has been informed by Human Rights in China (HRIC) of the detention of Mr. Yan Zhengxue, who is actively involved in human rights campaigns and an outspoken human rights promoter, as well as a well-known artist and dissident. In the lead up to the meeting of the Central Party … [Read more...]

LRWC is gravely concerned by substantial charges of torture perpetrated against 122 individuals faced with charges relating to the secessionist Caprivi uprising of August 1999. There is fear the prisoners have been kept in unsanitary conditions and have been denied basic medical supplies. There is … [Read more...]

Lodoisambuu Sanjaasuren was convicted of ¡°exposing state secrets¡± in November 2004 and received an 18 month prison sentence. The charges stemmed from Sanjaasuren's defence of Enkhbat Damiran who was kidnapped from France by Mongolian intelligence officers on May 15, 2003. In the course of his … [Read more...]

Lawyers Heriberto Gomez Coello and Maria del Carmen Grajales Castillejos were arrested on August 11, 2004 in Cintalapa, in the southern state of Chiapas. They were charged with attempting to present false statements. Mr. Coella and Ms. Castillejos represent Eduardo Hernandez Sanchez, Carlos Navarro … [Read more...]

JESÚS MANUEL GRIJALVA MEJIA – Human Rights Lawyer MAYEN ARELLANES CANO – Human Rights Lawyer GILBERTO HERNÁNDEZ SANTIAGO – Human Rights Lawyer ALMA GÓMEZ SOTO – Human Rights Defender These four human rights activists have each faced threats to their safety, presumably because of their … [Read more...]

Reports indicate that two lawyers working on behalf of protesters arrested in Oaxaca state, Jesús Manuel Grijalva and Mayen Arellanes, have been threatened over the past few weeks, apparently in reprisal for their human rights work with the Comité de Liberación 25 de Noviembre (Committee for the … [Read more...]

LUZ MARIA LLUVIAS FLORES - Lawyer RAÚL CRESPO CASARRUBIAS - Lawyer OSIRIS MARLENE AVILA ARELLANES - Lawyer BERNARDO SÁNCHEZ CRUZ – Lawyer On November 12, 2003 Luz Maria Lluvias Flores appeared before the local representative of the State Prosecutor’s Office (Ministerio Público del fuero … [Read more...]

Ms. Lydia Cacho, a prominent journalist and human rights activist, has received numerous death threats over the past several years. There was also an attempt on her life in February 2006 that has been attributed to her publication Los Demonios del Eden, which documents allegations that powerful … [Read more...]