Mexico: Ricardo Lagunes Gasca – Lawyer
24/09/2009
Mr. RICARDO LAGUNES GASCA, a lawyer working for the Fray Bartolomé de las Casas Human Rights Centre, was attacked on 18 September 2009. He was leaving Ejido Jotola in Chilsn municipality after advising clients when an armed group of about 50 men and women blocked the road. Mr. Gasca was pulled from … [Read more...]
India: Shama Parween, age 12, daughter of Shamsunisha, resident of Dulhipur village, Chandauli district
06/08/2009
On June 16, 2009, Shamsunisha, mother of Shama Parween, requested authorities rescue her daughter Shama Parween and register a case against the accused: Mr. Mehndi, Mr. Haider and Chanda, wife of Mr. Haider for her kidnapping with the intention of trafficking. Physical abuse is also suspected. The … [Read more...]
Iran: ABDOLFATTAH SOLTANI, Human Rights Lawyer | Letter
04/08/2009
Mr. Abdolfattah Soltani, a lawyer at the Bar of Tehran and a founding member of the Defenders of Human Rights Centre (DHRC), has been targeted and harassed on several occasions for his human rights advocacy. On July 30, 2005, Soltani was arrested while holding a sit-in at the building of Tehran’s … [Read more...]
Independence of the Bar in Cambodia: Re KONG Sam Onn | Letter
21/05/2009
21 May 2009 Chiv Song Hak, President, Bar Council Members of the Bar Council Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia Nº. 1011Eo, Croix Rouge Khmere (St. 180) 12211 Phnom Penh Cambodia Fax 023 213 658 Email to: cilf@online.com.kh, wengkaly@yahoo.com, hbslawfirm@hotmail.com, … [Read more...]
Guatemala: Rudy Manuel Herrera, Assistant Prosecutor; Rony Lopez, Prosecutor against Organized Crime
16/03/2009
On March 8, 2009, Assistant Prosecutor Rudy Manuel Herrera, 45 years-old, was assassinated on the 13th Street, Italy Settlement, Colonia El Limón, Zone 18. Mr. Herrera’s son, Eddy Herrera Merida, 18, was also wounded and was transferred to the Hospital in San Juan de Dios with a gunshot wound to the … [Read more...]
STANISLAV MARKELOV, Lawyer and ANASTASIA BARBUROVA – Journalist
20/01/2009
On January 19, 2009, human rights lawyer Mr. Stanislav Markelov and journalist for with the Novaya Gazeta, Ms. Anastasia Baburova were assassinated. Both parties were shot dead by a masked gunman in broad daylight around two in the afternoon on Prechistenka Street in the center of Moscow close to … [Read more...]
Philippines: Extra-judicial killings and disappearances
31/03/2008
Extra-Judicial Killings of Jurists in the Philippines The Dutch Lawyers for Lawyers Foundation (L4L) published a report, From Facts to Action: Report on the Attack Against Filipino Lawyers and Judges, compiled by two Dutch judges and six Dutch and Belgian lawyers, on the unsolved murders of … [Read more...]
Defending Defenders in Pakistan: Rule of Law Solidarity | Report
26/03/2008
Defending defenders in Pakistan “Many people have been released from jail only because of international pressure from your organization and others. Our government had to release them because of this pressure. I just want to mention how important this is and that we need you to … [Read more...]
Asma Jahangir and other human rights defenders detained in the state of emergency
06/11/2007
Acting in his capacity as army chief of staff, General Musharraf suspended the bulk of the Constitution, including the rights not to be arbitrarily deprived of life and to be guaranteed a fair trial. Members of the judiciary are now effectively suspended unless they take a new oath to uphold the … [Read more...]
