Reports

Syria: Walid al-Bunni | Letter

Re: Walid al-Bunni To: His Excellency President Bashar al-Assad; His Excellency General Basam Abd Al-Majid, Minister of Interior; His Excellency Muhammad al-Ghafari, Minister of Justice From: Michael M. Macaulay, LRWC Date: 2009-07-02 LRWC has previously written you in regarding our … [Read more...]

Independence of the Bar in Cambodia and Mr. KONG Sam Onn, lawyer | Letter

Re: Independence of the Bar in Cambodia and Mr. KONG Sam Onn, lawyer To: H.E. Samdech Hun Sen, Prime Minister H.E. Samdech Hun Sen, Prime Minister; H.E. Sok An, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman; H.E. Ang Vong Vathna, Minister of Justice From: Gail Davidson, Executive … [Read more...]

UNHRC: LRWC Report on 11th Session

UNHRC: LRWC Report on 11th Session … [Read more...]

Vietnam: Mr. Le Cong DINH, Human Rights Lawyer | Letter

Re: Mr. Le Cong DINH, Human Rights Lawyer To: President Nguyen Minh TRIET From: Darlene D. R. Kavka, LRWC Date: 2009-06-21 I am a member of Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, an organization dedicated to the promotion of human rights and protection of those who defend them. Lawyers’ … [Read more...]

Mr. Abdolfattah Soltani, arrest and incommunicado detention

Re: Mr. Abdolfattah Soltani, arrest and incommunicado detention To: Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei From: Tina Parbhakar, LRWC Date: 2009-06-18 LRWC, alongside many other observers, is witnessing the general uprising of Iranian civil society regarding their democratic rights as ensured by … [Read more...]

Rommel Cain Chacan Pale and Matilde Pérez Romero, Monitor Civil de Policía

Re: Rommel Cain Chacan Pale and Matilde Pérez Romero, Monitor Civil de Policía To: Minister Mouriño and Attorney General Murueta From: Cara E.I. Gibbons, LRWC Date: 2009-06-15 I am writing, as a member of LRWC, in response to information obtained from Amnesty International indicating … [Read more...]

Cambodia: Kong Sam Onn: Concerns about Independence of Lawyers

On April 27th, 2009 a Cambodian lawyer, Mr. Kong Sam Onn, filed a defamation complaint at the Municipal Court against Prime Minister Hun Sen on behalf of his client, an opposition politician, Ms. Mu Sochua. That same day, the government on behalf of the Prime Minister filed a criminal defamation … [Read more...]

Report of the International Verification and Fact Finding Mission on Attacks in the Philippines

The Measures Measured: Report of the International Verification and Fact Finding Mission on Attacks against Lawyers and Judges in the Philippines, 4-12 November 2008 by Lawyers for Lawyers … [Read more...]

Murder Charges against Remigio Saladero Jr.

Re: Murder Charges against Remigio Saladero Jr. To: President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo From: Constance Marlatt, LRWC Date: 2009-06-04 I am writing on behalf of Lawyer's Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) to express concern with the murder charge which is being pursued against Remigio Saladero Jr, … [Read more...]

Syria: Walid al-Bunni | Letter

Re: Walid al-Bunni To: President Bashar al-Assad From: Michael M. Macaulay, Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada Member Date: 2009-06-03 LRWC has been advised, by reliable sources, of acts of judicial harassment and of the continuing arbitrary detention of Mr. Walid al-Bunni, a member of the … [Read more...]