Reports
UN Human Rights Council: Need for a Non-derogable Right to Independent Courts
20/05/2009
UN Human Rights Council: Need for a Non-derogable Right to Independent Courts by LRWC … [Read more...]
Robert P. Lee, a member of the Law Society of Alberta
14/05/2009
Re: Robert P. Lee, a member of the Law Society of Alberta To: Jennifer Rothery, Discipline Hearing Coordinator, and Heather Ross, Chair of Law Society of Upper Canada From: Brian M. Samuels, member of LRWC, and Gail Davidson, Executive Director of LRWC Date: 2009-05-14 We understand that … [Read more...]
Ajeet Singh, Director of Guria and failure to support efforts to rescue children from prostitution
06/05/2009
Re: Ajeet Singh, Director of Guria and failure to support efforts to rescue children from prostitution To: Ms. Mayawati, Chief Minister, Chief Minister’s Secretariat, and others From: John Cotter, member of LRWC Date: 2009-05-06 LRWC is writing to ask that you take all measures to ensure … [Read more...]
Mr. Mohamed Al Mahgoub
20/04/2009
Re: Mr. Mohamed Al Mahgoub To: President Omar Hassan al-Bashir From: Joseph Hoffer, LRWC Date: 2009-04-20 I am Mr. Joseph Hoffer, a Canadian lawyer and the Sudan monitor of Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada. I am writing to express my concern, and that of our Organization, for the above … [Read more...]
Guatemala: Rudy Manuel Herrera and Rony Lopez, lawyers
18/03/2009
Re: Rudy Manuel Herrera and Rony Lopez, lawyers To: Sr. Presidente de la Republica de Guatemala and others From: Brenda J. Wemp, member of LRWC Date: 2009-03-18 Algunos abogados de LRWC han visitado Guatemala en varias oportunidades con el objeto de conocer acerca de la situación de los … [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...]
International Association of People’s Lawyers Fact Finding Mission in Brazil | Report
20/02/2009
December 1-4, 2008 The Philippines-based International Association of People’s Lawyers (IAPL) sent a team of investigators on a fact-finding mission (FFM) to Rondonia State in Brazil from December 1st to 4th 2008 to verify reports of ongoing human rights violations against peasant land reform … [Read more...]
Pakistan: LRWC Denounces Latest Attempt to Crush Lawyers Movement | Press release
19/02/2009
View PDF: Pakistan: LRWC Denounces Latest Attempt to Crush Lawyers Movement LRWC denounces use of the Pakistan Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) to prevent Pakistan lawyers from continuing to advocate for a) re-instatement of all judges illegally removed from office by former president Musharaff … [Read more...]
Robert P. Lee, Lawyer
18/02/2009
Re: Robert P. Lee, Lawyer To: the Right Honorable Premier Ed Stelmach, and others From: Brian M. Samuels, executive director, LRWCR Date: 2009-02-18 We are writing to express our concern about the conduct of representatives of the Alberta Government, which appear designed to: a) … [Read more...]
Zimbabwe: WOZA and MOZA arrests
17/02/2009
Re: WOZA and MOZA arrests To: Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, and others From: Charles B. Davidson, member of LRWC Date: 2009-02-17 We write at this time to express our concerns about the arrests of a number of persons on February 10, 2009, following peaceful demonstrations outside the … [Read more...]
