Reports
LARISSA ARAP – Journalist and Opposition Activist
02/08/2007
Reports indicate that on July 5th, 2007, Ms. Larissa Arap, a Russian journalist, opposition activist and member of the United Civil Front, was arrested and has been forcibly interned in a psychiatric hospital where, according to information received, she would be forcefully injected with drugs and … [Read more...]
Larissa Arap
02/08/2007
Re: Larissa Arap To: President Vladimir Vladmirovich Putin and others From: Darlene Kavka, LRWC Date: 2007-08-02 I write to you today on a matter of utmost urgency. Human rights defenders worldwide, are alarmed and disheartened to hear that Larissa Arap, a highly respected member of … [Read more...]
SAT SAVUTH – Cambodian human rights campaigner
27/07/2007
Reports indicate that Mr. Sat Savuth, a well-known Cambodian human rights campaigner advocating land and forestry rights in Anlong Veng’s Phat commune, was attacked at his home in the Oddar Meanchey province. On the evening of July 23, 2007, four assailants threw a grenade at the front door of his … [Read more...]
Re: Attack against Mr. Sath Savuth, Mr. Seng Sarom
26/07/2007
Re: Grenade attack against Mr. Sath Savuth, July 21, 2007, Thlath Commune, Anlong Veng District, Oddar Meanchey Province; Shooting death of Mr. Seng Sarom, ADHOC human rights defender, Stung Treng Province To: H.E. Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen and others From: Gail Davidson, LRWC Date: … [Read more...]
Arbitrary Arrest and Enforced Disappearance of Mr. Osman Ibrahim
24/07/2007
Re: Arbitrary Arrest and Enforced Disappearance of Mr. Osman Ibrahim To: His Excellency Lieutenant General Omar Hassan al-Bashir From: Joseph Hoffer, LRWC Date: 2007-07-24 In cooperation with the World Organization Against Torture and the International Federation for Human Rights, I am … [Read more...]
Mr. Mansour Osanloo & Mr. Mahmoud Salehi
16/07/2007
Re: Mr. Mansour Osanloo & Mr. Mahmoud Salehi, Detained in Evin Prison (Tehran) and Central Prison of Sanandaj City, respectively, Islamic Republic of Iran To: His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran From: Tina Parbhakar Date: 2007-07-16 LRWC has received … [Read more...]
Threats against Global Witness
16/07/2007
Global Witness, a UK-based NGO which is particularly active in the protection of the environment and natural resources, has been threatened and censured by the Cambodian government. On 01 June 2007, Global Witness released a report titled “Cambodia’s Family Trees: Illegal logging and the … [Read more...]
Re: Threats against Global Witness
16/07/2007
Re: Threats against Global Witness To: Prime Minister and senior government officials From: Gail Davidson, Executive Director LRWC Date: 2007-07-16 We are aware of the report of Global Witness on June 1, 2007 documenting unlawful forest destruction in Cambodia. We have received … [Read more...]
Re: Seng Sarorn, community leader
15/07/2007
Re: Seng Sarorn, community leader To: H.E. Samdech Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia From: Gail Davidson,Executive Director of LRWC Date: 2007-07-15 LRWC is deeply disturbed about reports of the shooting death of Mr. Seng Sarorn in his home in the village of Sre Kor, Stung Treng … [Read more...]
PARVEZ ALAM CHOUDHRY – Lawyer, YOUNIS MASIH – Pakistani Christian
26/06/2007
PARVEZ ALAM CHOUDHRY – Lawyer, Chairman of Legal Aid for Destitute and Settlement YOUNIS MASIH – Pakistani Christian Younis Masih, a Pakistani Christian, has been sentenced to death based on an apparently unfounded charge of blasphemy. His lawyer, Parvez Aslam Choudhry, has been subjected to … [Read more...]
