Reports
Mr. Ikhtior Khamroev
13/08/2006
Re: Mr. Ikhtior Khamroev To: President Islam Abduganiyeich Karimov and others From: Russell C. MacKay Date: 2006-08-13 I am writing, as a member of LRWC, in response to information obtained from the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights indicating that Mr. Ikhtior Khamroev … [Read more...]
Mr. Mossaad Mohamed Ali; Ms. Rasha Souraj; Ms. Ebthisam Alsemani; and Ms. Najat DafaAlla
10/08/2006
Re: Mr. Mossaad Mohamed Ali; Ms. Rasha Souraj; Ms. Ebthisam Alsemani; and Ms. Najat DafaAlla To: H.E. Lieutenant General Omar Hassan al-Bashir, President of the Republic of Sudan From: Joseph Hoffer, LRWC Date: 2006-08-10 I am a lawyer and Sudan Monitor of Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada. I … [Read more...]
Ecuador: Julio Marcelo Prieto Mendez Guadalupe de Heredia, Alejandro Ponce Villacis, and four others
02/08/2006
Julio Marcelo Prieto Méndez, male, member of a legal team representing indigenous communities taking legal action against the multinational oil company Chevron Texaco for failing to clean up the pollution allegedly caused by decades of drilling in Sucumbios. On May 19th, 2006 Julio Marcelo Prieto … [Read more...]
Guadalupe de Heredia, Alejandro Ponce Villacis, Julio Marcelo Prieto Mendez, and others
02/08/2006
Re: Guadalupe de Heredia, Alejandro Ponce Villacis, Julio Marcelo Prieto Mendez, and others, members of the legal team representing indigenous communities in legal action against Chevron Texaco To: Dr. Felipe Vega de la Cuadra (Minister) From: Isabel Stramwasser Date: 2006-08-02 Lawyers’ … [Read more...]
China: Zheng Enchong – Lawyer | Letter
28/07/2006
Re: Zheng Enchong - Lawyer To: Mr. Hu Jintao, President of China, and others From: Clive Ansley, LRWC China Country Monitor Date: 2006-07-28 LRWC is gravely concerned for the safety and well-being of Lawyer Zheng Enchong because of acts of intimidation perpetrated against him by the … [Read more...]
Manuel Gomez Hernandez
27/07/2006
Re: Manuel Gomez Hernandez To: Governor, Attorney General From: Monique Pongracic-Speier Date: 2006-07-27 I write to express LRWC’s serious concern about the safety of Mr. Gómez, and the disturbing circumstances of threats against him. Mr. Gómez, a person of Tsotsil origin, works as a … [Read more...]
From Facts to Action: Report on the Attack Against Filipino Lawyers and Judges
24/07/2006
From Facts to Action: Report on the Attack Against Filipino Lawyers and Judges by Dutch Lawyers for Lawyers Foundation … [Read more...]
Burma: U AYE MYINT – Human Rights Lawyer
20/07/2006
Aye Myint, a prominent lawyer from Pegu in central Burma, was released from prison on July 8th, 2006 following intense international pressure and attention, including letters from LRWC. He served 11 months of his seven year sentence He had been detained for allegedly supplying the International … [Read more...]
Wasant Panich – Lawyer and human rights defender
09/07/2006
Re: Wasant Panich – Lawyer and human rights defender To: H.E. Dr. Thaksin Shinawatra, Prime Minister From: C.A. Morris, LRWC Thailand Country Monitor Date: 2006-07-09 We are alarmed about a report that a National Human Rights Commissioner, Wasant Panich, experienced a possible … [Read more...]
Zimbabwe: Bishop Kadenge, Church Leader
05/07/2006
Re: Bishop Kadenge, Church Leader To: Mr. Khembo Mohadi, Ministry of Home Affairs From: Charles B. Davison, LWRC member Date: 2006-07-05 I am writing concerning the case and situation of Bishop Kadenge (a Minister with the Methodist Church Harare West District) who is presently under … [Read more...]
