Reports

Marissa Dumanjug-Palo

Re: Marissa Dumanjug-Palo To: President H.E. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo From: Luningning Alcuitas-Imperial, member of LRWC Date: 2006-06-08 As an organization of lawyers in Canada defending human rights, we strongly protest the May 31, 2006 incident of threat, harassment and intimidation of … [Read more...]

Colombia: MEMBERS OF CODHES, COMPROMISO and the Colectivo de Abogados “Alvear Restrepo”

Paramilitaries have sent a death threat by email to a human rights organization based in the city of Bucaramanga, in the department of Santander. Amnesty International believes its staff are in danger. The email was sent on May 17th, 2006 to the Corporación “COMPROMISO”, which works to promote … [Read more...]

Colombia: Members of CODHES, COMPROMISO and the Colectivo de Abogados “Alvear Restrepo”

Re: Members of CODHES, COMPROMISO and the Colectivo de Abogados “Alvear Restrepo” To: Senor Presidente Alvaro Uribe Velez From: Heather D. Neun Date: 2006-05-29 On the occasion of your re-election as President, I am writing to condemn the series of recent threats against human rights … [Read more...]

Michel Kilo, human rights defender

Re: Michel Kilo, human rights defender To: President Bashar al-Assad From: Michael M. Macaulay, member of LRWC Date: 2006-05-18 This letter is in regards to the incommunicado detention of activist and journalist Michel Kilo on May 14, 2006. According to the reports we have received Mr. … [Read more...]

Re: Conceiçã o Paganele, Human rights defender

Re: Conceiçã o Paganele, Human rights defender To: Sr. Luís Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil From: Gail Davidson, Executive director of LRWC Date: 2006-05-15 Apresentamo-nos perante Vs.Exas. a fim de expressar nossa preocupação com a profissional acima referenciada. Ela é … [Read more...]

Dr. Ramin Jahanbegloo

Re: Dr. Ramin Jahanbegloo To: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran From: Gail Davidson, Executive Director of Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Date: 2006-05-10 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada is writing to call for access to and the release of Iranian-Canadian … [Read more...]

Human rights defenders Jhonny Jiménez Jiménez and other members of SERPAJ

Re: Human rights defenders Jhonny Jiménez Jiménez and other members of SERPAJ To: Dr. Alfredo Palacio, President of the Republic of Ecuador From: Isabel Stramwasser, Ecuador Monitor of LRWC Date: 2006-05-02 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada is gravely concerned with the safety of staff and … [Read more...]

Cambodia: Draft Penal Code: Criminal defamation

On April 28th, 2006 the Alliance for Freedom of Expression in Cambodia (AFEC), a network of 28 Cambodian civil society organizations, and ARTICLE 19, an international human rights NGO, welcome the decision of the Council of Ministers to amend Article 63 of the UNTAC (United Nations Transitional … [Read more...]

Re: Draft Penal Code: Criminal defamation

Re: Draft Penal Code: Criminal defamation To: H.E. Samdech Hun Sen, Prime Minister, and others From: Catherine Morris, Member of LRWC Date: 2006-05-02 LRWC welcomed news earlier this year of the withdrawal of complaints under Article 63 of the UNTAC law against a number of individuals, … [Read more...]

Turkey: Mr. Ali Oncu. Mr. Edip Yasar, and others | Letter

Re: Mr. Ali Oncu. Mr. Edip Yasar, and others To: Mr. Ahmet Necdet Sezer, President of Turkey From: Russell C. MacKay, member of LRWC Date: 2006-04-13 I am writing, as a member of LRWC, in response to information obtained from the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights … [Read more...]