Reports
Lodoisambuu Sanjaasuren, Lawyer
20/05/2005
Re: Lodoisambuu Sanjaasuren, Lawyer To: Natsagiyn Bagabandi, President of Mongolia From: Monique Pongracic-Speier, Mexico monitor of LRWC Date: 2005-05-20 LRWC is deeply concerned about the situation of lawyer Lodoisambuu Sanjaasuren, who is currently imprisoned in a ¡°restricted … [Read more...]
Nasser Zarafchan, lawyer
20/05/2005
Re: Nasser Zarafchan, lawyer To: His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed ¡®Ali Khamenei From: Gail Davidson Date: 2005-05-20 LRWC continues to monitor the conditions and status of Mr. Nasser Zarafchan with increasing alarm. Since his arrest, trial and sentencing, LRWC has respectfully sought … [Read more...]
Tewelde Ghebremedhin, Minase Andezion, Habtom Weldemicael, trade union leaders
16/05/2005
Re: Tewelde Ghebremedhin, trade union leader; Minase Andezion, trade union leader; Habtom Weldemicael, trade union leader To: President Issayas Afewerki, President of Eritrea From: Charles B. Davison Date: 2005-05-16 I am writing to you at this time concerning the situation of three … [Read more...]
France Moulin, Lawyer
06/05/2005
Re: France Moulin, Lawyer To: Dominique Perben, Ministere de la Justice President de la Repulblique, Monsieur Jacques Chirac From: Charles B. Davison Date: 2005-05-06 I am writing to you at this time concerning the case of Me. France Moulin, a lawyer who has been imprisoned since … [Read more...]
Tunisia: Mohamed Abbou, lawyer
03/05/2005
Re: Mohamed Abbou, lawyer To: H.E. Mr. Bechir TAKKARI, Minister of Justice From: Charles B. Davison, member of LRWC Date: 2005-05-03 I am writing to you at this time concerning the case of Mohamed Abbou, who is a 39 year old lawyer and member of the National Council for Civil Liberties … [Read more...]
Mexico: LEONEL GUADALUPE RIVERO RODRIGUEZ – Lawyer
30/04/2005
Leonel Guadalupe Rivero Rodriguez, leading human rights lawyer and a member of Tierra y Libertad has represented many politically sensitive in cases in Mexico. He represented students detained during mass arrests at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), National Autonomous University … [Read more...]
Guatemala: MYRNA MACK CASE
30/04/2005
ABOUT THE MYRNA MACK CASE Myrna Elizabeth Mack Chang, a Guatemalan anthropologist investigating military atrocities in rural indigenous communities, was stabbed to death 27 times outside her office on September 11, 1990. According to Amnesty International, her murder occurred after the … [Read more...]
Guatemala: Bishop Gerardi case
30/04/2005
ABOUT THE BISHOP GERARDI CASE On April 26, 1998, the founder of the Guatemalan Archdioceses' Office of Human Rights (ODHA) was murdered in the garage of San Sebastian Church in Antigua, the capital of Guatemala. Bishop Juan Gerardi Conedara's body was found next to his car in a pool of blood. Two … [Read more...]
LRWC Nepal Country Report: April 2005
30/04/2005
Morris, Catherine, BA, LLB, LLM Kingdom of Nepal Nepal's human rights situation has been very poor for a number of years. Its human rights situation is intertwined with political conflict involving an ongoing armed insurgency launched by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) in 1996. Maoists … [Read more...]
LRWC Burma Country Report: April 2005
30/04/2005
Copeland, Paul The political situation in Burma is worse than before, if that is possible. Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is still under house arrest. This time she has been held for 22 months, and still counting. The other senior leader of the National League for Democracy, U Tin Oo, has been … [Read more...]
