Reports

Ms. Griselda Tirado Evangelio, lawyer and activist (Spanish)

06/11/2003

Re: Ms. Griselda Tirado Evangelio, lawyer and activist, murdered August 6, 2003; the intimidation of Manuela Tirado Evangelio, Teresa Tirado Evangelio, Beatriz Evangelio, other siblings and children, August 11, 2003 To: Lic. Hector Reyes Pacheco Secretary of the Governor of Puebla From: Jenna … [Read more...]

Ms. Griselda Tirado Evangelio, lawyer and activist

29/10/2003

Mr. Shyam Kumar Shrestha , lawyer, aged 46

28/10/2003

Re: Mr. Shyam Kumar Shrestha , lawyer, aged 46 To: Brigadier General B A K Sharma, Head, Army Human Rights Cell of Nepal From: C. A. Morris, BA, LLB, LLM Member, LRWC Date: 2003-10-28 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), a committee of Canadian lawyers, provides support internationally … [Read more...]

Honduras: Marcelino Martínez Espinal (Lawyer); Marcelino Miranda (Human Rights Defender); Leonardo Miranda (Human Rights Defender)

27/10/2003

Re: Marcelino Martínez Espinal (Lawyer), Marcelino Miranda (Human Rights Defender), Leonardo Miranda (Human Rights Defender) To: Dr. Oscar Alvarez Ministro de Seguridad Pública, Lic. Ramón Hernández Alcerro Ministro de Gobernación y Justicia and Dr. Roy Edmundo Medina Fiscal General de la … [Read more...]

Honduras: MARCELINO MIRANDA – Human Rights Defender, LEONARDO MIRANDA – Human Rights Defender, MARCELINO MARTÍNEZ ESPINAL – Lawyer

21/10/2003

On January 8, 2003 Marcelino Miranda and his brother, Leonardo Miranda, indigenous leaders from the Consejo Civico de Organizaciones Indigenas Populares (COPINH), Civic Council of Indigenous and Popular Organizations, were arrested by twenty-one armed Policia Nacional officers and a number of armed … [Read more...]

Zimbabwe: Ms. Beatrice Mtetwa, lawyer, Council member of the Law Society of Zimbabwe

17/10/2003

Re: Ms. Beatrice Mtetwa, lawyer, Council member of the Law Society of Zimbabwe To: Khembo Mohadi, Zimbabwe Minister of Home Affairs From: C. Morris, BA, LLB, LLM, Member LRWC Date: 2003-10-17 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), a committee of Canadian lawyers, provides support … [Read more...]

Mr. Lokendra Dhwaj Khand, President of student union at Nepal Law, Campus Unit

30/09/2003

Re: Mr. Lokendra Dhwaj Khand, President of student union at Nepal Law, Campus Unit; Ms. Nirmala Bhandari, aged 20, student; Mr. Ujjwal Sukla, aged 27, lawyer To: Brigadier General B A K Sharma, Head, Army Human Rights Cell of Nepal From: C. A. Morris, BA, LLB, LLM Member, LRWC Date: … [Read more...]

Fernando Lopez, Director of CALDH

23/09/2003

Re: Fernando Lopez, Director of CALDH To: Lic. Sergio Morales, Prosecutor From: Monique Pongracic-Speier of LRWC Date: 2003-09-23 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (“LRWC”), a committee of Canadian lawyers, provides support internationally to human rights defenders and promotes the … [Read more...]

Guatemala: Rigoberta Menchú Tum, founder and President of FRMT, Francisco Menchú, FRMT security guard

20/09/2003

Rigoberta Menchú Tum (f), founder and President of Rigoberta Menchú Tum Foundation (FRMT) Francisco Menchú (m), FRMT security guard Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Rigoberta Menchú Tum and her relative, Francisco Menchú, who works for the human rights group the Fundación Rigoberta Menchú Tum … [Read more...]

Juan Carlos Galvis, vice-president of SINALTRAINAL Other SINALTRAINAL members

12/09/2003

Re: Juan Carlos Galvis, vice-president of SINALTRAINAL Other SINALTRAINAL members To: Senor Presidente Alvaro Uribe Velez, President From: Monique Pongracic-Speier of LRWC Date: 2003-09-12 LRWC is gravely concerned about a recent attempt on the life of Juan Carlos Galvis and the high … [Read more...]