Reports
Canada: Condemn Acts of Reprisal and Intimidation against Michael Lynk, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 | Letter
Full PDF Version 3 August 2017 The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, P.C., M.P. Minister of Foreign Affairs House of Commons Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 chrystia.freeland@parl.gc.ca chrystia.freeland@international.gc.ca Dear Minister, Re: Reprisals and Intimidation against Michael Lynk, UN … [Read more...]
Syria: Rights groups condemn execution of human rights defender and software engineer Bassel Khartabil | Joint Letter
Full PDF Version (English) Full PDF Version (French/Français) Full PDF Version (Arabic/العربية) Families for Freedom, the Free Bassel campaign, and The Syria Campaign are calling on people around the world to visit the website www.theycantstopus.org/en to share Bassel’s defiant “They can’t … [Read more...]
Viet Nam: Immediately Reverse Conviction and Release Trần Thị Nga | Letter
Full PDF Version Thursday, July 27, 2017 TO: H.E. Mr. Nguyễn Phú Trọng General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam H.E. Mr. Trần Đại Quang President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam H.E. Mr. Nguyễn Xuân Phúc Prime Minister of the … [Read more...]
Bangladesh: Guarantee Freedoms of Movement, Peaceful Assembly, and Association of Adilur Rahman Khan and other Human Rights Defenders | Letter
Full PDF Version H. E. Ms. Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh. Fax: +880 2 8113243, Email: pm@pmo.gov.bd Professor Dr. Gowher Rizvi, Adviser to the Prime Minister (International Affairs), Bangladesh. Fax: +880 2 9111312 Email: advinternational@pmo.gov.bd Md. Shahriar Alam, … [Read more...]
Turkey: Immediately and Unconditionally Release Idil Eser and 9 Other Human Rights Defenders | Letter
Full PDF Version LRWC calls on Turkey to immediately release Idil Eser, Director of Amnesty International Turkey and nine other human rights defenders arrested and detained on 5 July 2017 ostensibly for investigation of alleged membership in “an armed organization with the purpose of committing … [Read more...]
Sudan: Immediately Release Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam, Hafiz Idris and Mobarak Adam Abdalla | Letter
Full PDF Version Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim July 13, 2017 HE Omar Hassan Ahmadal-Bashir Office of the President People’s Palace PO Box 281 Khartoum, Sudan HI Omar Your Excellency: Re: Detention of Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam, Hafiz Idris and Mobarak Adam Abdalla Lawyers … [Read more...]
Israel: Immediately Release Lawyer Muhammed Allan | Letter
Full PDF Version Tuesday, July 11 2017 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Prime Minister’s Office 3 Kaplan St. Hakirya Jerusalem 91950, Israel Tel: 972-2-6705555 Fax: 972-2-5664838 pm_eng@pmo.gov.il Minister of Public Security Gilad Erdan The Ministry of Public Security Rehov … [Read more...]
Angola: Prosecution of Angolan Journalists Rafael Marques de Morais and Mariano Brás Lourenço Violates International Law | Joint Letter
Full PDF Version 7 July 2017 Kumar Gupta Canadian Ambassador to Angola, Botswana, and Zimbabwe 45 Baines Ave P.O. Box 1430 Harare, Zimbabwe Tel: +263-4-252181-5 Email: hrare@international.gc.ca Consulate of Canada Rua Rei Katyavala 113 C.P. 3360 Luanda, Angola Tel: … [Read more...]
Turkey: Immediately Release and Withdraw Charges against Taner Kilic and other Lawyers | Joint Letter
Full PDF Version July 4, 2017 H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan President of the Republic of Turkey T.C. Cumhurbaşkanlığı Genel Sekreterliği 06100 Ankara, Turkey Fax: +90 312 468 5026 Email: cumhurbaskanligi@tccb.gov.tr Re: Arrest and Detention of Lawyer Taner Kiliç and 22 additional … [Read more...]
Viet Nam: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Concludes Detention of Lawyer Nguyen Van Dai is Arbitrary and Unlawful, Calls for Immediate Release | WGAD Decision
Full PDF Version On 8 June 2017, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) concluded that the detention of human rights lawyer Nguyen Van Dai is arbitrary and unlawful and called for hie immediate release. Van Dai has been held incommunicado since his arrest on 16 December 2015. The WGAD … [Read more...]