Reports
Colombia: Provide Effective Protection for Lawyers at Risk | Joint Letter
13/03/2017
Full PDF Version (Spanish) On 24 January lawyer Jhon Fredy Concha Valbuena was shot to death. On 1 February lawyer Jorge Enrique Belalcázar Gutierrez was shot and injured. Gutierrez had previously been denied protection measures by the National Protection Unit. In response to mounting violence … [Read more...]
Sudan: Immediately Release and Remedy Arbitrary Detention of Ms Tasneem Ahmed Taha El Zaki and Ms Nura Obeid Osman | Letter
09/03/2017
Full PDF Version Sudan: Ms Tasneem Ahmed Taha El Zaki, human rights lawyer and Ms Nura Obeid Osman, accountant have been detained since 27 December 2016 by the Sudanese Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) without charge or disclosure of the reasons for detention and are denied access to … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia: LRWC and Others Nominate Waleed Abu al-Khair for the 2017 American Bar Association International Human Rights Award | Joint Letter
08/03/2017
Full PDF Version LRWC, the Law Society of England and Wales, Lawyers for Lawyers and the Union Internationale des Avocats joined to nominate imprisoned Saudi Arabian lawyer and human rights defender Waleed Abu al-Khair for the American Bar Association 2017 International Human Rights Award. The … [Read more...]
Cambodia: LRWC and ICJ Submit Amicus Brief in Appeal of Human Rights Defender Ny Chakrya
03/03/2017
Full PDF Version (English) Full PDF Version (Khmer) The International Commission of Jurists and LRWC prepared an amicus brief for consideration by the Supreme Court of Cambodia in the appeal by Mr. Ny Chakrya from conviction (22 September 2016) under the Cambodia Criminal Code for: defamation … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia: Imprisoned Activist Waleed Abu al-Khair Earns Human Rights Award | Human Rights Watch Press Release
18/02/2017
Full PDF Version (English) Full PDF Version (Arabic) For Immediate Release Saudi Arabia: Imprisoned Activist Earns Human Rights Award Waleed Abu al-Khair Serving 15 Years for Peaceful Activism (Beirut, February 20, 2017) – The Law Society of Upper Canada’s selection of the … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia: Hands off Samar Badawi, says LRWC | Letter
18/02/2017
Full PDF Version 17 February 2017 VIA FAX & EMAIL TO: His Majesty King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud King of Saudi Arabia and Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Office of His Majesty the King Royal Court, Riyadh Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Fax (via Ministry of the Interior): + 966 … [Read more...]
Zambia: Drop Charges and Remedy Wrongful Arrest and Detention of Lawyer Oliver Holland | Letter
17/02/2017
Full PDF Version Friday, February 17, 2017 Mr. Mumba Malila Attorney-General, Ministry of Justice PO Box 50106 Fairley Road, Ridgeway Lusaka, Zambia Dear Sir; Re: Wrongful arrest and detention of lawyer Oliver Holland Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada … [Read more...]
China: Cease and Remedy Widespread Human Rights Violations Against Human Rights Defenders and Activists | Joint Letter
17/02/2017
Full PDF Version Members of the Human Rights Council are urged to pressure China to stop and remedy widespread and systemic human rights violations against human rights defenders, environmental and democracy activists and lawyers in China which include: enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention, … [Read more...]
