Reports
Cambodia: Civil Society Organizations Call for the Release of 12 Land Rights Defenders Imprisoned for Exercising Their Fundamental Freedoms | Joint Statement
06/03/2015
Full PDF Version (English) | Full PDF Version (Khmer) 30 civil society organizations joined in advance of International Women’s day, to call for the immediate release of 12 Boeung Kak Lake land and housing rights activists imprisoned since May 2012 for exercising internationally protected rights to … [Read more...]
UAE: United Arab Emirates: Stop the Charade and Release Activists Convicted at the Mass UAE 94 Trial | Joint Statement
03/03/2015
Full PDF Version (English) | Full PDF Version (Arabic) On the second anniversary of the start of the mass “UAE 94” trial that imprisoned dozens of government critics and reform activists in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), including prominent human rights defenders, judges, academics, and student … [Read more...]
Bahrain: Persecution of Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab | Letter
26/02/2015
Full PDF Version Thursday, February 26, 2015 Shaikh Hamad bin 'Issa Al Khalifa King of Bahrain Office of His Majesty the King P.O. Box 555, Rifa’a Palace, Al-Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain Prince Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa Prime Minister Kingdom of Bahrain Al-Manama, Kingdom … [Read more...]
Sudan: Detainment of Farouk Abu Issa and Dr. Amin Maki Madani | Letter
25/02/2015
Full PDF Version February 23, 2015 HE Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir Office of the President People’s Palace PO Box 281 Mohamed Bushara Dousa Ministry of Justice PO Box 302, Al Nil Avenue Khartoum, Sudan Via email : moj@moj.gov.sd Khartoum, Sudan Your … [Read more...]
Canada: Bill C-51 – A Legal Primer
18/02/2015
Full PDF Version (English) | Full PDF Version (French) Canadian lawyers Clayton Ruby and Nader Hasan analyze Bill C-51 and conclude, “Bill C-51, the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2015, would expand the powers of Canada’s spy agency, allow Canadians to be arrested on mere suspicion of future … [Read more...]
Syria: Free Human Rights Defenders Held for Three Years | Letter
16/02/2015
Full PDF Version سوريا: يجب إخلاء سبيل المدافعين عن حقوق الإنسان المحتجزين منذ 3 سنوات For Immediate Release Syria: Free Human Rights Defenders Held 3 Years Detained Arbitrarily, and Tortured (Geneva, February 16, 2015) – The Syrian government should immediately free the prominent … [Read more...]
Argentina: Responsibilities of the Government of Argentina in the Death of Prosecutor Alberto Nisman | Letter
08/02/2015
Full PDF Version 7 February 2015 Alejandra Magdalena Gils Carbó Attorney General of Argentina Avenida de Mayo 760 Buenos Aires, B.A., Argentina Email agils@mfp.com.cr Dr. Julio Alak, Minister of Justice and Human Rights Minister of Justice and Human Rights: Sarmiento 329, C1041AAG … [Read more...]
First Nations’ Rights Speaker Series: The Gap between Law and Practice – Cindy Blackstock: Justice for Children | Video
29/01/2015
Cindy Blackstock: Justice for Children Pt.1 Cindy Blackstock: Justice for Children Pt.2 Cindy Blackstock: Justice for Children Pt.3 Cindy Blackstock: Justice for Children Pt.4 … [Read more...]
Philippines: The Day of the Endangered Lawyer 2015 | Petition
26/01/2015
Full PDF Version Today - The Day of the Endangered Lawyer 2015 – the Signatory organizations call on the Aquino government to investigate and prevent the killings and harassment of lawyers in the Philippines. Number of killings and harassment At least 39 lawyers have been killed in … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia: Waleed Abu al-Kair Sentenced to 15 Years in Jail | Letter
22/01/2015
Full PDF Version Waleed Abu al-Khair, an internationally respected human rights lawyer who has acted for many victims of human rights abuses, arbitrary arrest, detention and conviction contravene Saudi Arabia’s international law obligations. Mr. Abu Al-Khair was convicted before the … [Read more...]
