Saudi Arabia: Summary of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention | WGAD
13/09/2019
Full PDF Version Waleed Abu al-Khair of Saudi Arabia Summary of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Opinions on arbitrary detentions in Saudi Arabia[1] The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) in Opinions published between 2002 and 2018 identified … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia: Waleed Abu al-Khair Update | WGAD
27/03/2019
Full PDF Version Waleed Abu al-Khair of Saudi Arabia LRWC provided the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention with an update of the situation of imprisoned lawyer Waleed Abu al-Khair. The Working Group in its 4 July 2018 Opinion concluded there was no legal justification for the arrest, … [Read more...]
Cameroon: Mancho Bibixy Tse – LRWC reply to Cameroon’s letters of 24, 27 & 28 January 2019 | WGAD
16/02/2019
Full PDF Version Mancho Bibixy Tse, broadcast journalist In the Matter of Mancho Bibixy Tse Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) Reply to The Republic of Cameroon (Cameroon) letters dated 24, 27 & 28 January 2019 To The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) Re … [Read more...]
Cameroon: Deprivation of Liberty of Mancho Bixiby Tse | WGAD
16/02/2019
Full PDF Version Mancho Bibixy Tse, broadcast journalist Lucie Viersma Secretary Working Group on Aribtrary Detention United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Palais des Nations, 121 Geneva 10, Switzerland Tuesday, February 5 2019 5 February … [Read more...]
Viet Nam: Renewed Calls for Immediate Release of Nguyen Van Dai | Joint Letter
04/04/2018
Full PDF Version Five NGOs again call for the immediate release of lawyer Nguyen Van Dai, detained since 18 December 2015 for his human rights advocacy and belonging to a human rights organization. In June 2017 the WGAD determined that his detention was arbitrary on four separate grounds … [Read more...]
Viet Nam: Failure to Comply with Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Opinion to Immediately Release Nguyễn Văn Đài | WGAD Submission
04/12/2017
Full PDF Version Nguyễn Văn Đài update: Viet Nam has still not complied with the 8 June 2017 Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) Opinion to immediately release human rights lawyer Nguyễn Văn Đài and compensate him for his arbitrary detention since December 2015. Viet Nam continues to … [Read more...]
Bangladesh: Bangladesh Ignores Request from the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to Discontinue Prosecution of Adilur Rahman Khan and Steps Up Surveillance | Letter
19/02/2014
Full PDF Version Since January 5, 2014 Mr. Adilur Rahman Khan, Secretary of the NGO Odhikar, as well as his family members, experienced increasingly surveillance and harassment by state authorities in Bangladesh. This follows the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention opinion (A/HRC/ WGAD/2013/12) … [Read more...]
