China’s continued failure to ensure fair trials and protect lawyers | Joint oral statement to the Human Rights Council 63rd session

Full pdf joint statement | UN WebTV at 03:12:22 | Transcript available on UN website Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 3: Interactive Dialogue with the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Date: 14 September 2026 Speaker: Harini Sivalingam Oral Statement to the 63rd Session of the … [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

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...]