Saudi Arabia Campaigns
Canada: Urge Saudi Arabia to Immediately Release Waleed Abu al-Khair | Letter
20/12/2016
Full PDF Version 20 December 2016 The Honourable Stéphane Dion Minister of Foreign Affairs 125 Sussex Drive Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G2 Email: stephane.dion@parl.gc.ca Dear Minister Dion: Re: Request for Release of Waleed Abu al-Khair by Saudi Arabia LRWC writes … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia: Waleed Abu al-Khair chosen for Law Society of Upper Canada Human Rights Award
09/11/2016
Saudi Arabia: Arbitrarily imprisoned human rights lawyer Waleed Abu al-Khair has been chosen as one of the recipients of the 2016 Law Society of Upper Canada Human Rights Award, a biennial award given to recognize outstanding contributions and devotion to the advancement of human rights and/or the … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia: LRWC Calls on Minister of Foreign Affairs Stéphane Dion to Use His Influence to Ensure the Release of Waleed Abu al-Khair and Raif Badawi | Letter
29/07/2016
Full PDF Version July 29, 2016 The Honourable Stéphane Dion Minister of Foreign Affairs 125 Sussex Drive Ottawa, ON K1A 0G2 Email: stephane.dion@parl.gc.ca Dear Minister Dion; Re: Release of Waleed Abu al-Khair and Raif Badawi from arbitrary detention in Saudi Arabia Lawyers’ Rights … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia: Call for Release of Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer Waleed Abu al-Khair | Letter
27/06/2016
Full PDF Version June 27, 2016 VIA EMAIL TO: The Honourable Stéphane Dion Minister of Foreign Affairs 125 Sussex Drive Ottawa, ON K1A 0G2 Stephane.Dion@parl.gc.ca Dear Minister Dion; Re: Call for Release of Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer Waleed Abu al-Khair Lawyers’ Rights … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia: Waleed Abu Al-Khair Nominated for Law Society of Upper Canada Human Rights Award
15/06/2016
Nomination Letter from LRWC, UIA, and the Law Society of England and Wales (PDF) Letter of Support from Alex Neve, Amnesty International (PDF) Letter of Support from Adam Coogle, Human Rights Watch (PDF) … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia: LRWC Calls for Release of Waleed Abu al-Khair and Raif Badawi | Letter
26/05/2016
Full PDF Version The Honourable Stéphane Dion Minister of Foreign Affairs 125 Sussex Drive Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G2 Email: stephane.dion@parl.gc.ca Dear Minister Dion; Re: Release of Waleed Abu al-Khair and Raif Badawi Lawyer’s Rights Watch Canada is writing to ask that you request the … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia: Nomination of Waleed Abu Al-Khair for International Bar Association Human Rights Award
04/05/2016
Nomination 29 May 2015 - LRWC and Lawyers for Lawyers nominated lawyer Waleed Abu Al-Khair, imprisoned for peacefully advocacting for human rights in Saudi Arabia, for the International Bar Association Human Rights Award … [Read more...]
Statement: Interactive Dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, 31st Session of the UN Human Rights Council | Joint Statement
07/03/2016
The following joint oral statement by Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada and Asian Legal Resource Centre was submitted but was among the statements of eleven NGOs that could not be delivered during the Interactive Dialogue with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia: Release of Samar Badawi Arbitrarily Arrested in Saudi Arabia | Letter
12/01/2016
Full PDF Version Tuesday, January 12, 2016 The Honourable Stéphane Dion Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs and President of the Cabinet Committee in Environment, Climate Change and Energy Email: stephane.dion@parl.gc.ca The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould Minister of Justice and … [Read more...]
