Saudi Arabia Campaigns
Saudi Arabia: NGOs Call on the UN Human Rights Council to Condemn Human Rights Abuses in Saudi Arabia | Joint Oral Statement
21/09/2015
Full PDF Version A joint oral statement by Lawyers Rights Watch Canada, Lawyers for Lawyers and FIDH/OMCT called on Council to condemn gross, widespread and systemic human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia against human rights defenders. The statement was presented to the UN Human Rights Council … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia: WGAD Petition for Relief – Waleed Abulkhair | Petition
10/08/2015
Full PDF Version Human Rights Watch and the Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA - International Association of Lawyers) have joined this Petition for Relief filed 14 April 2015 by Lawyers Rights Watch Canada, Lawyers for Lawyers (the Netherlands), the Law Society of England and Wales (U.K.), the … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia: Raif Badawi – Arbitrary Detention and Illegal Treatment | Letter
30/06/2015
Full PDF Version Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, the Law Society of England and Wales, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) - within the framework of their joint programme the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders - … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia: Nomination of Waleed Abu Al-khair for the 2015 IBA Human Rights Award
30/05/2015
Nomination Form | Waleed Abu Al-Khair's CV The Registrar IBA Human Rights Award 2015 Via e-mail: hr@int-bar.org Friday, May 29, 2015 Re: Nomination of Waleed Abu Al-khair for the 2015 IBA Human Rights Award Nominators Lawyers for Lawyers P.O. Box 71 1007 JC AMSTERDAM The … [Read more...]
Press Release: Seven Human Rights Organisations Refer the Case of Lawyer Waleed Abu Al-Khair to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
15/04/2015
Full PDF Version Joint Press Release SAUDI ARABIA: Seven human rights organisations refer the case of lawyer Waleed Abu Al-Khair to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Paris-Geneva-Vancouver-Toronto-New York-Amsterdam-London, April 15, 2015. On the first anniversary of the … [Read more...]
Petition for Relief: In the matter of Waleed Abulkhair v. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
15/04/2015
Petition for Relief | Appendix Petition for Relief: In the matter of Waleed Abulkhair v. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. On the first anniversary of the detention of human rights lawyer Waleed Abu Al-Khair, organizations filed a Petition for Relief asking the UN Working Group on Arbitrary … [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...]
Messrs. Sulaiman al-Rashudi, lawyer, and others
26/03/2012
On February 3rd, 2007, at 3:00am, at least ten human rights defenders, including Messrs. Sulaiman al-Rashudi & Essam al-Basrawi - lawyers, Saud al-Hashimi - a doctor, Messrs. Musa al-Qirni and Abdel Rahman al-Shumayri - university professors, and Messrs. Abdelaziz al-Khariji and Al-Sharif Saif … [Read more...]
Sulieman al-Rushudi and others
24/02/2007
Re: Sulieman al-Rushudi and others To: King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, His Royal Highness Prince Naif bin 'Abdul'Aziz Al-Saud From: Darlene D.R. Kavka, member of LRWC Date: 2007-02-24 I am a lawyer practicing law in the Province of British Columbia, Canada and a member of the … [Read more...]
