Zimbabwe: Ongoing Prosecution of Beatrice Mtetwa | Letter
07/11/2013
Full PDF Version 31 October 2013 Khembo Mohadi Minister of Home Affairs 11th Floor, Mukwati Building Private Bag 7703, Causeway, HARARE, ZIMBABWE Mr. Johannes Tomana, Attorney-General, Office of the Attorney, PO Box 7714, Causeway, HARARE, ZIMBABWE Dear Minister, Re: Ms. … [Read more...]
Bangladesh: Follow-Up Letter Regarding the Arbitrary Arrest and Ongoing Detention of Mr. Adilur Rahman Khan | Letter
10/10/2013
Full PDF Version 10th October 2013 Ms. Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister, Office of the Prime Minister, Gona Bhaban, Old Sangsad Bhaban, Tejgaon, Dhaka, Bangladesh Fax: +880 2 8113243, Email: info@pmo.gov.bd Mr. Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir, Minister for Home Affairs, Ministry of … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Killing & Attacks on Demonstrators; Violations of rights to freedoms of assembly and expression | Letter
26/09/2013
Full pdf version H.E. Hun Sen Prime Minister Office of the Prime Minister Phnom Penh, Cambodia Fax: +855 23 36 06 66 / 855 23 88 06 24 (C/o Council of Ministers); email: leewood_phu@nida.gov.kh; cppparty@gmail.com H.E. Sar Kheng Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of … [Read more...]
Independent civil society organizations and democracy: Thailand, Cambodia | Oral Statement at the UN Human Rights Council
16/09/2013
See full statement .pdf Date: 16 September, 2013 HRC section: Agenda Item 3 General Debate Speaker: Ms. Vani Selvarajah Oral Statement to the 24th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), a non-governmental organization in special consultative … [Read more...]
Bangladesh: Arbitrary Arrest, Detention, and Prosecution of Mr. Adilur Rahman Khan | Letter
10/09/2013
Full PDF Version 10 September 2013 Ms. Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister, Office of the Prime Minister, Gona Bhaban, Old Sangsad Bhaban, Tejgaon, Dhaka, Bangladesh Fax: +880 2 8113243, Email: info@pmo.gov.bd Mr. Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir, Minister for Home Affairs, Ministry of Home … [Read more...]
Sri Lanka Human Rights Defender Sunila Abeyasekara | Oral Statement to the Human Rights Council
09/09/2013
Full Statement pdf Date: 9 September 2013 Item 2: General Debate Speaker: Gary Anandasangaree Mr. President, Madam High Commissioner, Your Excellencies You are all too familiar with the work of Sunila Abeyasekara. The name is synonymous with human rights in Sri Lanka – a mission that … [Read more...]
Colombia: Paramilitaries Threaten Trade Unionists and Human Rights Defenders | Letter
27/08/2013
Full PDF Version August 23, 2013 President Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia Palacio de Nariño Carrera 8 No.7-26 Bogotá, Colombia Fax: 011 57 1 596 0631 & Mail Rafael Pardo Rueda Minister of Labor Calle 14 No. 99-33 Bogotá, Colombia Dear President Santos and … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Arbitrary Detention of Human Rights Defender Mr. Kuch Veng | Letter
15/08/2013
This letter follows up on our letters of 23 May 2013 and 22 July 2013 concerning Mr. Kuch Veng. On 19 May 2013, Mr Kuch Veng, a land rights activist, community forestry leader and member of the Community Peace Network, was arrested by four police officers at Kbal Trach commune, Krako district, … [Read more...]
United States: International law duty to release Lynne Stewart for medical treatment | Letter
14/08/2013
LRWC writes a letter to Mr. Eric Holder, the US Attorney General, and Mr. Charles E. Samuels Jr., Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, to highlight the legal duty of the United States, under international law, to ensure that Lynne Stewart is released immediately for the treatment recommended … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Petition to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Regarding the Arbitrary Detention of Yorm Bopha | Petition
12/08/2013
Full PDF Version EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Petition requests the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to render an Opinion that the arrest and detention of Ms. Yorm Bopha, amounts to arbitrary detention. Ms. Yorm Bopha is a human rights defender. She is a resident of the … [Read more...]
