Cambodia: Summons to appear in court issued against Mr. Chan Soveth, Human Rights Defender
19/08/2012
LRWC is increasingly alarmed by an escalating pattern of threats and judicial harassment of human rights defenders protesting violations of land rights in Cambodia. The most recent incident is a report that a summons to court has been sent to a human rights defender, Mr. Chan Soveth, a Senior … [Read more...]
Sri Lanka: PAIKIASOTHY SARAVANAMUTTU – Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Alternatives
26/03/2012
On 20 August 2009, Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu received an anonymous death threat. It had been typed in English and posted to his residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka. According to its contents, Saravanamuttu was being targeted because of information he purportedly supplied to the European Union with … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Revise or Abandon Draft NGO Law | Joint Press Release
22/12/2011
full statement PDF Joint Statement by Human Rights Watch, Global Witness, Freedom House, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Article 19, Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA), Civil Rights Defenders, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, Centre for Law and Democracy, … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Fourth Draft Law on Associations and NGOs | Joint Letter by LRWC and CLD
21/12/2011
View PDF: Cambodia: Fourth Draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations by LRWC and CLD 21 December 2011 H.E. Hun Sen Prime Minister Office of the Prime Minister Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia Fax: +855 23 36 06 66 / 855 23 88 06 24 (c/o Council of Ministers) Email: … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Fourth draft Law on Associations and NGOs
17/11/2011
Re: Fourth draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations To: Prime Minister Hun Sen, et al From: Toby Mendel, Centre for Law and Democracy and Gail Davidson, LRWC Date: 2011-11-17 We are writing on behalf of Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) and the Centre for Law and … [Read more...]
Mexico: Cara Gibbons: Recalling the Rule of Law | Video
28/03/2011
Recalling the Rule of Law: A report on the protection of human rights defenders and the rule of law in Guerrero and Oaxaca, Mexico Cara Gibbons, LRWC Director & Mexico Monitor … [Read more...]
Mexico: ALBA CRUZ
17/01/2011
Re: ALBA CRUZ To: Lic. José Francisco Blake Mora et al. From: Cara Gibbons, Director LRWC Date: 2011-01-17 I am writing, as a Director of LRWC and the country monitor for Mexico, in response to information obtained from Amnesty International indicating that Lic. ALBA CRUZ, a lawyer … [Read more...]
Mexico: Investigation of the shooting death of human rights lawyer Digna Ochoa y Plácido
24/11/2010
Re: Investigation of the shooting death of human rights lawyer Digna Ochoa y Plácido Report of the Procuraduria de Justicia del Destrito Federal To: Lic. Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa & Lic. Miguel Ángel Mancera Espinosa From: Gail Davidson and Leo McGrady Date: … [Read more...]
