Mexico: SAMUEL ALFONSO CASTELLANOS PIÑÓN – Lawyer; BEATRIZ CASAS ARELLANES – Lawyer

26/12/2003

Samuel Alfonso Castellanos Piñón and Beatriz Casas Arellanes are lawyers working with the Oaxaca regional office of Acción de los Cristianos para la Abolición de la Tortura, (ACAT), Christian Action for the Abolition of Torture. In October 2002 the two lawyers officially took over the defence of … [Read more...]

Mexico: EVANGELINA ARCE – human rights defender

30/05/2003

Evangelina Arce is a member of the Comité Independiente de Derechos Humanos de Chihuahua, Independent Committee of Human Rights in Chihuahua, Mexico, a nonprofit NGO. On April 30, 2003 Evangelina was assaulted in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua state, Mexico. The three unidentified men who assaulted her … [Read more...]

Lawyers and the rule of law on trial – sedition in Malaysia

01/01/2000

View the PDF version of the report. Davidson, Gail, Friesen, Tami and Jackson, Michael Q.C. I THE POLITICAL BACKGROUND I.1 The Circumstances of the Charge I.2 The Charge II THE HISTORY OF SEDITION ACT PROSECUTIONS IN MALAYSIA III SEDITION IN COMMON LAW JURISDICTIONS IV MALAYSIAN … [Read more...]

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