Turkey: Unlawful and Arbitrary Arrest and Detention of Ms. Ayşe Acinikli and Mr. Ramazan Demir | Joint Letter
04/05/2016
Full PDF Version LRWC and other international human rights organizations call on United Nations Special Rapporteurs to take action to ensure the release and withdrawal of charges against arbitrarily detained human rights lawyers Ms. Ayşe Acinikli and Mr. Ramazan Demir. … [Read more...]
Bahrain: Zainab Al-Khawaja – Release, Withdraw Charges and Remove Convictions | Letter
17/03/2016
Full PDF Version Thursday, March 17, 2016 Shaikh Hamad bin 'Issa Al Khalifa King of Bahrain Office of His Majesty the King P.O. Box 555, Rifa’a Palace, Al-Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain Prince Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa Prime Minister Kingdom of Bahrain Al-Manama, Kingdom of … [Read more...]
Honduras: Murder of Ms. Berta Cáceres and Ill-Treatment of Witness and Injured party, Mr. Gustavo Castro Soto | Letter
11/03/2016
Full PDF Version 11 March 2016 H.E. Juan Orlando Hernández Presidente de la República Casa Presidencial Bulevar Juan Pablo II Tegucigalpa, Honduras Email: info@presidencia.gob.hn Dear President, Re: Murder of Ms. Berta Cáceres and ill-treatment of witness and injured party, Mr. … [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...]
Honduras: Assassination of Berta Cáceres | Letter
04/03/2016
Full PDF Version Thursday, March 3, 2016 Attorney General of the Republic: Óscar Fernando Chinchilla Lomas del Guijarro Avenida República Dominicana Edificio Lomas Plaza II Tegucigalpa, Honduras Fax: 011 504 2 221 5667 Email: daniela.marine2@hotmail.com Chief of the Armed Forces of … [Read more...]
China: Arbitrary Conviction and Sentencing of Mr. Shu Xiangxin | Letter
27/01/2016
Full PDF Version Thursday, January 28, 2016 Xi Jinping General Secretary, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) The State Council General Office 2 Fuyoujie Xichengqu Beijingshi 100017 People's Republic of China Guo Shengkun Minister of Public Security No.14, … [Read more...]
Bahrain: Dr. Abduljalil al-Singace – Need for Immediate Medical Attention in a Private Hospital | Letter
22/01/2016
Full PDF Version Thursday, January 21, 2016 Shaikh Hamad bin 'Issa Al Khalifa King of Bahrain Office of His Majesty the King P.O. Box 555, Rifa’a Palace, Al-Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain Prince Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa Prime Minister Kingdom of Bahrain Al-Manama, Kingdom of … [Read more...]
Bahrain: NGOs Call for Removal of Ban Preventing Nabeel Rajab from Leaving Bahrain | Letter
21/01/2016
Full PDF (English) | Full PDF (Arabic) LRWC joined 26 other NGOs to call for the removal of a ban preventing prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab from leaving Bahrain. The travel ban has no legal justification, there having been no judicial determination that Mr. Rajab was likely to … [Read more...]
Malaysia: Drop charges against human rights defender Lena Hendry | Joint letter
10/12/2015
Joint Letter to the Prime Minister (full text pdf) | Joint letter to the Attorney General (full text pdf) Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada was among twelve human rights organizations that co-signed letters to Malaysia's Prime Minister and Attorney General expressing deep concern about the decision … [Read more...]
Bahrain: European Parliament Urges Bahrain’s King to Lift Nabeel Rajab’s Travel Ban and Drop Charges | Joint Letter
19/11/2015
Full PDF (English) | Full PDF (French) LRWC joined 20 other international human rights organizations in an open letter (in English and French) calling for the withdrawal of all charges against prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab and removal of the ban that prevents him from … [Read more...]
