Egypt: Global Legal Community Stands in Solidarity with Egyptian Lawyer Mohamed el-Baqer | Joint statement
17/12/2021
Full .pdf statement On 17 December, Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada joined a global coalition of 31 lawyers' organizations and 134 individual lawyers and law students in a joint statement calling for the unconditional release of Egyptian human rights lawyer, Mohamed el-Baqer, charged with … [Read more...]
UN Human Rights Council: End reprisals against those engaging with the UN | Joint letter
05/10/2021
See full joint letter .pdf (ENG) (updated signatory list) Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada is among 30 NGOs participating in a 5 October 2021 joint letter sent to UN Human Rights Council members and observer States. Initiated by the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) seeking support for … [Read more...]
UN Human Rights Council: COVID-19 pandemic used to justify interference with lawyers | Joint oral statement
28/06/2021
Full Joint Oral Statment to the UN Human Rights Council UN Human Rights Council, 47th session Agenda Item 3 Interactive Dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers 28 June 2021 Joint Statement of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights … [Read more...]
Egypt: Detention and Disappearance of Mr. Ezzat Ghoneim | Letter
23/11/2018
Full PDF Version / Full Word Version Ezzat Ghonim Photo Credit: Middle East Monitor Thursday, November 22, 2018 President of the Arab Republic of Egypt H.E. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Office of the President Al Ittihadia Palace, Cairo, Egypt Mohamed Hossam Abdel-Rahim Minister of … [Read more...]
Egypt: Executions of 75 Defendants in Egypt | Letter
02/10/2018
Full PDF Version / Full Word Version Photo Credit: International Commission of Jurists 2 October 2018 President of the Arab Republic of Egypt H.E. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Office of the President Al Ittihadia Palace, Cairo, Egypt Mohamed Hossam Abdel-Rahim Minister of … [Read more...]
Canada/Egypt: Day of the Endangered Lawyer Recap | Event
08/02/2018
LRWC co-hosted three events across Canada on 24 and 31 January 2018 to commemorate and support the global Day of the Endangered Lawyer. LRWC’s participation was part of worldwide events in 34 cities to reflect on the personal and professional safety of lawyers around the world, who face mounting … [Read more...]
Egypt: Lawyer Mahienour el-Massry and trade unionist Moatasem Medhat Acquitted | News
16/01/2018
This post first originally posted on https://defendlawyers.wordpress.com/2018/01/14/egypt-breaking-news-mahienour-and-moatasem-acquitted/ Mahienour el-Massry Lawyer Mahienour el-Massry and trade unionist Moatasem Medhat have been acquitted on appeal by a court in Alexandria, the … [Read more...]
Egypt/Canada: Day of the Endangered Lawyer | Event | Halifax and Victoria, January 24 | Toronto, January 31
16/01/2018
For Halifax and Victoria: more information available here For Toronto: RSVP and more information available here HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA – JANUARY 24, 2018: Day of the Endangered Lawyer – International Experiences and Opportunities In honour of the Day of the Endangered … [Read more...]
Egypt: Immediately Release Lawyer Mahienour El-Massry | Joint Letter
05/12/2017
Full PDF Version L4L and LRWC are calling for the immediate release of prominent human rights lawyer Ms. Mahienour El-Massry, who was arrested on 18 November 2017 and has been transferred to a prison in Cairo far from her home base. Ms el-Massry faces illegitimate charges of participating in an … [Read more...]
Accountability for Non-Complying Council Members China, Egypt, the Philippines and Saudi Arabia | Oral Statement to the 35th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
07/06/2017
Full PDF Version Video Stream Available Here (starts at 38:50) … [Read more...]
