Open letter calling for global ban on biometric recognition technologies that enable mass and discriminatory surveillance | Joint open letter
09/06/2021
Full pdf statement | List of 179 signatories from 55 countries | Join the campaign LRWC has joined 179 signatories from 55 countries in an open letter released 7 June 2021 calling for a global ban on the uses of facial biometric recognition technologies that enable mass surveillance and … [Read more...]
South Sudan: Immediately Reveal Whereabouts and Guarantee Safety of Lawyer Dong Samuel Luak | Letter
12/12/2017
Full PDF Version Dong Samuel Luak, a prominent South Sudanese lawyer and human rights activist was arrested by Kenya authorities on January 23, 2017. He has fled from South Sudan to Kenya in August 2013 after receiving death threats for his work as a lawyer and was a registered refugee with the … [Read more...]
South Sudan: Immediately Release Disappeared Lawyer Dong Samuel Luak and Aggrey Idri | Letter
01/06/2017
Full PDF Version June 1, 2017 President of the Republic of South Sudan Silva Kiir Mayardit c/o Permanent Mission of the Republic of South Sudan to the United Nations 336 East 45th Street, 5th Floor New York, NY 10017, USA Minister for National Security in the Office of the … [Read more...]
Kenya: Guarantee Protection of Lawyer Simon Lilan and Investigate and Remedy Enforced Disappearances and Extra-Judicial Killings | Letter
31/01/2017
Full PDF Version 31 January 2017 Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta President of the Republic of Kenya Email: president@statehousekenya.go.ke Hon. William Ruto Deputy-President of the Republic of Kenya Email: dp@deputypresident.go.ke Hon. Joseph Nkaissery Interior & Coordination … [Read more...]
Kenya: Immediately Investigate and Remedy Enforced Disappearance of Lawyer Simon Lilan | Letter
15/01/2017
Full PDF Version Saturday, January 14, 2017 Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta President of the Republic of Kenya Email: president@statehousekenya.go.ke Hon. William Ruto Deputy-President of the Republic of Kenya Email: dp@deputypresident.go.ke Hon. Joseph Nkaissery Interior & … [Read more...]
Kenya: Law Society of Kenya’s Response to Murder of Willie Kimani | Letter
19/08/2016
Full PDF Version The High Court of Kenya ruled that lawyer Willie Kimani, his client Josephat Mwenda and their driver Joseph Muiruri were abducted and executed by police and allowed the Law Society of Kenya to seek compensation on behalf of the victims' families. Wednesday, August 17, … [Read more...]
Kenya: Enforced Disappearance and Extra-Judicial Killing of Lawyer Willie Kimani | Letter
21/07/2016
Full PDF Version 21 July 2016 Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta President of the Republic of Kenya State House, Statehouse Road P.O. Box: 40530 00100, Nairobi, Kenya Email: president@statehousekenya.go.ke Hon. William Ruto Deputy-President of the Republic of Kenya Office of The Deputy … [Read more...]
