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Thailand: ICJ and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada intervene in criminal defamation proceeding against Thai journalist Suchanee Rungmuanporn (Cloitre) | Amicus Brief
27/04/2020
Full Amicus Brief (English) | Full Amicus Brief (Thai) On 27 April 2020, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) submitted a joint amicus curiae brief to Thailand’s Court of Appeal in the appeal from conviction for criminal defamation of journalist, Ms. … [Read more...]
China: Wang Quanzhang should be free to join his family | Joint Statement
20/04/2020
Full PDF Version (English) Full PDF Version (Chinese) Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang endured more than 1200 days of arbitrary detention in the absence of any due process and in January 2019 was sentenced to four and a half years in prison. Wang was released on 5 April 2020 … [Read more...]
China: Landmark Decision from London People’s Tribunal | Article
20/04/2020
Landmark Decision from London People’s Tribunal[*] Clive Ansley[**] For almost thirty years, China has been running a hugely lucrative Murder for Organs Industry in which scores of thousands of China’s citizens are systematically examined for blood type, tissue type, and organ condition, … [Read more...]
COVID-19: Canada must ensure compliance with international law | Joint Letter
15/04/2020
Read the full letter here (.pdf) Human rights oversight of COVID-19 responses is needed, say 154 Canadian organizations and 147 academics, former politicians, faith leaders and other individual experts. The joint letter, sent to Canadian officials on 14 April 2020, calls on Canada to ensure that … [Read more...]
Don’t Violate Human Rights While Responding to COVID-19, Say 33 NGOs | Joint Statement
09/04/2020
Full PDF (ENG) | Meeting Webcast Human Rights Council virtual informal conversation with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Joint NGO statement on civil and political rights Thursday, 09 April 2020 Civil society’s call to states: we are in this together, don’t violate human … [Read more...]
US: Call to Immediately Lift US Sanctions Against Iran and Venezuela | Letter
09/04/2020
Full PDF (ENG) / Full PDF (SPA) 218 human rights groups and individuals call on the United States to immediately lift US sanctions against Iran and Venezuela and to keep the sanctions suspended or cancelled at least until the World Health Organization declares each country free of COVID-19. 17 … [Read more...]
China: Joint Statement Concerning the Personal Freedom of Wang Quanzhang After His Release | Joint Statement
04/04/2020
Full PDF (ENG) / Full PDF (CHN) 3 April 2020 Joint Statement Concerning the Personal Freedom of Wang Quanzhang After His Release Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang is expected to be released after completing his sentence on 5 April 2020. Wang Quanzhang was arrested during … [Read more...]
Philippines: Lawyers Killed and Attacked With Murderous Intent | Updated list
31/03/2020
Full .pdf report List of Attorneys, Prosecutors, Judges, and Legal Workers Attacked With Murderous Intent in the Philippines During the Duterte Government Since July 2016 As of 28 February 2020 Compiled by the IAPL Monitoring Committee on Attacks on Lawyers[1] in cooperation with … [Read more...]
Turkey: Call for Action to Protect Prisoners from COVID19 Pandemic | Letter
25/03/2020
Full PDF (ENG) Photo Credit: University of Dayton 25 March 2020 TURKEY: CALL FOR ACTION TO PROTECT PRISONERS FROM COVID19 PANDEMIC On March 11, the World Health Organisation (WHO) characterized the outbreak of COVID-19 a “global pandemic”. Looking at the confirmed infection rates we … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia: Samar Badawi Nomination for Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award
21/03/2020
Full PDF (ENG) Samar Badawi, human rights activist ROBERT F. KENNEDY HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD NOMINATION February 14, 2020 Submitted on February 6, 2020. Nominee: Samar Badawi Country: Saudi Arabia Email: Website: Organization: Position at Organization: Phone (add country code if outside … [Read more...]
