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Full PDF Version June 6, 2019 Members of the Senate Standing Committee on Aboriginal Peoples The Senate of Canada Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A4 By email to all members of the committee Dear Senators, Bill C-262 must be approved by the Senate immediately Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada … [Read more...]
Full PDF Version Nazha Al Khalidi, journalist and human rights defender 6 June 2019 Hon. Mohamed Aujjar Minister of Justice Moroccan Ministry of Justice Mamounieh Square, PO Box 1015 Rabat, Morocco Fax: +212 (0) 537 705 914 Email: entraidejcivil@justice.gov.ma, … [Read more...]
Full Report (PDF) On June 3, 2019, the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights and the Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa released their long awaited joint report, “The Unfolding Crisis in Cameroon” . The report highlights the ongoing crisis between the minority Anglophone … [Read more...]
PDF Version (ENG) / PDF Version (FR) 205 – 4770 avenue Kent, Montréal (Québec) Canada H3W 1H2 514-735-8778 – info@rwchr.org MEDIA ADVISORY The Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights (RWCHR) in partnership with Montreal’s Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS), Amnesty … [Read more...]
Full PDF Version See the World Through Their Eyes Exposing the human rights catastrophe and evidence of crimes against humanity Date: June 3, 2019 Time: 4:20PM Location: Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec Support the struggle for human rights in Cameroon. Register at … [Read more...]
Full PDF Version Omar Khadr 22 May 2019 Mr. Mark Strahl Member of Parliament House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6 Email: mark.strahl@parl.gc.ca Dear Mr. Strahl; Re: Your statement, “The PM has no problem apologizing to Omar Khadr a convicted terrorist…” to the House of … [Read more...]
Full PDF Version 21 May 2019 Members of the Senate Standing Committee on Aboriginal Peoples The Senate of Canada Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A4 By email to all members of the committee Dear Senators, Urging immediate committee deliberation on Bill C-262 towards urgent passage by the … [Read more...]
Full PDF Version Dr. Şebnem Korur Fincancı, human rights defender Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) and Scholars at Risk (SAR) object to the prosecution, conviction and detention of Dr. Fincanci and others for endorsing a declaration released in January 2016 (Peace Declaration) critical of … [Read more...]
Full PDF (ENG) / Full PDF (CHN) Release and reversal of convictions for pro-democracy advocates in Hong Kong Immediate release 27 April 2019 - Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) [1] is a committee of lawyers and others who promote international human rights through advocacy, education and … [Read more...]
Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo Photo Credit: The Globe and Mail May 7 2018 Journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were freed on 7 May 2019 after 500 days in prison as part of amnesty granted for 6,520 prisoners. Read more about LRWC Successes … [Read more...]
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