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Saudi Arabia: Over 50 Human Rights Groups Call for Immediate Release of Women’s Rights Defenders | Letter
04/03/2019
Full PDF Version Loujain Al-Hathloul (left), Aziza Al-Yousef, Eman Al-Nafjan, Samar Badawi (right) Over 50 NGOs including LRWC sent a letter on 19 February 2019 to over 30 Ministers of Foreign Affairs of UN Member States calling for adoption of a resolution at the 40th session of the UN Human … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia: Nomination of Waleed Abu Al-khair for the Lawyers for Lawyers Human Rights Award 2019
03/03/2019
Full PDF Version Waleed Abu al-Khair of Saudi Arabia Nomination for the Lawyers for Lawyers Human Rights Award 2019 Nominee: Waleed Abu al-Khair of Saudi Arabia Nominator: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada References: Daniel N. Arshak and Tony Fisher Summary of Work of Nominee Waleed … [Read more...]
Turkey: Release Selçuk Kozağaçlı and 11 Other Lawyers from Arbitrary Detention | Letter
01/03/2019
Full PDF Version Selçuk Kozağaçlı, Turkish lawyer Wednesday, February 27, 2019 Mr. Abdulhamit Gül Minister of Justice 06659 Kizilay Ankara, Turkey Tel: +90 (0312) 417 77 70 Fax: +90 (0312) 419 33 70 Email: info@adelet.gov.tr President of Turkey Recep Tayyip … [Read more...]
Cameroon: Mancho Bibixy Tse – LRWC reply to Cameroon’s letters of 24, 27 & 28 January 2019 | WGAD
16/02/2019
Full PDF Version Mancho Bibixy Tse, broadcast journalist In the Matter of Mancho Bibixy Tse Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) Reply to The Republic of Cameroon (Cameroon) letters dated 24, 27 & 28 January 2019 To The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) Re … [Read more...]
Cameroon: Deprivation of Liberty of Mancho Bixiby Tse | WGAD
16/02/2019
Full PDF Version Mancho Bibixy Tse, broadcast journalist Lucie Viersma Secretary Working Group on Aribtrary Detention United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Palais des Nations, 121 Geneva 10, Switzerland Tuesday, February 5 2019 5 February … [Read more...]
New Lawsuits Brought by Thammakaset Company Limited Against Human Rights Defenders | Joint Letter
13/02/2019
See LRWC press release | See full .pdf letter February 14, 2019 Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha Office of the Permanent Secretary, Prime Minister’s Office Royal Thai Government Government House 1 Pitsanulok Road Dusit, Bangkok 10300 Thailand RE: New Lawsuits Brought by … [Read more...]
Eighty-nine organizations denounce SLAPP-suits against human rights defenders by Thai poultry corporation | Press release
13/02/2019
See .docx version of Press.Release For immediate release (updated 14 February 2019) Bangkok, 14 February 2019 – Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada is one of 89 international, regional, and local organizations from around the world that signed a joint letter to Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut … [Read more...]
Sudan: Continued Arrest and Detention of Peaceful Protesters and Human Rights Defenders | Letter
08/02/2019
Full PDF Version LRWC welcomes the government’s recent announcement of the release of 186 detained protesters. However, we note that hundreds remain in detention and news reports indicate that the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) continues to arrest and detain lawyers and human … [Read more...]
Viet Nam: Human Rights Committee Consideration of the Implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by Viet Nam | Report
06/02/2019
Full PDF Version Vo An Don (left), Le Quoc Quan, Nguyen Van Dai (right) Viet Nam – The UN Human Rights Committee, during its 125th Session on 4-19 March 2019, will review Viet Nam’s compliance with the its legal obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. … [Read more...]
China: Wrongful Conviction and Sentencing of Human Rights Lawyer Wang Quanzhang | Letter
06/02/2019
Full PDF Version / Full Word Version Wang Quanzhang, Human Rights Lawyer LRWC joined the Union Internationale des Avocats, the German Bar Association, the Law Society of England and Wales and Lawyers for Lawyers to object to the wrongful conviction and sentencing of lawyer Wang Quanzhang in … [Read more...]
