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Cameroon: Immediately Release and Remedy Arbitrary Detentions of Anglophone Rights Advocates | Letter
31/03/2017
Full PDF Version In response to protests against discrimination and marginalization of the English-speaking population and violations of the 1961 unification agreement, the Government has employed measures that violate international law obligations. A crackdown using measures that violate … [Read more...]
Philippines: Immediately Investigate and Remedy Arrest and Detention of Senator de Lima | Letter
29/03/2017
Full PDF Version Tuesday, March 28, 2017 H.E. Rodrigo Duterte President of the Republic, Malacañang Palace, JP Laurel St., San Miguel, Manila Philippines Fax: (+632) 742-1641 / 929-3968 E-mail: op@president.gov.ph; Dear President Duterte, Re: Impartial and timely investigation … [Read more...]
Waleed Abu al-Khair and Dr. Cindy Blackstock Awarded Law Society of Upper Canada Human Rights Award in Award Ceremony
21/03/2017
Event Promo Poster (PDF) Law Society Gazette Coverage Event Photo Album Event Webcast Archive The Law Society of Upper Canada awarded the 2016 Human Rights Award at a 22 February Event, honouring Human rights defenders Waleed Abu al-Khair and LRWC Member Cindy Blackstock, PhD for their … [Read more...]
Canada: Statement on Restoration of Canada’s Court Challenges Program | Joint Statement
20/03/2017
Full PDF Version (English) Full PDF Version (Français) 70 Canada-based organizations, including LRWC, endorsed a letter welcoming restoration of Canada’s Court Challenges Program (CCP) and objecting to expansion of the focus to include claims under sections 2, 3, 4, and 27 of the Charter. … [Read more...]
Pakistan: Investigate and Remedy Murder of Mohammad Jan Gigyani and Implement Measures to Protect Jurists | Letter
15/03/2017
Full PDF Version March 15, 2017 Mr. Mamnoon Hussain President of Pakistan President’s Secretariat Islamabad Pakistan Tel: +92 51 9204801, +92 51 9214171 Fax: +92 51 9207458 Email: publicmail@president.gov.pk Mr. Mian Nawaz Sharif Prime Minister Prime Minister … [Read more...]
Myanmar: Need for an International Commission of Inquiry, and an Independent, Self-Governing Legal Profession | Joint Oral Statement to the 34th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
13/03/2017
Full PDF Version Video Stream (Starts at 1:59:39) MYANMAR: Commission of Inquiry into persecution of Rohingya needed - The joint statement of LRWC, the ICJ and the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, supporting a Commission of Inquiry and called for a proper investigation of … [Read more...]
Colombia: Provide Effective Protection for Lawyers at Risk | Joint Letter
13/03/2017
Full PDF Version (Spanish) On 24 January lawyer Jhon Fredy Concha Valbuena was shot to death. On 1 February lawyer Jorge Enrique Belalcázar Gutierrez was shot and injured. Gutierrez had previously been denied protection measures by the National Protection Unit. In response to mounting violence … [Read more...]
Sudan: Immediately Release and Remedy Arbitrary Detention of Ms Tasneem Ahmed Taha El Zaki and Ms Nura Obeid Osman | Letter
09/03/2017
Full PDF Version Sudan: Ms Tasneem Ahmed Taha El Zaki, human rights lawyer and Ms Nura Obeid Osman, accountant have been detained since 27 December 2016 by the Sudanese Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) without charge or disclosure of the reasons for detention and are denied access to … [Read more...]
