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Colombia: Immediately Implement Protections for Human Rights Defenders | Joint Letter
16/12/2016
Full PDF Version (English) Full PDF Version (Spanish) Juan Manuel Santos Calderon President of the Republic of Colombia Palacio de Nariño Carrera 8 No. 7 – 26 Bogotá - Colombia 14 December 2016 Dear President Santos, Re: Letter of concern regarding the rise in killings and … [Read more...]
Viet Nam: Organizations Renew Call for Release of Human Rights Lawyer Nguyen Van Dai, Arbitrarily Detained for One Year | Joint Statement
15/12/2016
Full PDF Version Vietnamese human rights lawyer arbitrarily detained for the last year December 16, 2016 The Vietnamese government must immediately and unconditionally release human rights lawyer and blogger Nguyen Van Dai who has been arbitrarily detained for a year without access … [Read more...]
Thailand: Thailand must cease prosecution of human rights defenders | Press Release
12/12/2016
Full PDF Version For Immediate Release December 12, 2016 Thailand must cease prosecution of human rights defenders Global coalition of 110 organizations call on Prime Minister Prayut for reforms Thailand’s use of criminal defamation laws and the Computer Crimes Act to … [Read more...]
Thailand: 110 Signatories Condemn Conviction of Human Rights Defender Andy Hall and Call Upon Thailand to Protect Human Rights Defenders | Joint Letter
09/12/2016
Full PDF Version (English) Full PDF Version (Thai) Following the conviction of Andy Hall, a coalition of 110 signatories, including 60 civil society organizations, 28 unions and worker organizations, 13 companies and 9 members of the European Parliament, endorsed an open letter calling on Thailand … [Read more...]
Pakistan: Investigate and Remedy Murder of Lawyer Bilal Anwar Kasi and Sandeman Civil Hospital Quetta Bomb Attack | Letter
09/12/2016
Full PDF Version Mass murders of lawyers in Quetta, Balochistan Province, Pakistan, on 8 August 2016 remain unresolved with investigations incomplete, mired in controversy and conflicting reports and no suspects apprehended or charged. Friday, December 9, 2016 Mr. Mamnoon … [Read more...]
Syria: NGOs Renew Call for Release of Douma 4, Human Rights Activists Missing for Three Years | Joint Statement
09/12/2016
Full PDF Version (English) Full PDF Version (Arabic) On the 3rd Anniversary of the abduction and enforced disappearance of Razan Zaitouneh, Samira Al-Khalil, Wa’el Hamada and Nazim Hammadi in Douma, 56 NGOs from many countries, call on the armed groups in control of the Douma area and the … [Read more...]
Sudan: LRWC Renews Calls for Release of Human Rights Defenders | Letter
29/11/2016
Full PDF Version 9 November 2016 HE Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir Office of the President People’s Palace PO Box 281 Khartoum, Sudan Mohamed Bushara Dousa Ministry of Justice PO Box 302, Al Nil Avenue Khartoum, Sudan Email : moj@moj.gov.sd Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamid Ministry of … [Read more...]
Turkey: Law Society of England and Wales Update on Trial of Kurdish Lawyers | Report
29/11/2016
Full PDF Version The Human Rights Committee of the Law Society of England and Wales (HRC/LSEW) has been monitoring the arrests and mass trial of 46 lawyers since November 2011. Tony Fisher, Chair of the HRC/LSEW has produced a update on the trial following the 14 November court … [Read more...]
Vietnam: LRWC and Other NGOs Petition UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to Recommend Release of Nguyen Van Dai
29/11/2016
Full PDF Version Viet Nam - NGOs have asked the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention for a ruling that prominent human rights lawyer Nguyễn Văn Đài is arbitrarily detained and to recommend his immediate release. The Complaint filed 25 November 2016, identifies and provides examples of … [Read more...]
Viet Nam: Annexes in Support of WGAD Complaint for Release of Nguyen Van Dai
29/11/2016
Viet Nam – NGOs have asked the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention for a ruling that prominent human rights lawyer Nguyễn Văn Đài is arbitrarily detained and to recommend his immediate release. The Complaint filed 25 November 2016, identifies and provides examples of Viet Nam’s abuse of Nguyen’s … [Read more...]
