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Thailand: NGOs Highlight Cases of Intimidation and Harassment Against Human Rights Lawyers Sirikan Charoensiri and Benjarat Meethien | Joint Letter
06/05/2016
Full PDF Version LRWC, the International Commission of Jurists and Lawyers for Lawyers highlight two cases of intimidation and harassment against human rights lawyers and call on the Lawyers Council of Thailand to urge Government authorities to respect and protect advocacy rights. 6 May … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia: Nomination of Waleed Abu Al-Khair for International Bar Association Human Rights Award
04/05/2016
Nomination 29 May 2015 - LRWC and Lawyers for Lawyers nominated lawyer Waleed Abu Al-Khair, imprisoned for peacefully advocacting for human rights in Saudi Arabia, for the International Bar Association Human Rights Award … [Read more...]
Turkey: Unlawful and Arbitrary Arrest and Detention of Ms. Ayşe Acinikli and Mr. Ramazan Demir | Joint Letter
04/05/2016
Full PDF Version LRWC and other international human rights organizations call on United Nations Special Rapporteurs to take action to ensure the release and withdrawal of charges against arbitrarily detained human rights lawyers Ms. Ayşe Acinikli and Mr. Ramazan Demir. … [Read more...]
Syria: Joint Appeal to Help Free Syrian Human Rights Defender Razan Zaitouneh and Her Colleagues on Her Birthday | Letter
29/04/2016
Full PDF (Arabic العربية) | Full PDF (English) Nineteen human rights groups worldwide again call for the location and release of four Syrian human rights defenders abducted and disappeared in December 2013: Razan Zaitouneh, her husband Wael Hamada, and Samira Khalil and Nazem … [Read more...]
Thailand: Five Years On, International Organizations Renew Call for Release of Somyot Phrueksakasemsuk | Letter
29/04/2016
Full PDF Version On the eve of the five-year anniversary of his detention, 16 international human rights organizations, condemn the ongoing and arbitrary deprivation of liberty of human rights defender Somyot Phrueksakasemsuk and call on Thailand’s authorities to immediately and unconditionally … [Read more...]
Viet Nam: NGOs Call on U.S. President to Use Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Talks to Urge Viet Nam to Abide by Its International Human Rights Obligations | Joint Letter
26/04/2016
Full PDF Version Non-government organizations call on the President of the U.S. to use talks about the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement to urge Viet Nam to release political prisoners, repeal laws that criminalize the exercise of internationally protected rights, legalize unions and … [Read more...]
Honduras: Canada Has Blood On Its Hands – Justice in Honduras Requires a U-Turn in Canadian Foreign Policy | Press Release
21/04/2016
PDF Version (English) | PDF Version (French) Canada Has Blood On Its Hands; Justice in Honduras Requires a U-Turn in Canadian Foreign Policy April 21, 2016 (Ottawa) Today, First Nations women leaders, legal and human rights activists called on the Canadian government to take a lead in … [Read more...]
Honduras: Canadian Human Rights Delegation to Speak About First-Hand Experience of Violence During Fact-Finding Mission to Honduras | Media Advisory
20/04/2016
Full PDF Version MEDIA ADVISORY April 19, 2016 Canadian human rights delegation to speak about first-hand experience of violence during fact-finding mission to Honduras A Canadian human rights delegation just back from a fact-finding visit to Honduras will hold a press conference to make … [Read more...]
LRWC, Mining Watch Canada, Rights Watch and Others Call for Justice in Honduras | Video
15/04/2016
LRWC, Mining Watch Canada, Rights Watch and others are calling for justice in Honduras. Videos can be viewed here. … [Read more...]
Canadian Delegation to Participate in the International Gathering Celebrating the Life of Berta Cáceres in Honduras | Press Release
15/04/2016
Full PDF Version Canadian Delegation to Participate in the International Gathering Celebrating the Life of Berta Cáceres in Honduras April 12, 2016 (Ottawa) Today, the ‘Canada Honduras Delegation for Justice, Land and Life’ is traveling to Tegucigalpa for the International Peoples Gathering … [Read more...]
