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Turkey: Law Society of England and Wales Calls for Re-Instatement of and Due Process for 2,745 Dismissed Judges | Letter
25/07/2016
Full PDF Version The Law Society of England and Wales in a letter endorsed by LRWC, calls for re-instatement of and due process for the more than 2,700 judges summarily dismissed on 16 July 2016. The dismissals, which took place immediately after what is referred to as the ‘attempted coup,’ were … [Read more...]
Kenya: Enforced Disappearance and Extra-Judicial Killing of Lawyer Willie Kimani | Letter
21/07/2016
Full PDF Version 21 July 2016 Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta President of the Republic of Kenya State House, Statehouse Road P.O. Box: 40530 00100, Nairobi, Kenya Email: president@statehousekenya.go.ke Hon. William Ruto Deputy-President of the Republic of Kenya Office of The Deputy … [Read more...]
Bahrain: NGOs Call for Human Rights Abuses to Be Addressed in the Forthcoming EU-GCC Ministerial Meeting | Joint Letter
18/07/2016
Full PDF Version In a joint letter released 18 July 2016, LRWC and other human rights organizations called on EU ministers to use the EU-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Ministerial Meeting to pressure the Bahraini government into ending the suppression of dissent and raise concerns with the GCC over … [Read more...]
Viet Nam: Arbitrary Arrest and Incommunicado Detention of Nguyễn Văn Đài | Letter
04/07/2016
Full PDF Version Monday, July 4, 2016 Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Palais des Nations CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland Email: InfoDesk@ohchr.org Dear High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al … [Read more...]
Canada: The Case for Replacing the 2002 Legal Services Society Act – Part II: A Call to Action | Article
04/07/2016
Full PDF Version "The Case for Replacing the 2002 Legal Services Society Act - Part II: A Call to Action" appears in the July 2016 edition of the Advocate (74 Advocate 529). This article was authored by the Honourable M. Anne Rowles and Connor Bildfell. A full PDF of this article is available … [Read more...]
Canada: Recommendations for Reforming Canada’s Access to Information Act | Submissions
04/07/2016
Full PDF Version In response to the Government of Canada’s invitation for feedback on proposals for the reform of access to information, LRWC and the BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association joined the submissions for reform prepared by the Centre for Law and Democracy. … [Read more...]
Canada: The Case for Replacing the 2002 Legal Services Society Act – Part I: Tracking the Trajectory of Legal Aid in BC | Article
29/06/2016
Full PDF Version "The Case for Replacing the 2002 Legal Services Society Act - Part I: Tracking the Trajectory of Legal Aid in British Columbia" appears in the May 2016 edition of the Advocate (74 Advocate 355). This article was authored by the Honourable M. Anne Rowles and Connor Bildfell. A full … [Read more...]
Turkey: Right to Pre-Trial Release in the Matter of Imprisoned Lawyers in Turkey
28/06/2016
Full PDF Version Lawyers in Turkey are being subjected to arbitrary arrest and detention and judicial harassment for merely defending their clients’ rights in politically sensitive cases. As a signatory to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the European … [Read more...]
Vietnam: Right to Pre-Trial Release in the Matter of Le Quoc Quan
28/06/2016
Full PDF Version (English) Full PDF Version (Vietnamese/tiếng Việt) Mr. Le Quoc Quan, a qualified lawyer, active blogger and human rights defender, is currently arbitrarily detained by the Government of Viet Nam due to having exercised his right to freedom of expression, right to freedom … [Read more...]
