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Lesotho: Security Situation of Lawyers and Independence of the Legal Profession | Joint Letter
03/12/2015
Six lawyers, who act on behalf of 23 soldiers suspected of plotting a coup, have been harassed by the Lesotho Defence Forces who have threatened the lawyers, prevented them from consulting with clients, and kept them under survelllance. Five of the lawyers were named in a 'hit list' distributed … [Read more...]
Turkey: Tragic Killing of Tahir Elçi | Obituary
02/12/2015
Deeply shocked we are by the brutal killing on 28 November of our colleague lawyer TAHİR ELÇİ who was President of the Diyarbakır Bar Association. We, the undersigned, lawyers organizations from all over the world would like to pay our condolences to his family and colleagues with whom he worked on … [Read more...]
Syria: Fears for Life of Free Expression Advocate – Bassel Khartabil, in Undiscloed Location, May Face Death Sentence | Joint Letter
20/11/2015
Full PDF Version LRWC and 35 other international human rights organizations call for the release of Syrian freedom of expression advocate, Bassel Khartabil, arbitrarily detained since 12 March 2012 and now feared to have been disappeared as of 3 October 2015 and possibly sentenced to death by an … [Read more...]
Bahrain: European Parliament Urges Bahrain’s King to Lift Nabeel Rajab’s Travel Ban and Drop Charges | Joint Letter
19/11/2015
Full PDF (English) | Full PDF (French) LRWC joined 20 other international human rights organizations in an open letter (in English and French) calling for the withdrawal of all charges against prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab and removal of the ban that prevents him from … [Read more...]
Israel: Arbitrary Detention of Mohammed Allan | Letter
09/11/2015
Full PDF Version Wednesday, October 21, 2015 Minister of Public Security Gilad Erdan Kiryat Hamemshala PO Box 18182 Jerusalem 91181, Israel Fax: 011 972 2 584 7872 Email: gerdan@knesset.gov.il Director General, Ministry of Health Moshe Bar Siman Tov 2 Ben-Tabai St. P.O.B. … [Read more...]
Syria: No Word on Activist’s Whereabouts | Report
04/11/2015
Full PDF Version (English) | Full PDF Version (Arabic) Syria: No Word on Activist’s Whereabouts Bassel Khartabil Transferred to Undisclosed Location on October 3 (Beirut, November 4, 2015) – Syria’s authorities have yet to disclose the whereabouts of Bassel Khartabil, a software … [Read more...]
Canada: Canada’s Failure to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Report
31/10/2015
Full PDF Version CANADA’S FAILURE TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS by Gail Davidson and Rohan Shah Introduction Climate change scientific literature accepts that human activity, principally deforestation and the extraction and combustion of fossil fuels, has … [Read more...]
Colombia: Colombia Caravana 2014 – Judges at Risk – Report of the Judge Delegates of the Colombia Caravana | Report
28/10/2015
Full PDF Version The IV International Caravana Delegation of Lawyers to Colombia visited Colombia from August 23 to August 31, 2014. About 70 members from 12 countries, including five judges, visited seven regions: Bucaramanga, Buenaventura, Cali, Cartagena, Medellín, Pasto and Santa Marta. The … [Read more...]
Turkey: Arrest and Investigation of Human Rights Lawyer Tahir Elçi | Letter
22/10/2015
Full PDF Version October 21, 2015 OPEN LETTER Mr. Kenan İpek, Minister of Justice Ministry of Justice Adalet Bakanligi 06659 ANKARA, Turkey Mr. Ahmet Davutoğlu Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey Cad. No:8 Balgat 06100 ANKARA, Turkey Your Excellencies, Re: Arrest … [Read more...]
Israel: Arbitrary Detention of Mohammed Allan | Letter
21/10/2015
Wednesday, October 21, 2015 Minister of Public Security Gilad Erdan Kiryat Hamemshala PO Box 18182 Jerusalem 91181, Israel Fax: 011 972 2 584 7872 Email: gerdan@knesset.gov.il Director General, Ministry of Health Moshe Bar Siman Tov 2 Ben-Tabai St. P.O.B. 1176 Jerusalem 91010, … [Read more...]
