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Saudi Arabia: Raif Badawi released | Update
15/03/2022
Raif Badawi released after 10 years of arbitrary detention but he remains subject to 10-year travel ban Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada welcomes the 11 March 2022 release of blogger and human rights defender Mr. Raif Badawi, now 38, after serving a ten-year prison sentence. He was also sentenced to … [Read more...]
UN Human Rights Council: Turkey: Abuse of anti-terrorism laws to arbitrarily detain human rights lawyers and defenders | Joint oral statement
15/03/2022
Full pdf statement See the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Counter Terrorism. See LRWC's statement at 01:51:24 Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 3: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Interactive dialogue with the … [Read more...]
UN Human Rights Council: Torture of lawyers in China | Oral video statement
11/03/2022
Full .pdf statement See video of statement (at 28:23) See first part of the Interactive Dialogue at 02:27:50 Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 3: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or … [Read more...]
UN Human Rights Council: Situation of human rights in Colombia | Oral statement
08/03/2022
Full pdf statement See at 07:44:20. Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 2: General Debate Date: 8 March 2021 Speaker: Catherine Morris Oral Statement to the 49th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada … [Read more...]
UN Human Rights Council: OHCHR report on grave human rights violations in Xinjiang can wait no longer | Joint oral statement
08/03/2022
Full joint statement (.docx) | See joint letter released 8 March 2022 See the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights' Annual Update 8 March 2022. See Human Rights Watch video statement at 33:30 Joint statement: Item 2 General Debate on High Commissioner’s update OHCHR report on … [Read more...]
UN Human Rights Council: Pursuing Accountability and Justice in Sri Lanka | Oral video statement
07/03/2022
Full pdf statement See the debate on Sri Lanka beginning 4 March 2022. See video of continued debate 7 March 2022 (LRWC statement at 01:03:29) Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item: Item 2: Interactive Dialogue on the OHCHR report on Sri Lanka (HRC res. 46/2) Date: 3 March … [Read more...]
China: Arbitrarily detained lawyer Yu Wensheng released | Update
04/03/2022
Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada welcomes the news that Chinese human rights lawyer Mr. Yu Wensheng has been released from prison after completing a four year prison sentence for "inciting subversion of State power." He was reunited with his wife Ms. Xu Yan in Beijing. However, there are significant … [Read more...]
China: Yu Wensheng must be fully free on March 1st: No ‘non-release release’ from prison for Chinese human rights lawyer | Joint statement
16/02/2022
See the full statement in English or Chinese 余文生必须在3月1日获得完全的自由 中国维权律师的出狱不能是“伪释放” On 16 February 2022, LRWC joined a statement by ten human rights organizations, led by the International Service for Human Rights, urging China's government to ensure that lawyer Yu Wensheng is able … [Read more...]
South Sudan: Extend the mandate of the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan | Joint letter to member and observer States of the UN Human Rights Council
11/02/2022
Full .pdf joint letter (EN) | (FR) UPDATE: Resolution extending the mandate of the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan, 1 April 2022 To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council 10 February 2022 Re: Extend the … [Read more...]
Myanmar: Resist Myanmar’s digital coup: stop the military consolidating digital control | Joint Statement
08/02/2022
Full pdf statement (EN) One year ago, as the Myanmar military sent tanks down the streets and rounded up government officials and activists, it shut down the internet, mobile phone networks, radio, and television channels. As it plunged the country into a communications blackhole, the junta … [Read more...]
