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China: Coordinated Harassment, Incommunicado Detention and Disappearances of Lawyers and Other Human Rights Defenders | Letter
15/07/2015
Full PDF Version LRWC is alarmed and gravely concerned about the coordinated campaign of mass arrest and detention of more than 190 lawyers and other human rights defenders since 10 July 2015 in a systematic crackdown on legitimate dissent in China. While the majority of those detained have been … [Read more...]
Thailand: Judicial harassment of human rights defenders and democracy activists; harassment of human rights lawyers and advocates | Statement
08/07/2015
See full statement pdf Thailand: Judicial harassment of human rights defenders and democracy activists; harassment of human rights lawyers and advocates Fourteen students charged with sedition after symbolic anti-coup demonstrations Statement: Timeline, Analysis and Recommendations 8 July … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations | Joint letter from 40 INGOs
06/07/2015
Full PDF Version Forty NGOs including LRWC, call on the government of Cambodia to immediately withdraw the draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations (LANGO) submitted before the National Assembly and scheduled for a vote in mid-July 2015. See a letter to the Cambodian government … [Read more...]
Colombia: Threats against Colombian Lawyer Andrea Torres Bautista (La Combinada Matter) | Letter
03/07/2015
Full PDF Version Friday, July 03, 2015 Juan Manuel Santos Calderόn President of the Republic of Colombia Carrera 8 No. 7 – 26 Palacio de Nariño Bogotá Colombia Dear President Santos: Threats against Colombian Lawyer Andrea Torres Bautista (La Combinada Matter) Lawyers Rights … [Read more...]
Colombia: Protections for Colombian Lawyer Sofia Lopez Mera | Letter
03/07/2015
Full PDF Version Friday, July 03, 2015 Juan Manuel Santos Calderόn President of the Republic of Colombia Carrera 8 No. 7 – 26 Palacio de Nariño Bogotá Colombia Dear President Santos: Protections for Colombian Lawyer Sofia Lopez Mera I write on behalf of Lawyers Rights Watch … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia: Raif Badawi – Arbitrary Detention and Illegal Treatment | Letter
30/06/2015
Full PDF Version Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, the Law Society of England and Wales, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) - within the framework of their joint programme the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders - … [Read more...]
Viet Nam: End of Arbitrary Detention of Mr. Le Quoc Quan | Letter
24/06/2015
Full PDF Version Eleven international human rights NGOs applaud the anticipated release on 27 June 2015 of human rights lawyer and blogger Le Quoc Quan most recently in prison since 27 December 2012. The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention recommended his release in November … [Read more...]
Pakistan: Legal Obligation to Appoint Independent Commission of Inquiry to Investigate and Remedy Fatal Shooting of Lawyers Irfan Chauhan and Rana Khalid Abbas | Letter
23/06/2015
Full PDF Version Monday, June 22, 2015 Mr. Mamnoon Hussain President of Pakistan President's Secretariat Islamabad, Pakistan Email: publicmail@president.gov.pk Mr. Mian Nawaz Sharif Prime Minister Prime Minister House Islamabad, Pakistan Email: secretary@cabinet.gov.pk; … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Withdraw Draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations | Joint Letter
22/06/2015
Full PDF Version (Khmer) | Full PDF Version (English) See background and a letter from eleven human rights groups dated 29 May 2015 Thirty-three NGOs call on the National Assembly of Cambodia to immediately withdraw the draft “Law on Associations and Non-Government Organizations” which … [Read more...]
Pakistan: Murder of Human Rights Activist Sabeen Mahmud | Letter
18/06/2015
Full PDF Version Thursday, June 18, 2015 Mr. Mamnoon Hussain, President of Pakistan, President's Secretariat, Islamabad, Pakistan Email: publicmail@president.gov.pk Mr. Mian Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister, Prime Minister HouseIslamabad, Pakistan Email: secretary@cabinet.gov.pk; … [Read more...]
