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Bangladesh: Threats by Bangladesh Police to Odhikar and the Bangladesh Human Rights Commission (BAMAK) | Letter
19/08/2015
Full PDF Version Wednesday, August 19, 2015 Hon. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Office of the Prime Minister Gona Bhaban, Old Sangsad Bhaban, Tejgaon Dhaka, Bangladesh. Email: pm@pmo.gov.bd Dear Prime Minister, Re. Threats by Bangladesh Police to Odhikar and the Bangladesh Human … [Read more...]
Singapore: Discontinue disciplinary action against lawyer M. Ravi | Letter
12/08/2015
Full PDF Version LRWC has asked the Law Society of Singapore to discontinue disciplinary action against internationally known human rights lawyer M. Ravi and to take all additional steps necessary to ensuring the reissuance of his Practice Certificate. Tuesday, August 11, 2015 President … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia: WGAD Petition for Relief – Waleed Abulkhair | Petition
10/08/2015
Full PDF Version Human Rights Watch and the Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA - International Association of Lawyers) have joined this Petition for Relief filed 14 April 2015 by Lawyers Rights Watch Canada, Lawyers for Lawyers (the Netherlands), the Law Society of England and Wales (U.K.), the … [Read more...]
Thailand: Thailand Must Halt Prosecution of Migrant Labour Rights Researcher Andy Hall | Statement
30/07/2015
Full PDF Version Thailand must halt prosecution of migrant labour rights researcher Andy Hall Criminal defamation charges by Natural Fruit Co. Ltd are an effort to silence human rights advocacy and criminalize investigation and reporting of rights violations Statement 30 July … [Read more...]
Thailand Not Adequately Addressing Human Trafficking: US government leaves Thailand at lowest ranking in annual trafficking report | Joint Letter
27/07/2015
See full (pdf) letter The US Department of State maintained Thailand’s Tier 3 ranking, the lowest category, in its annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report released 27 July 2015. A global coalition of 25 human rights and labor groups, including Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) sent … [Read more...]
China: The Recent Arrest of a Large Group of Human Rights Lawyers 关于：近期对大批人权律师的逮捕 | Joint Letter
22/07/2015
Full PDF Version (Chinese) 关于：近期对大批人权律师的逮捕 | Full PDF Version (English) Twenty-four international human rights organizations including LRWC endorsed an open letter condemning the large scale round-up and detention of human rights defenders in China. As of 19 July 2015, a total of at … [Read more...]
China: Canada must oppose wrongful arrests of lawyers and others | Letter
16/07/2015
See full pdf letter See 15 July 2015 letter to PRC President Xi Jinping 16 July 2015 The Honourable Robert Nicholson Minister of Foreign Affairs House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6 Fax: 613-996-9709 Email: rob.nicholson@parl.gc.ca Dear Minister, Re: China: Incommunicado … [Read more...]
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...]
