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Petition for Relief: In the matter of Waleed Abulkhair v. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
15/04/2015
Petition for Relief | Appendix Petition for Relief: In the matter of Waleed Abulkhair v. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. On the first anniversary of the detention of human rights lawyer Waleed Abu Al-Khair, organizations filed a Petition for Relief asking the UN Working Group on Arbitrary … [Read more...]
Colombia: LRWC and L4L Call on the Government of Colombia to Stop the Continuing Persecution and Harassment of Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo (CAJAR) Lawyers | Letter
23/03/2015
Full PDF Version LRWC and L4L again call on the Government of Colombia to stop the continuing persecution and harassment of Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo (CAJAR) lawyers by state agents. Most recently cited is illegal surveillance of CAJAR lawyer Reinaldo Villalba by the Criminal … [Read more...]
Canada: Bill C-51: Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security Transcripts and Report & Selected Commentaries and Analyses
21/03/2015
Bill C-51: Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security Transcripts and Report & Selected Commentaries and Analyses updated 24 June 2015 Anti-terrorism Act, 2015, An Act to enact the Security of Canada Information Sharing Act and the Secure Air Travel Act, to amend the … [Read more...]
Bahrain: Human Rights Defenders Threatened with Prosecution for Speaking at a UN Human Rights Council Side Event in Geneva | Letter
19/03/2015
Full PDF Version Human rights defenders threatened with prosecution for speaking at a UN Human Rights Council side event in Geneva. On March 15, 2015 a member of the Bahrain Parliament and Chair of the Parliamentary Human Rights Committee was removed from a side event for threatening two … [Read more...]
Iran: Oral Statement to the 28th Session of the UN Human Rights Council | Oral Statement
19/03/2015
Full PDF Version 19 March 2015 Human Rights Council Section: 28th Session, Agenda Item 6 Speaker: Phon van den Biesen, President Lawyers for Lawyers Oral Statement to the 28th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), … [Read more...]
Canada: British Columbia must enact legislation to provide legal aid in compliance with international law | Statement
10/03/2015
Full .pdf version Legal Aid in British Columbia: Implementation of BC’s International Human Rights Treaty Obligations 10 March 2015 The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada stated in 2011 that “access to justice is a fundamental right of every person – every man, woman and … [Read more...]
Pakistan: Murder of Lawyer Rashid Rehman Khan | Letter
06/03/2015
Full PDF Version Friday, March 06, 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: … [Read more...]
Cambodia: Civil Society Organizations Call for the Release of 12 Land Rights Defenders Imprisoned for Exercising Their Fundamental Freedoms | Joint Statement
06/03/2015
Full PDF Version (English) | Full PDF Version (Khmer) 30 civil society organizations joined in advance of International Women’s day, to call for the immediate release of 12 Boeung Kak Lake land and housing rights activists imprisoned since May 2012 for exercising internationally protected rights to … [Read more...]
UAE: United Arab Emirates: Stop the Charade and Release Activists Convicted at the Mass UAE 94 Trial | Joint Statement
03/03/2015
Full PDF Version (English) | Full PDF Version (Arabic) On the second anniversary of the start of the mass “UAE 94” trial that imprisoned dozens of government critics and reform activists in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), including prominent human rights defenders, judges, academics, and student … [Read more...]
Bahrain: Persecution of Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab | Letter
26/02/2015
Full PDF Version Thursday, February 26, 2015 Shaikh Hamad bin 'Issa Al Khalifa King of Bahrain Office of His Majesty the King P.O. Box 555, Rifa’a Palace, Al-Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain Prince Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa Prime Minister Kingdom of Bahrain Al-Manama, Kingdom … [Read more...]
