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LRWC Newsletter: January 2014 Edition

LRWC Action News | Education Events | Awards | Volunteers Needed | LRWC Airmiles Full PDF Version ACTION NEWS Bahrain NGOs ask Special Rapporteurs to investigate torture and other violations LRWC and eight other NGOs signed on to a Letter of Allegation prepared by the U.K.-based Media … [Read more...]

LRWC Newsletter: November 2013 Edition

LRWC Action News | Upcoming Education Events | Donations | LRWC Airmiles Full PDF Version ACTION NEWS Bahrain Arbitrary Detention of Rajab Nabeel: The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has concluded that the detention of Nabeel Rajab violates articles 9.1, 14, 21 and 22 of … [Read more...]

LRWC Newsletter: October 2013 Edition

LRWC Action News | Human Rights Council News | Notable Reports and Cases | New: Donate or Collect Airmiles for LRWC Full PDF Version LRWC ACTION NEWS Bahrain LRWC joined Ceartas and others to send a follow-up letter responding to the International Association of Prosecutors’ (IAP) … [Read more...]

LRWC Newsletter: September 2013 Edition

LRWC Action News | Human Rights Council Meeting | New: Donate or Collect Airmiles for LRWC Full PDF Version  LRWC ACTION NEWS Bangladesh Adilur Rahman Khan denied bail - LRWC sent another letter on 10 September calling for the release and objecting to the prosecution of Adilur Rahman … [Read more...]

LRWC Newsletter: July-August 2013 Edition

LRWC Action News | UN Human Rights Council Meeting | Canada in the News | New: Donate or Collect Airmiles for LRWC Full PDF Version LRWC ACTION NEWS Bahrain Ceartas Irish Lawyers for Human Rights sent a letter calling on the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland to withdraw … [Read more...]

LRWC Newsletter: June 2013 Edition

LRWC Action News | Education Events | UN Human Rights Council | Getting Involved with LRWC  Full PDF Version LRWC ACTION NEWS  Bahrain Joint Letter on Assembly Rights - LRWC prepared a brief, endorsed by the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression and the Bahrain Centre for Human … [Read more...]

LRWC Newsletter: May 2013 Edition

LRWC Action News | Education Events | Colombia Caravana 2012 | United Nations Human Rights Council | Universal Periodic Review of Canada | LRWC Member News Full PDF Version In This Issue: LRWC ACTION NEWS Bahrain Joint Appeal - LRWC joined an Appeal by 52 NGOs to United Nations … [Read more...]

LRWC Newsletter: April 2013 Edition

Full Version (PDF) IN THIS ISSUE: LRWC Action News Bahrain: LRWC joined the initiative of Ceartas, Irish Lawyers for Human Rights asking the International Prosecutors’ Association (IPA) to investigate the complaint against IPA Executive Committee member, Dr. Ali bin Fadhel Al-Buainain, Attorney … [Read more...]

LRWC Newsletter: February-March 2013 Edition

Full version (PDF) IN THIS ISSUE: LRWC Action News Bahrain: prominent human rights activist Zainub Al-Khawaja arbitrarily detained. Cambodia: Mam Sonando released, sentence reduced. LRWC, CLD CJFE call for pardon Canada: NGOs criticize erosion of Aboriginal rights in Canada. Colombia: LRWC … [Read more...]

LRWC Newsletter: December 2012 – January 2013 Edition

Please click here to view LRWC's December 2012-January 2013 Newsletter. In this issue: LRWC letters/statements Bangladesh: proposed law restricts NGOs and freedoms of assembly and expression contrary to ICCPR.  Cameroon: LRWC calls for protection for lawyers and repeal of criminal … [Read more...]