Statements
Pakistan: LRWC welcomes Supreme Court decision in Chaudhry case
08/05/2007
Cara Gibbons MAY 8, 2007: (Update to LRWC statements of March 19 and April 27, 2007) LRWC welcomes the May 7, 2007 decision of the Supreme Court of Pakistan to stay the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) in camera consideration of allegations against Chief Justice Chaudhry. LRWC looks forward to a … [Read more...]
THE INQUIRIES BILL: THE WRONG ANSWER
22/03/2005
A Joint Statement by: Amnesty International British Irish RIGHTS WATCH The Committee on the Administration of Justice Human Rights First The Human Rights Institute of the International Bar Association INQUEST JUSTICE Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada The Law Society of England and Wales Pat … [Read more...]
Massacre at Apartado Peace Community
28/02/2005
Public Statement London, February 28th, 2005 Everyone involved in Peace Brigades International Colombia would like to express their deep concern and sadness at the murder of Luis Eduardo Guerra, well-known leader of the San José de Apartadó Peace Community in Antioquia, Colombia, and seven … [Read more...]
Digna Ochoa y Plácido Human Rights Centre (english)
24/10/2002
LRWC and the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales applaud the creation the Digna Ochoa y Plácido Human Rights Centre and support the continuation of Digna Ochoa's human rights advocacy by the Centre. Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) and the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and … [Read more...]
Digna Ochoa y Plácido Human Rights Centre
24/10/2002
LRWC and the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales applaud the creation the Digna Ochoa y Plácido Human Rights Centre and support the continuation of Digna Ochoa's human rights advocacy by the Centre. --Spanish Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) y Bar Human Rights Committee of England … [Read more...]
Singapore: International trial observer to attend Court of Appeal
20/07/2001
Singapore: International trial observer to attend Court of Appeal as former opposition leader JB Jeyaretnam faces possible expulsion from parliament 20 July 2001, AI Index ASA 36/005/2001 - News Service Nr. 126 AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL --- Public Statement A representative of Amnesty … [Read more...]
Syria: LRWC troubled by sentencing of Beirut-Damascus Declaration signatories
01/01/2000
Michael Macaulay Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) is deeply troubled by the 13 May 2007 sentencing of Michel Kilo, President of the Organization for the Defence of Freedom of Speech and Press, and Mahmoud Issa, a human rights defender. Both men were sentenced to three years in prison for … [Read more...]
