Antoinette Moore – lawyer
20/03/2012
Human rights lawyer and activist Antoinette Moore was arrested and detained along with her husband Michael L. Flores for alleged drug trafficking. Antoinette Moore works as a lawyer in Dangriga. Many of her cases involve human rights issues and in particular allegations of police brutality. Michael … [Read more...]
LAURA FIGUEROA – Lawyer, EMILIO FERRER – Federal court prosecutor
20/03/2012
LRWC is concerned about threats to the safety of LRWC received information from Amnesty International that Laura Figueroa, a human rights lawyer, Fernanda Sanssone, an archaeology student, and Emilio Ferrer, a federal court prosecutor, all of whom are involved in the investigation of reported human … [Read more...]
RAUL HERNANDEZ – Mexican Indigenous Human Rights defender
29/04/2010
Raul Hernandez is a member of the Me'phaa Indigenous People's Organization (OPIM) which promotes the human right of the Me'phaa people in Guerrero State in Mexico. On April 17, 2008 he and four other OPIM members were arrested at a military checkpoint in Ayutla de los Libres, Guerrero for the … [Read more...]
Mexico: GUSTAVO DE LA ROSA HICKERSON – Human Rights Lawyer
09/10/2009
Human rights lawyer Gustavo De La Rosa Hickerson is one of the few officials to publically recognise the substantial increase in human rights violations by the armed forces in Ciudad Juarez, Northern Mexico. Thousands of military have patrolled the streets of Ciudad Juarez since 2008 in an attempt … [Read more...]
Mexico: Ricardo Lagunes Gasca – Lawyer
24/09/2009
Mr. RICARDO LAGUNES GASCA, a lawyer working for the Fray Bartolomé de las Casas Human Rights Centre, was attacked on 18 September 2009. He was leaving Ejido Jotola in Chilsn municipality after advising clients when an armed group of about 50 men and women blocked the road. Mr. Gasca was pulled from … [Read more...]
India: Shama Parween, age 12, daughter of Shamsunisha, resident of Dulhipur village, Chandauli district
06/08/2009
On June 16, 2009, Shamsunisha, mother of Shama Parween, requested authorities rescue her daughter Shama Parween and register a case against the accused: Mr. Mehndi, Mr. Haider and Chanda, wife of Mr. Haider for her kidnapping with the intention of trafficking. Physical abuse is also suspected. The … [Read more...]
Iran: ABDOLFATTAH SOLTANI, Human Rights Lawyer | Letter
04/08/2009
Mr. Abdolfattah Soltani, a lawyer at the Bar of Tehran and a founding member of the Defenders of Human Rights Centre (DHRC), has been targeted and harassed on several occasions for his human rights advocacy. On July 30, 2005, Soltani was arrested while holding a sit-in at the building of Tehran’s … [Read more...]
Independence of the Bar in Cambodia: Re KONG Sam Onn | Letter
21/05/2009
21 May 2009 Chiv Song Hak, President, Bar Council Members of the Bar Council Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia Nº. 1011Eo, Croix Rouge Khmere (St. 180) 12211 Phnom Penh Cambodia Fax 023 213 658 Email to: cilf@online.com.kh, wengkaly@yahoo.com, hbslawfirm@hotmail.com, … [Read more...]
Guatemala: Rudy Manuel Herrera, Assistant Prosecutor; Rony Lopez, Prosecutor against Organized Crime
16/03/2009
On March 8, 2009, Assistant Prosecutor Rudy Manuel Herrera, 45 years-old, was assassinated on the 13th Street, Italy Settlement, Colonia El Limón, Zone 18. Mr. Herrera’s son, Eddy Herrera Merida, 18, was also wounded and was transferred to the Hospital in San Juan de Dios with a gunshot wound to the … [Read more...]
