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2024 Colombian Caravana – Your Support Needed!
2024 Colombian Caravana – Your Support Needed!
Open Letter: Premier David Eby Stop the criminalization of Wet’suwet’en land defenders!
Open Letter: Premier David Eby Stop the criminalization of Wet’suwet’en land defenders!
Alex Neve: A call for Canadian support for the ICC’s work with respect to Palestine/Israel
Alex Neve: A call for Canadian support for the ICC’s work with respect to Palestine/Israel
Interview with Reinaldo Villalba on the “historic” ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the “CAJAR v. Colombia” case
Interview with Reinaldo Villalba on the “historic” ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the “CAJAR v. Colombia” case
Joint Statement: BC Government Must Withdraw Bill 21 (Legal Professions Act)
Joint Statement: BC Government Must Withdraw Bill 21 (Legal Professions Act)
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Colombia violates right to defend human rights | IACtHR
Colombia violates right to defend human rights | IACtHR
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Thailand: Acquittal in SLAPP against whistleblower Chutima Sidasathian
Thailand: Acquittal in SLAPP against whistleblower Chutima Sidasathian
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Global Coalition accepts UN Human Rights Prize
Global Coalition accepts UN Human Rights Prize
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Russia: Voted off UN ECOSOC’s Committee on NGOs after 75 years
Russia: Voted off UN ECOSOC’s Committee on NGOs after 75 years
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UN General Assembly suspends Russia from Human Rights Council
UN General Assembly suspends Russia from Human Rights Council
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Thailand: Angkhana Neelapaijit appointed to UN Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances
Thailand: Angkhana Neelapaijit appointed to UN Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances
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Featured Statement
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2024 Colombian Caravana – Your Support Needed!
04/07/2024
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ACTION NEWS: LRWC Newsletter Spring 2022
30/04/2022
Join or Renew | Support LRWC's work LRWC Action News Spring 2022 Edition (full .pdf) Afghanistan | Belarus | Cambodia | Canada | China | Colombia | Iran | Myanmar | Philippines | Russia | Saudi … [Read More]
LRWC at the UN Human Rights Council
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The Russian Federation’s Systematic Restrictions and Repressive Actions Against Human Rights Lawyers | Joint written statement to the UN Human Rights Council | September 2023
20/02/2024