Tag Archives: Free Speech
LRWC Letter re: China – Coordinated Harassment, Incommunicado Detention and Disappearances of Lawyers and Other Human Rights Defenders
Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), a committee of Canadian lawyers advocating on behalf of lawyers and other human rights defenders whose rights, safety or independence are threatened as a result of their human rights work, wrote yesterday to President Xi … Continue reading
LRWC Letter Re: Arrest of Eric Paulsen, Repeal of the Sedition Act, and End to Arbitrary Detention
19 January 2015 Dear Prime Minister, Minister of the Interior, and Attorney General of Malaysia; Re: Arrest of Eric Paulsen and Repeal of the Sedition Act and End to Arbitrary Detention I write on behalf of Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada … Continue reading
PEN Canada hit with CRA Audit
PEN Canada, a Toronto-based charity that advocates for free expression and the rights of writers, became the subject of a CRA audit into its political activities yesterday. PEN has been critical of the Harper government for muzzling scientists as well as … Continue reading
Gavin Magrath leads LRWC Intervention in Trinity Western University v LSUC
The Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision today on 15 motions to intervene as an amicus curiae in the case of Trinity Western University and Brayden Volkenant v. The Law Society of Upper Canada. Gavin Magrath represented Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada … Continue reading →