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Een vrije en onafhankelijke advocatuur. Voor iedere advocaat. Waar ook ter wereld. Lawyers for Lawyers is een onafhankelijk netwerk van advocaten voor advocaten. Wij komen op voor vakgenoten die in hun beroep worden bedreigd en tegengewerkt. Omdat hun rechten ook onze rechten zijn. Zo verdedigen we samen de rule of law.

In 2022 heeft Lawyers for Lawyers voor minstens 198 advocaten campagne gevoerd in 38 verschillende landen.
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3 oktober 2024

OSCE side event – Addressing attacks on lawyers and the rule of law in Turkey: a profession on trial

Türkiye

4 October 2024  16:00-17:00      On Friday, 4 October, Lawyers for Lawyers will be hosting a side-event at the OSCE Human Dimension Conference in Warsaw entitled ‘Addressing Attacks on Lawyers and the Rule of Law in Turkey: A Profession

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24 september 2024

Ongoing trial of Hejaaz Hizbullah

Sri-Lanka

On 23 September, Lawyers for Lawyers  sent a public letter to the recently appointed Attorney General in Sri Lanka, expressing concerns about the ongoing trial against lawyer and human rights defender Hejaaz Hizbullah, a minority rights advocate and legal counsel

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4 september 2024

Vacature Programma Medewerker

Lawyers for Lawyers zet zich in voor een vrije en onafhankelijke advocatuur. Waar dan ook ter wereld. Wij verbinden advocaten in Nederland met vakgenoten die bedreigd of vervolgd worden vanwege hun werk. Waar de rechten en vrijheid van advocaten onder

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27 augustus 2024

Joint letter to the Iranian authorities on the summons for the reimprisonment of Mohammad  Seifzadeh

Iran

Lawyers for Lawyers has recently sent a joint letter to the Iranian authorities on the summons for the reimprisonment of Mohammad  Seifzadeh. The undersigned organisaqtions are gravely concerned about a summons being issued by the Iranian judiciary for the reimprisonment

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15 augustus 2024

Human Rights Lawyer Arnon Nampa Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison Under Controversial Lese-Majeste Law

Thailand

On 25 July 2024, Arnon Nampa was sentenced to 4 years detention under Thailand’s controversial lese-majeste law by the Criminal Court. This case is linked to two posts on Facebook about the Thai monarchy that he published in early 2021.

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5 augustus 2024

Numbed by bureaucracy – interview with Marina Kanta

By Trudeke Sillevis Smitt Overload, rejections, bureaucracy, but also small bright spots: Marina Kanta outlines the work of an asylum lawyer in Athens in a Zoom interview. What is it like to be an asylum lawyer in Athens? Marina Kanta

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2 augustus 2024

Occupied Crimea: human rights lawyer Aleksey Ladin disbarred

Russian Federation

Lawyers for Lawyers, alongside the undersigned international lawyers’ rights and human rights organisations, strongly condemns the Tyumen Regional Bar Council’s decision to disbar Russian human rights lawyer Aleksey Ladin in retaliation for his human rights work. We call on the

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19 juli 2024

Joint Submission to the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Iran

On 16 July 2024, Lawyers for Lawyers, The Law Society of England and Wales (the Law Society) and Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) submitted a report for the fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

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