Azza Soliman is mensenrechtenadvocaat, oprichter van het Centre for Egyptian Women Legal Aid (CEWLA), en lid van het Executive Committee of the WHRD MENA Coalition.
Lawyers for Lawyers welcomes the news that Mohamed El-Baqer, an Egyptian human rights defender and lawyer and Director of Adalah Centre for Rights and Freedoms, received a presidential pardon on 19 July 2023 in criminal case 1228 of 2021. Mr.
In the morning of 17 April, Mohamed El-Baqer’s wife, Neama Hisham, was arrested from her home and taken to an unknown location. She visited her husband the day before and expressed concerns about his injuries that resulted from an attack
Lawyers for Lawyers welcomes the news that on March 20th 2023, the Human Rights Committee adopted its concluding observations regarding the implementation of the ICCPR in Egypt. The Committee specifically points out the issue of intimidation of lawyers and shares
Lawyers for Lawyers received the news that Egyptian lawyers Hoda Abdel Moneim, Tarek Al-Silkawi, Ezzat Ghoneim and Mohammed Abu Horeira have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms. On 5 March 2023, the four Egyptian lawyers were sentenced to between 5