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Statement on the arrest of Haitian lawyer Robinson Pierre-Louis

Haiti

French version below English: Lawyers for Lawyers is concerned about the judicial harassment of Haitian lawyer Robinson Pierre-Louis. Mr Pierre-Louis is prosecuted for intervening in his capacity as a lawyer in an arms trafficking case. On 1 July 2022, a

PEN Norway and Lawyers for Lawyers event

Türkiye

Defending the rule of law in Turkey PEN Norway Turkey Indictment Project Law Hub, Thursday 3 November, 2022 (16.00 to 17.30 CET) Nieuwe Achtergracht 164, Amsterdam REGISTER HERE Two top human rights lawyers from Turkey, Veysel Ok and Ümit Büyükdağ,

Zhou Shifeng released from prison

China

Lawyers for Lawyers welcomes the news that the Chinese human rights lawyer Zhou Shifeng has been was released from prison after seven years on 24 September 2022. Zhou Shifeng has been arrested on 4 August 2016 in the aftermath of

Side-event at the OSCE Warsaw Human Dimension Conference Belarus: without the right to defense

Wednesday September 28th, 15.30-16.30 Description The government crackdown on opposition and critical voices following the 2020 presidential election in Belarus also targeted lawyers defending opposition figures and protestors for speaking out about the rule of law, administration of justice, and

Vacature: Penningmeester voor het bestuur van Lawyers for Lawyers

Voor het bestuur van Lawyers for Lawyers zijn we per 1 december 2022 op zoek naar een bestuurslid met de functie van penningmeester. Functie Als bestuurslid ben je nauw betrokken bij de groei van de stichting en lever je een

Caught in Sri Lankan religious struggle

Sri-Lanka

The Sri Lankan human rights lawyer Hejaaz Hizbullah was detained for almost two years, without knowing why. Meanwhile, there is an indictment, which seems to be out of the blue. He looks relaxed, Hejaaz Hizbullah. During the video interview, the

Joint oral statement to Human Rights Council on Türkiye and China

On 19 September 2022, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), the International Bar Association Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and Lawyers for Lawyers delivered an oral statement on the systematic pattern of arbitrary detention of lawyers in Türkiye and China. The statement

Egyptian lawyer Haitham Mohamadein set to be released from prison

Egypt

Lawyers for Lawyers welcomes the news that, on 15 September 2022, Egyptian lawyer Haitham Mohamadein has been set to be released from prison after a pre-trial detention that lasted 16 months. Mr. Mohamadein is a labor lawyer with an affiliation

Dam tot Damloop 2022

Veel advocaten zijn voortdurend ‘on the run’ voor de autoriteiten of andere opponenten in hun land. Lawyers for Lawyers zal met een team van 60 renners meedoen aan de goede doelen loop (10 Engelse mijl, 16,09 km). Door fondsen op

Seventh Caravana Internacional de Juristas

At the invitation of Colombian lawyers and human rights defenders, the International Caravana of Jurists, an international fact-finding mission, visited Colombia from 21st until the 28th of August. During the mission, an international delegation of lawyers from all over the

Joint statement on ‘Civil society call to end enforced disappearances in China’

China

On the International Day of the Disappeared, Lawyers for Lawyers co-signed a statement, with a large coalition of organisations, which expresses concerns about enforced disappearances in the People’s Republic of China. Amongst the disappeared are several lawyers from China. Just

Continued administrative detention and harassment through judicial proceedings of Salah Hammouri

Occupied Palestinian Territory

The undersigned organisations are gravely concerned about the continued administrative detention and the harassment through judicial proceedings of French-Palestinian lawyer and human rights defender, Salah Hammouri. As a lawyer, Salah Hammouri represents political prisoners in Israeli and Palestinian prisons. On