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13 december 2018

Trial against lawyer Can Tombul

Türkiye

On 12 December, Lawyers for Lawyers, Fair Trial Watch, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, the European Democratic Lawyers and the Human Rights Committee of the Norwegian Bar Association called on the authorities of Turkey to immediately release lawyer Can Tombul.  Can

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10 december 2018

Joint petition letter – Wang Quanzhang

China

In a petition letter addressed to the Chinese authorities on the day of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and at the initiative of the Human Rights Commission of the Geneva Bar Association, 20 lawyer’s associations

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6 december 2018

Joint letter on behalf of lawyer Daniel Prado

Colombia

In a joint letter, 11 organizations, Lawyers for Lawyers amongst them, expressed concerns about the threats against Colombian lawyer Daniel Prado. In November, member of Lawyers for Lawyers’ Latin America focus group met with Daniel Prado in Amsterdam (picture). Mr

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4 december 2018

Threats against lawyer Daniel Prado

Colombia

The Law Society of England & Wales, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, Lawyers for Lawyers, the Bar Council of England & Wales, and the Bar Human Rights Committee have expressed their concerns about serious threats made against the lawyer Daniel Prado

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26 november 2018

Atty. Benjamin Ramos shot and killed

Philippines

On 6 November 2018, Atty Benjamin Ramos from the Philippines was shot and killed by two unidentified men. He was 56 years old. Lawyers for Lawyers has reason to believe that the killing of Atty. Ramos is connected to his legitimate

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30 oktober 2018

Tajikistan: arrest and detention of lawyers

Tajikistan

Together with the Law Society of England and Wales and Lawyers Rights Watch Canada, Lawyers for Lawyers sent a letter to authorities in Tajikistan. The letter focuses on the arrest and detention of lawyers in that country, specifically those who

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25 oktober 2018

Advocaat Mikhail Benyash gearresteerd

Russian Federation

Op 9 september 2018 werd de Russische advocaat Mikhail Benyash gearresteerd in de stad Krasnodar, waar hij juridische bijstand wilde verlenen aan vreedzame demonstranten bij een protest tegen de verhoging van de pensioenleeftijd. Op 23 oktober beval de rechtbank zijn

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25 augustus 2018

Joint letter on arrest Nasrin Sotoudeh

Iran

On 13 June 2018, lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh was arrested at her home in Tehran. She was transferred to prosecutor’s office of Evin prison. It was reported that she was informed that she will be imprisoned for five years. Lawyers for

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19 juni 2018

Brief naar EU in aanloop van EU-China Summit

China

In een gezamenlijke brief roept Lawyers for Lawyers, samen met 23 andere organisaties, de leiders van de Europese Unie op om publiekelijk en herhaaldelijk te eisen dat China degenen die beroofd zijn van hun vrijheid voor het uitoefenen van hun

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7 juni 2018

Suppression of human rights lawyers

China

Together with other organizations, Lawyers for Lawyers called on the Chinese authorities to immediately and unconditionally withdraw all the decisions about revoking and invalidating lawyers’ licenses and to stop all forms of harassment, intimidation and repression against human rights lawyers

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6 juni 2018

Arrestatie van Haytham Mohamadeen

Egypt

Op 15 mei 2018 werd Egyptisch advocaat Haytham Mohamadeen gearresteerd op beschuldiging van “hulp bieden aan een terroristische organisatie” en “het oproepen tot illegale protesten.” Lawyers for Lawyers heeft reden om te geloven dat zijn arrestatie in verband zouden kunnen staan

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5 juni 2018

Open Letter to Reject the EU-Vietnam FTA

Vietnam

A coalition of in total 90 Vietnamese and international human rights organizations, Lawyers for Lawyers amongst them, called on the European Union (EU) to reject the pending EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement. Vietnam is in the midst of an unprecedented political crackdown

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