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Joint statement on the continuous house arrest of Jiang Tianyong

China

Two years ago, on the 28th of February 2019, Chinese lawyer Jiang Tianyong was officially released from prison after serving a two-year prison sentence for ‘inciting subversion of state power’. However, since his release, Mr Jiang has been kept under

Joint statement to the Human Rights Council

Türkiye

Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada and Lawyers for Lawyers submitted a joint written statement to the 46th session of the Human Rights Council on the continued deterioration of the rule of law and persecution of lawyers and human rights defenders. The

Joint statement on the charges against Nicholas Opiyo

Uganda

Lawyers for Lawyers and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) condemn the spurious charges under the Anti-Money Laundering brought against Ugandan lawyer and human rights defender Nicholas Opiyo and call for them to be dropped. The organizations consider that this

Joint statement on Nasrin Sotoudeh

Iran

Alongside 26 Bar Associations, Law Societies, and organisations supporting the legal profession of over 14 countries, Lawyers for Lawyers stands in solidarity with our Iranian colleague Nasrin Sotoudeh and other lawyers in Iran who are being persecuted by their Government

Joint statement: Stop judicial harassment of Civil Society (including lawyers) in Southeast Turkey

Türkiye

Together with the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, the International Federation for Human Rights, Netherlands Helsinki Committee and World Organisation Against Torture, Lawyers for Lawyers called on the Turkish authorities to stop judicial harassment of civil society (including lawyers) in Southeast Turkey. The

Treatment of lawyer Roman Giertych undermines independence of legal profession

Poland

On 15 October 2020, Polish lawyer Roman Giertych was detained by the Central Anticorruption Bureau (CBA) on accusations of money laundering. His house and office were searched and prosecutors imposed preventive measures, including suspension of his right to practice law.

Joint statement on the ÇHD 1 trial

Türkiye

Lawyers for Lawyers, together with thirteen other signatories, issued a joint statement on the ÇHD 1 trial, in which a hearing will take place today. On 11 November 2020, the ÇHD I criminal case, which started in 2013, will continue

Joint statement on the ‘residential surveillance’ of Chang Weiping

China

Lawyers for Lawyers, together with six other signatories, urged the Chinese authorities to immediately release lawyer Chang Weiping and to ensure his personal safety in a joint statement. Chinese human rights lawyer Chang Weiping, whose certificate to practice law was

Oral statement Turkey UPR outcome

Türkiye

On 29 September 2020, Lawyers for Lawyers, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, and the Law Society of England and Wales delivered an oral statement during the 45th Session of the UN Human Rights Council.

Global call for international human rights monitoring mechanisms on China

China

Lawyers for Lawyers has joined more than 300 civil society groups from over 60 countries in a joint open call to the UN Secretary General, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and UN member states to call for an international

Joint oral statement during id WGAD

On 21 September, Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) delivered an oral statement during the interactive dialogue with the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD). L4L and LRWC asked the Council to urge Iran and Turkey

Joint statement in connection with the detention of Belarusian lawyers Ilya Salei and Maksim Znak

Belarus

Lawyers for Lawyers has signed a joint statement alongside 63 other signatories, expressing concern about the detention of lawyers Ilya Salei and Maksim Znak. In the statement, Lawyers for Lawyers and the signatories urge the Belarusian authorities to immediately release