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The right to practice law, freely and without fear of persecution. For every lawyer, in every corner of the world. As an independent and non-political network, Lawyers for Lawyers stands up for our peers when the right to practice their profession is under threat. Because their rights are also our rights. Together we defend the rule of law.

In 2022, Lawyers for Lawyers campaigned for at least 198 lawyers in 38 countries.
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19 July 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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18 July 2024

Joint UPR submission Egypt

Egypt

On 16 July 2024, Lawyers for Lawyers, The Law Society of England and Wales, The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP) submitted a report for the fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Egypt. The next UPR of Egypt will

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17 July 2024

Trial monitoring mission for the hearing in the trial against lawyers from Ezilenlerin Hukuk Bürosu

Türkiye

From 1 July 2024 to 4 July 2024, Lawyers for Lawyers representatives visited Turkey on a trial monitoring mission for a hearing in the trial against the lawyers from EHB (Ezilenlerin Hukuk Bürosu, law firm of the oppressed). Lawyers for

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16 July 2024

Statement on the alleged enforced disappearance of Egyptian lawyer Ahmed Kassem

Egypt

Update:  Lawyers for Lawyers has been informed that following our public intervention, lawyer Ahmed Kassem was released on Sunday 21st July. Despite this positive development, we remain concerned for his safety and urge the Egyptian authorities to cease undue interference

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15 July 2024

Joint oral statement on the adoption of China’s 4th UPR report at the 56th session of the UN Human Rights Council

China

Lawyers for Lawyers and several other organisations cosigned an oral statement on the adoption of China’s 4th UPR report at the 56th session of the UN Human Rights Council. The statement was delivered during the Interactive Dialogue on the adoption

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10 July 2024

Interview with Ugandan Environmental Lawyers Aryampa Brighton and Kato Tumusiime

Uganda

Illustration: Joost Hölscher Aryampa Brighton is a Ugandan environmental lawyer and founder of the organization Youth for Green Communities. Kato Tumusiime is a lawyer at Youth for Green Communities and in  private practice, specializing in public interest litigation, environmental issues,

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9 July 2024

Joint statement on the ninth anniversary of the 709 Crackdown

China

Today, 9 July 2024, marks the ninth anniversary of the ‘709 Crackdown’ on 9 July 2015, when over twenty lawyers, staffers, human rights defenders were arrested and nearly 300 lawyers and human rights defenders were summoned and questioned during the

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5 July 2024

Turkey: international legal community condemns Turkey’s arrest of ÇHD-lawyers Naim Eminoğlu and Doğa İncesu

Türkiye

In a joint statement, the undersigned bar associations, law societies, and lawyers’ rights organizations – representing tens of thousands of lawyers from around the globe – condemn in the strongest possible terms the detention of Progressive Lawyers Association (“ÇHD”) lawyers

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