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15 April 2022

Russian lawyers prevented from carrying out their professional duties

Russian Federation

Lawyers for Lawyers is concerned about threats to the independence of the legal profession and access to justice in the Russian Federation. Since 24 February 2022 mass protests against the Russian army’s invasion of Ukraine have been taking place in

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14 April 2022

Ongoing concerns on the situation in Hong Kong and the independence of the Bar Association

China

Lawyers for Lawyers has previously raised concerns on the position of lawyers in Hong Kong after the National Security Law (NSL) has entered into force on 1 July 2020. The NSL has been in place for almost two years now.

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13 April 2022

Concerns about disciplinary proceedings against lawyers who have signed a public statement against the war in Ukraine

Belarus

In letters to the Belarusian Republican Bar Association, the Minsk City Bar Association, and the Minsk Regional Bar Association, Lawyers for Lawyers has expressed concern about the initiation of disciplinary proceedings against lawyers who have signed a public statement (Petition)

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12 April 2022

International Fair Trial Day 2022 and call for nominations for the Ebru Timtik Award

Egypt

The right to a fair trial has long been recognised by the international community as a fundamental human right. Without a fair trial, every individual risks becoming the victim of a miscarriage of justice, either as an innocent suspect wrongly

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12 April 2022

Letter on the arrest and detention of Youssef Mansour

Egypt

In a letter Lawyers for Lawyers expresses serious concern over the arbitrary arrest, subsequent disappearance and ongoing detention of Egyptian human rights lawyer Youssef Mansour. According to the information we received, on 24 March 2022, Mr Mansour was arrested at

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11 April 2022

Concerns about the possible initiation of a criminal investigation of three lawyers in Turkey

Türkiye

Lawyers for Lawyers is concerned about the possible initiation of a criminal investigation of the lawyers Sezin Uçar, Seher Eriş and Fırat Epözdemir after their statements in memory of Ebru Timtik during the general assembly of the Istanbul Bar Association

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5 April 2022

Lawyers of Asrın Hukuk Bürosu severely hindered in assisting their clients

Türkiye

Lawyers from the law firm Asrın Hukuk Bürosu have been prevented from communicating with their clients for more than one year. This comes on top of other measures that have been taken in the past that severely hinder the lawyers

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31 March 2022

UPR submission Indonesia

Indonesia

On 31 March 2022, Lawyers for Lawyers and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada submitted a report for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Indonesia. The next UPR of Indonesia will take place in November 2022. The report highlights concerns regarding Indonesia’s

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17 March 2022

Joint oral statement during ID OHCHR report on the situation of HR in Belarus

Belarus

On 17 March 2022, Lawyers for Lawyers alongside the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, the Law Society of England and Wales, and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada delivered an oral statement about the findings of the OHCHR Examination report, during

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3 March 2022

Free imprisoned human rights lawyer Mohammad Najafi in Iran

Iran

The lawyer Mohammad Najafi, who has been unlawfully and unjustly imprisoned in Iran since 2018 on multiple convictions for his defense of basic civil and political liberties and is currently serving a 54-month prison sentence, should be freed immediately, Lawyers

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2 March 2022

Solidarity with Ukrainian lawyers and other Ukrainian citizens

Ukraine

Lawyers for Lawyers is gravely concerned by the news about the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation. We condemn the actions of the Russian Federation, which are in contravention of the international law which prohibits the threat or use

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1 March 2022

Yu Wensheng reunites with his family in Beijing

China

Lawyers for Lawyers welcomes the news that Chinese human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng was able to leave Nanjing Prison and reunite with his family in Beijing on 1 March 2022, as reported by his wife Xu Yan. Yu Wensheng left

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