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Illia Salei included in the Unified Register of Lawyers of Ukraine as a foreign lawyer

Belarus

Lawyers for Lawyers welcomes the news that the Belarusian lawyer, Illia Salei, has been included in the Unified Register of Lawyers of Ukraine as a foreign lawyer. Salei represented the presidential candidate Viktar Babaryka and Maria Kolesnikova, a leader of

Letter on the arrest and detention of Osama Bayoumi

Egypt

In a letter, Lawyers for Lawyers expresses serious concern over the arbitrary arrest, subsequent disappearance and ongoing detention of Egyptian human rights lawyer Osama Bayoumi. Mr. Bayoumi is a member of the Lawyers Syndicate and working on prominent human rights

On March 1st, Chinese lawyer Yu Wensheng must be fully free

China

In a joint statement, Lawyers for Lawyers and nine human rights organizations urge the Chinese government to ensure lawyer Yu Wensheng is able to leave Nanjing Prison and freely reunite with his family in Beijing on 1 March 2022. A

Lawyers for Lawyers receives donations from the professionals who are connected to the ‘Beroepsopleiding Advocaten’

Lawyers for Lawyers has received a donation of €6.750 from the professionals who are connected to the ‘Beroepsopleiding Advocaten’, the vocational training for lawyers by the Netherlands Bar. The executive organization for the Beroepsopleiding Advocaten offered various Christmas gift options

Geuzenpenning 2022 awarded to Lawyers for Lawyers

The Geuzenpenning 2022 has been awarded to Lawyers for Lawyers. This was announced by the Geuzenpenning Foundation today. Kathleen Ferrier, chairwoman of the Geuzenpenning foundation: “A free and independent professional practice of lawyers is indispensable for the rule of law

Hejaaz Hizbullah released on bail

Sri-Lanka

On 7 February 2022, Hejaaz Hizbullah was granted bail by the Court of Appeal after almost two years of pre-trial detention under Sri Lanka’s Prevention of Terrorism Act. On 9 February, Mr. Hizbullah was released on bail and reunited with

Killing of Mexican Lawyer Verónica Guerrero

Mexico

On 3rd February 2022, environmental and human rights lawyer Verónica Guerrero was killed in her car in Jalisco, Mexico. The killing was condemned by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers. According to the information

Killings of Philippine lawyers escalate

Philippines

Attacks against lawyers in the Philippines continue to take place and killings have reached a record high since the start of President Duterte’s administration in 2016. In response to the escalating killings, Lawyers for Lawyers has researched the killings of

Chinese New Year: Looking back on another year of crackdowns on China’s legal profession

China

Today, 1 February, marks the start of the Chinese New Year and the start of the Spring Festival. Hopefully, the start of the Year of the Tiger will bring a better tide for China’s human rights lawyers compared to the

Concerns about harassment Song Yusheng, Wang Yu and Xie Yang

China

Lawyers for Lawyers has learned that Chinese lawyers Xie Yang, Wang Yu and Song Yusheng have been detained, disbarred or harassed in January 2022. In a statement we express concern about the recents acts of harassment against the lawyers. Beijing-based

Letter on the trial and ongoing detention of Hejaaz Hizbullah

Sri-Lanka

The case against Sri Lankan human rights lawyer Hejaaz Hizbullah at the Puttalam High Court will be taken up on 28 January 2022. In the run-up to the hearing, Lawyers for Lawyers has sent a letter to the Sri Lankan

Iran: Arbitrary detention of lawyers and human rights defenders

Iran

We are gravely concerned about the pattern of unlawful detention of human rights lawyers and defenders in Iran in violation of Iran’s international human rights law obligations. In a joint letter we elaborate our concerns about the unlawful detention of