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Discussion on the UN Guidelines for Lawyers in Support of Peaceful Assemblies

Join the online discussion on the United Nations Guidelines for Lawyers in Support of Peaceful Assemblies from 13:30- 15:00 CET on 24 January 2022. The event is co-sponsored by Lawyers for Lawyers. The Guidelines for Lawyers in Support to Peaceful

7 years since Waleed Abu al-Khair was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment on appeal

Saudi Arabia

Today marks 7 years since the conviction and sentencing on appeal of the prominent human rights lawyer and founder of the Monitor of Human Rights in Saud Arabia Waleed Abu al-Khair to fifteen years imprisonment. Join us today to take

Lawyers for Lawyers and ABA CHR sumbit report on Belarus to OHCHR

Belarus

Lawyers for Lawyers handed in a submission on Belarus to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). For this submission, the OHCHR invited individuals, groups, and organizations to submit information and documentation relevant to the

Advocacy charter Venezuela

Venezuela

Lawyers for Lawyers, together with the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) submitted an advocacy charter to several country delegations to draw attention to the situation of lawyers in Venezuela with regard to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Venezuela. In

Joint statement on upcoming trials of Ding Jiaxi and Xu Zhiyong

China

In a joint statement, Lawyers for Lawyers, The 29 Principles, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada and Human Rights Now draw attention to the upcoming trials of lawyers Ding Jiaxi and Xu Zhiyong for charges of “subverting state power”. The trials are

Colombia: Ensure protection from death threats for lawyers of CCAJAR

Colombia

In a joint letter, Lawyers for Lawyers, the Colombian Caravana, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, the International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, and the Law Society of England and Wales express concern about the

LOIPR Turkey: Call to ensure engagement with UNHRC

Türkiye

On 3 August 2021, the United Nations Human Rights Committee adopted the list of issues prior to the submission of the second periodic of Turkey. Earlier this year, Lawyers for Lawyers filed a submission on the list of issues prior

Mohamed El-Baqer sentenced to 4 years in prison

Egypt

Today, on 20 December 2021 Egypt’s Emergency State Security Misdemeanour Court issued its verdict in Case No. 1228/2021 of Mohamed El-Baqer. Lawyers for Lawyers was informed that Mohamed El-Baqer has been sentenced to 4 years in prison for “spreading false

Statement: global legal community stands in solidarity with Mohamed el-Baqer

Egypt

We, the undersigned members of the global legal community, stand in solidarity with Egyptian lawyer Mohamed el-Baqer as he awaits his verdict on baseless criminal charges on December 20, 2021, following years of reprisal by the Egyptian state. We call

Letter on the continued detention of Mohamed El-Baqer

Egypt

In a letter, Lawyers for Lawyers expresses concern about the the continued detention of the Egyptian lawyer Mohamed El-Baqer. Mr. El Baqer is is a lawyer and human rights defender in Egypt. He is the director of the Adalah Center

Eight years since disappearance Razan Zaitouneh

Syria

Today, 9 December 2018, marks eight years since the disappearance of lawyer Razan Zaitouneh. Together with her husband and two colleagues, Razan Zaitouneh disappeared on 9 December 2013 in Douma, after a group of armed men stormed the office of

Free arbitrarily detained right to health defenders and lawyers in Iran

Iran

We, the undersigned civil society and human rights organizations, call for the immediate release of prominent human rights defenders Mehdi Mahmoudian, Arash Keykhosravi, and Mostafa Nili, who have been arbitrarily detained by the Iranian authorities since August 14, 2021. We