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COVID-19 Series: The impact of the crisis on lawyers in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

The COVID-19 crisis poses huge challenges to human rights and the rule of law. The pandemic also affects lawyers all around the world in their daily professional activities, which causes a great impact on the legal profession. Lawyers for Lawyers

Qin Yongpei prosecuted

China

On May 29 2020, the Nanning procuratorate prosecuted Chinese human rights lawyer Qin Yongpei for “inciting subversion of state power” and sent its decision to the Nanning Intermediate People’s Court. Qin Yongpei has been detained since 31 October 2019 in

COVID-19 Series: The impact of the crisis on lawyers in the Philippines

Philippines

The COVID-19 crisis poses huge challenges to human rights and the rule of law. The pandemic also affects lawyers all around the world in their daily professional activities, which causes a great impact on the legal profession. Lawyers for Lawyers

Arrest and continued detention of lawyer Elchin Mammad

Azerbaijan

On 30 March 2020, Elchin Mammad, a human rights lawyer from Azerbaijan, was arrested after publishing a critical report about the human rights situation in Azerbaijan. He remains detained amidst the COVID-19 crisis in Azerbaijan. Elchin Mammad is a human

Vacature student-stage

Gemiddeld 8 uur/wk, per 1 september 2020 Wil jij het verschil maken voor bedreigde advocaten die opkomen voor de rechten van anderen? Wil jij leren hoe een NGO werkt en een netwerk opbouwen met advocaten van kleine en grote kantoren?

OHCHR report on the situation of human rights in the Philippines

Philippines

A new report by the UN Human Rights Office addresses the long-standing serious human rights violations in the Philippines, which have become more acute in recent years. Lawyers for Lawyers has contributed to the report. The report addresses the killings,

8 months since Ali Jasseb Hattab Al-Heliji has forcibly disappeared

Iraq

The whereabouts of human rights lawyer Ali Jaseb Hatteb Al-Heliji from Iraq remain unknown exactly eight months after he was abducted by armed men on 8 October 2019. Mr. Al-Heliji is a human rights lawyer and a member of the

World Environment Day 2020

Today, the 5th of June, is World Environment Day. Worldwide this day engages governments, businesses and citizens to focus on pressing environmental issues. Lawyers for Lawyers would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to the work of environmental

COVID-19 Series: The impact of the crisis on lawyers in Nigeria

Nigeria

The COVID-19 crisis poses huge challenges to human rights and the rule of law. The pandemic also affects lawyers all around the world in their daily professional activities, which causes a great impact on the legal profession. Lawyers for Lawyers

Thabani Mpofu released on bail

Zimbabwe

It has been reported by the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) that Zimbabwean lawyer Thabani Mpofu has been released on $20.000 bail by the Harare Magistrates Court on 3 June 2020, after he was arrested on 1 June. In

Concerns about draft bill in connection to Iranian Bar Association

Iran

It has been reported that more than 12,000 of Iran’s legal professionals have jointly signed a letter to Chief Justice Ebrahim Raeesi in protest to a draft bill that undermines their independence and in effect replaces the Iranian Bar Association

Payam Derafshan sentenced

Iran

It has been reported that Iranian human rights lawyer Payam Derafshan has been sentenced to two years imprisonment and suspended from practicing law for a period of two additional years. Derafshan has been sentenced without access to his counsel. Derafshan’s