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New law could undermine independence legal profession Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

In July 2018, the Kazakhstan government adopted the new law ‘On the Professional Activities of Advocates and Legal Assistance’. Certain parts of this law are of concern to Lawyers for Lawyers for they could undermine the independence of the legal

New law could undermine independence legal profession

Kazakhstan

In July 2018, the Kazakhstan government adopted the new law ‘On the Professional Activities of Advocates and Legal Assistance’. Certain parts of this law are of concern to Lawyers for Lawyers for they could undermine the independence of the legal

Video interview with Ramazan Demir

Türkiye

Lawyers for Lawyers speaks with lawyer Ramazan Demir from Turkey about the situation of lawyers in Turkey, monitoring of trials in Turkey against lawyers who face judicial harassment because of their professional duties and Ramazan’s personal situation. Many thanks to the

Three years after the “709-crackdown”

China

Today, 9 July 2018, marks the third anniversary of the “709-crackdown”. On this day in 2015, an unprecedented and seemingly well-coordinated detention campaign of a large number of human rights lawyers and defenders started in China. Three years later, the

Mustafa Aydin released

Türkiye

On 27 June 2018, lawyer Mustafa Aydin was released from prison. One day earlier, Lawyers for Lawyers, together with five other organizations, called for the immediate release of Mustafa Aydin. Mr Aydin was arrested on 16 August 2016. Fifteen months later,

Joint statement on situation of Mustafa Aydin

Türkiye

<<PDF – version statement>> The undersigned organizations are very concerned about the ongoing pre-trial detention of and lack of medical treatment for Mustafa Aydin, a lawyer from Istanbul. Mr Aydin will be heard in court this Wednesday, 27 June 2018.

Nasrin Sotoudeh arrested

Iran

On 13 June 2018, lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh was arrested at her home in Tehran. She was transferred to prosecutor’s office of Evin prison. It was reported that she was informed that she will be imprisoned for five years. Nasrin Sotoudeh

Joint letter to EU ahead of 2018 EU-China Summit

China

In a joint letter, Lawyers for Lawyers, together with 23 other organizations, called on the European Union leaders should publicly and repeatedly demand that China release those deprived of their liberty for exercising human rights, including human rights lawyer Wang

Blog: Cry for help from lawyers

China

By Su Chun Lin At the invitation of Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group (CHRLCG), I attended on behalf of Lawyers for Lawyers the annual seminar of CHRLCG that took place on 19 and 20 May 2018 in Hong Kong.

Nguyen Van Dai freed and exiled to Germany

Vietnam

Human rights lawyer Nguyen Van Dai has arrived in Germany after his release from prison in Vietnam, the German foreign ministry said on Friday, two months after a conviction for attempting to overthrow the state that carried a 15-year jail

Trial against Nguyen Van Dai

Vietnam

On 5 April 2018, human rights lawyer Nguyen Van Dai, his assistant Le Thu Ha, and other members of the Brotherhood for Democracy will appear before the People’s Court in Hanoi. Lawyer Nguyen Van Dai was arrested on 16 December 2015, while he was

Adrie van de Streek says farewell as director

On the 1st of February, Adrie van de Streek will leave as the director of Lawyers for Lawyers. Her departure comes after almost a decade, a time in which the organization has managed to profile itself more and more. L4L