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Harassment of Lawyer Reina Lilian Rodríguez

Honduras

Lawyer Reina Lilian Rodriguez and her team are the subject of acts of intimidation and harassment. Frontline Defenders reports this on their website. Reina Lilian Rodriguez is a lawyer and Southern Regional Delegate of the Commissión Nacional de los Derechos

Open letter to President for massive wave of arrests

China

In an open letter to President Xi Jinping, 26 organisations, including Lawyers for Lawyers, have strongly condemned the recent unprecedented and seemingly well-coordinated detention campaign of a large number of human rights lawyers in China (see the Chinese version of the letter here). The

Intigam Aliyev’s sentence upheld by Court of Appeal

Azerbaijan

On July 21, 2015, the Baku Appeal Court dismissed an appeal filed on behalf of human rights lawyer Intigam Aliyev and upheld the 7,5 year imprisonment sentence. During the hearing all petitions filed by the defence were denied. Aliyev was

Over 130 lawyers arrested or intimidated by authorities

China

The number of human rights lawyers and activists have been detained, arrested, held incommunicado, summoned to appear or restricted in their freedom in China since Thursday 9 July has reached 132, according to the China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group. In addition to these 132

Lawyers call for immediate release of Intigam Aliyev

Azerbaijan

95 lawyers from 24 countries call for the immediate and unconditional release of human rights lawyer Intigam Aliyev. He has been in jail in Azerbaijan since 8 August 2014. In a letter to President Ilham Aliyev  the lawyers express concern over

These lawyers must not be forgotten!

Three lawyers from Turkey, Cameroon and Colombia ask attention for their colleagues who face difficulties in exercising their profession as a lawyer. These lawyers should not be forgotten! On the day of the L4L-Award seminar ‘Lawyers are not their clients‘,

Thulani Maseko released from prison

eSwatini

On 30 June, the Swaziland Supreme Court ordered the release of human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko and journalist Bhekithemba Makhubu. The State conceded that it had no case against them and they were set free. Since 17 March 2014, when

25 States call for release of human rights defenders

Azerbaijan

During the session of the Human Rights Council of the United Nations, 25 States, including the Netherlands, called for the immediate and unconditional release of journalists, human rights defenders and activists in Azerbaijan that have been unjustly detained. Amongst them

Vacatures bestuur

De Stichting Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) zet zich al bijna 30 jaar in voor advocaten wereldwijd die vervolgd of in hun beroepsuitoefening belemmerd worden. L4L brengt de positie van deze advocaten onder de aandacht bij nationale en internationale instellingen, organisaties en bij de betrokken autoriteit

Interview with Le Quoc Quan

Vietnam

Interview with human rights activist and lawyer Le Quoc Quan Human rights activist Le Quoc Quan upon his release: ‘I will go ahead, because I believe it is good for the people of Vietnam.’ The Government of Viet Nam has

New verdict on suspension license Nasrin Sotoudeh

Iran

On 23 June 2015, Nasrin Sotoudeh was informed about the new verdict issued by Branch 2 of the Lawyers’ Disciplinary Court of the Bar Association, which stated that the sentence suspending her lawyer’s license was reduced from 3 years to

Supreme Court decision protects the role of lawyers

Kyrgyzstan

On 25 June 2015, the Supreme Court of Kyrgyzstan upheld the decision of the Osh Regional Court to nullify search warrants issued against the organisation Bir Duino and two of its members, human rights lawyers Valerian Vakhitov and Khusanbay Saliev.