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Situation of lawyers quickly deteriorating

Egypt

The situation of Egyptian lawyers is quickly deteriorating. Lawyers are faced with arrests, prosecution and police violence that has even led to the deaths of two lawyers, while they were being held in police custody. The International Commission of Jurists

Lawyers for Lawyers Seminar

L4L invites you to the seminar: “Lawyers are not their clients” + Presentation of the L4L-Award 2015 It is the 25th anniversary of the Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers and L4L is organizing the seminar ‘Lawyers are not

IBAHRI urgently calls on government to review sentencing of Intigam Aliyev

Azerbaijan

Lawyers for Lawyers fully supports the call of the  International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) on the Government of Azerbaijan to review the sentencing of human rights lawyer Intigam Aliyev. On April 22, 2015, the Baku Grave Crimes Court sentenced

Lawyers for Lawyers Award for Jorge Molano!

Colombia

Jorge Molano, a Colombian Human Rights Lawyer and member of DHColombia, is selected to receive the Lawyers for Lawyers Award 2015. An expert jury selected Molano because of his “immense personal courage and stamina” and to “draw attention to the

Renewed call for release of ‘Duma Four’ on birthday of Razan Zaitouneh

Syria

To mark the 38th birthday of missing human rights defender and lawyer Razan Zaitouneh, 70 organizations, including Lawyers for Lawyers, today reiterate their call for her immediate release, as well as that of her missing colleagues Samira Khalil, Nazem Hamadi

Authorities try to initiate criminal case against lawyer

Russian Federation

Despite the call from the United Nations Human Rights Committee for Russia to comply with its human rights obligations, lawyers in the Russian Federation increasingly face improper interference. Lawyers for Lawyers was informed that the Ministry of Justice is trying to

Intigam Aliyev sentenced to 7,5 years in jail

Azerbaijan

On April 22, 2015, the Baku Grave Crimes Court sentenced Intigam Aliyev to seven-and-a-half year imprisonment on charges of “tax evasion”, “abuse of authority”, “illegal entrepreneurship”, and “appropriation”. Aliyev denies all the charges and says they are politically motivated. Aliyev

Lawyer at risk of suspension after criticizing Supreme Court decision

Paraguay

Human rights lawyer Julia Cabello Alonso faces a possible one-year suspension from practicing law or disqualification from the Paraguay Bar Association for her outspoken activism in defense of indigenous communities in Paraguay. This was reported by Frontline Defenders on their

1 year since arrest Abu al-Khair: petition to WGAD

Saudi Arabia

Today Lawyers for Lawyers, together with six other human rights organizations, issued a joint press release to mark the fact that human rights lawyer Waleed Abu al-Khair was arrested one year ago and has since been in prison. Furthermore, on

Ramazan Demir acquitted!

Türkiye

Today, a Turkish court decided to acquit lawyer Ramazan Demir. Lawyers for Lawyers was in Istanbul to observe the hearing in the trial against Demir, and welcomes the decision of the court. Demir had been charged with “insulting or (…) offending

Madani and Eisa released

Sudan

On 9 April, Amin Mekki Medani and Faruq Abu Eisa were released after the Minister of Justice decided to freeze the case against them pursuant to his powers under Article 58 of the 1991 Criminal Procedure Law. Madani is a

Ongoing harassment of lawyer Nguyen Van Dai

Vietnam

Lawyers for Lawyers is very concerned about the ongoing harassment of human rights lawyer Nguyen Van Dai. Dai was under house arrest in Hanoi since 2011, serving a four-year sentence that was due to end on 5 March 2015. He