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Judicial harassment against lawyer Arnon Nampa

Thailand

Lawyers for Lawyers is concerned about the alleged harassment of human rights lawyer Arnon Nampa. Anon Nampa reported to the police on 5 on March 2015. He had been accused of “importing into a computer false information which may damage

Killing of lawyer

Pakistan

On 17 March 2015, lawyer Samiullah Afridi from Pakistan was reportedly shot dead in an attack by unidentified assailants while on his way home in Peshawar, Pakistan. In 2013, Samiullah Afridi stated that he had received several death threats from

Save the Date! 29 May: L4L-Award seminar

25 YEARS BASIC PRINCIPLES ON THE ROLE OF LAWYERS L4L invites you to “Lawyers are not their clients” Seminar “Lawyers shall not be identified with their clients or their clients’ causes as a result of discharging their functions.” (Article 18

Lawyers bugged and followed

Colombia

Lawyers for Lawyers has received reports indicating that lawyers of the Colombian lawyers collective José Alvear Restrepo (CAJAR) were illegally bugged and followed between 6–18 February 2015. This happened while the lawyers were executing their professional activities. The number of

Lawyers tried before Special Terrorism Tribunal

Sudan

Lawyers for Lawyers expresses its grave concerns about the continued detention and prosecution of Mr Amin Makki Madani and Mr Farug Abu Eisa. Mr Makki Madani is a prominent human rights lawyer, President of the Confederation of Sudanese Civil Society

Oral statement to Human Rights Committee

Russian Federation

Today Lawyers for Lawyers delivered an oral statement to the Human Rights Committee for the review of the Russian Federation’s compliance with it’s international human rights obligations. Lawyers for Lawyers highlighted the Russian Federation’s failure to protect its lawyers and

Request for protection lawyer granted by court

Philippines

On 12 March 2015, the Philippine Court of Appeal granted the application for a Writ of Amparo of  Atty. Maria Catherine Dannug-Salucon. It is reportedly the first writ of Amparo granted to a lawyer under attack. The Writ of ‘Amparo’

Work of lawyers increasingly hindered by investigators

Russian Federation

Lawyers in the Russian Federation increasingly face improper interference. Investigators try to exclude lawyers from cases by all means. Since 11 June 2014, Mark Feygin together with lawyers Ilya Novikov and Nikolay Polozov defends Nadiya Savchenko, a Ukrainian air-force pilot who

Letter to President Rouhani: ‘Review cases detained lawyers’

Iran

On Lawyers Day in Iran, Wednesday 26 February, Lawyers for Lawyers expressed its concerns regarding the situation of seven detained lawyers in a letter to President Rouhani. It concerns the lawyers Mostafa Daneshjo, Amir Islami, Farshid Yadollahi, Afshin Karampoor, Omid Behroozi, Mohammed

Joint statement for ‘UAE 94’ prisoners

United Arab Emirates

On the second anniversary of the start of the mass “UAE 94” trial that imprisoned dozens of government critics and reform activists in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a coalition of 13 organizations, including Lawyers for Lawyers, calls on the

Trial against Intigam Aliyev

Azerbaijan

On 17 February 2015, another hearing in the case of the human rights lawyer Intigam Aliyev took place at the Court of Grave Crimes in Baku, Azerbaijan. This time, Aliyev was not forced to stay in a cage in the

Lawyers sentenced in ‘Raml Police Station’ case

Egypt

On 9 February 2015, El Raml Misdemeanour Court in Alexandria sentenced 10 human rights activists and lawyers including Mahienour El-Massry, Youssef Shabaan, Loay El Kahwagy to two years’ imprisonment. The sentence could be suspended upon payment of a 5,000 Egyptian Pounds fine