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16 February 2015

Mazen Darwish 3 years in jail

Syria

The Syrian government should immediately free the prominent Syrian human rights defender Mazen Darwish and his colleagues Hani Al-Zitani and Hussein Gharir, 71 human rights organizations, including Lawyers for Lawyers said today, on the third anniversary of their arrest. The three

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16 February 2015

Detained Wang Yonghang’s birthday, in very bad health

Tajikistan

Tuesday 17 February is lawyer Wang Yonghang’s 42nd birthday. Unfortunately there is little reason for joy. It will be his sixth birthday in a row in detention. Since July 2009 he is serving a seven-year prison sentence because of his

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6 February 2015

Souad al-Shammari released!

Saudi Arabia

Lawyer Souad al-Shammari was released on 29 January after three months of detention without charge. The conditions of her release and current legal status are unclear. A royal pardon had been issued that day by the new King, Salman bin

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6 February 2015

Judicial harassment of lawyer Azza Soliman

Egypt

On 24 January 2015, human rights lawyer Azza Soliman was informed that she is being investigated on charges of violating the ‘protest law’. On that day Soliman voluntarily went to the Public Prosecution’s office to give her testimony regarding the

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6 February 2015

Physical attack against lawyer in Dagestan

Russian Federation

On 4 February 2015, a group of unidentified men attacked defence lawyer Murad Magomedov in Dagestan, causing multiple injuries. The attack took place in broad daylight during a break in a Supreme Court hearing in which Magomedov was defending his client,

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4 February 2015

Tajikistan Sentencing of lawyer Sukhrat Qudratov

Tajikistan

Lawyers for Lawyers and the Law Society of England and Wales were concerned to learn the sentencing of Sukhrat Qudratov, a prominent defence lawyer in Tajikistan who had represented the former Minister of Industry, Zaid Saidov. On January 13, 2015, a court

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2 February 2015

Trial against Intigam Aliyev

Azerbaijan

On 23 January 2015, Intigam Aliyev’s lawyer requested in a preparatory meeting before the Criminal Court in Baku to terminate the criminal proceedings against his client. The Court rejected this request and all other applications of the defense. The case

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30 January 2015

Bar rejects request to withdraw license lawyer

Vietnam

On 21 January, the Phu Yen Bar Association sent a communication to the police, prosecutors and court of Tuy Hoa city, in which they appeal to the said authorities against their request to withdraw Vo An Don’s license to practice

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30 January 2015

Authorities should allow Masoud Shafii to travel and do his work

Iran

The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) asked attention for the situation of Iranian lawyer Masoud Shafii in a letter to the Iranian authorities on 15 January. This lawyer represented three American hikers who were detained in

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24 January 2015

Lawyers organizations worldwide call on Aquino Government to address attacks against Filipino lawyers

Philippines

At least 38 lawyers have been killed in the Philippines since 2004 for reasons apparently related to their profession. Many more lawyers have been threatened, harassed, intimidated, labeled as ‘enemies of the state’ or subjected to surveillance or other forms

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23 January 2015

Lawyer sentenced to community service

Azerbaijan

Alaif Hasanov was the lawyer of, amongst others, Leyla Yunus and Intigam Aliyev. In September 2014, Alaif Hasanov reported on physical pressure committed against his client Leyla Yunus, by her cellmate Ms. N. Huseynova. This report was published in the

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20 January 2015

Authorities request to revoke license Vo An Don

Vietnam

On 16 January 2014, Lawyers for Lawyers sent letters to the Bar Association in connection to the request of several government offices to revoke Vo An Don’s lawyers license. Vo An Don is an associate at the Centre for Government Legal

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