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16 January 2015

Police arrest 12 lawyers on ‘terrorist charges’

Spain

On Monday 12 January 2015, sixteen people, amongst them twelve Spanish lawyers, were arrested by the police after a judge of the Audienca Nacional ordered their arrest. The Audience Nacional is a special and exceptional High Court, competent to try

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16 January 2015

Day of the endangered lawyer

Philippines

On 23 January 2015, the “Day of the Endangered Lawyer”, attention will be asked for the situation of lawyers in the Philippines. Since 2001, at least 41 lawyers and 18 judges have been murdered in the Philippines. The suspects of these

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15 January 2015

Court declares indictment against lawyer null and void

Moldova

On 29 December 2014, the Buiucani Court declared the indictment that was issued against lawyer Alexandru Bernaz on 9 September 2014 null and void. Bernaz is thus no longer subject of a criminal investigation. A few weeks before this decision,

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13 January 2015

Waleed Abu al-Khair sentenced to 15 years on appeal

Saudi Arabia

Yesterday, on 12 January 2015, the Specialised Criminal Court in Riyadh held a session in which it sentenced prominent human rights lawyer Waleed Abu al-Khair to serve fifteen years in prison; previously this had been fifteen years in prison, with

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7 January 2015

Sign the petition for Yara Sallam!

Egypt

On 28 December 2014, Egyptian human rights lawyer Yara Sallam and 23 young activists were sentenced on appeal to a two year prison term plus two years of police surveillance following release. They were inter alia charged with violating the

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30 December 2014

Lawyer attacked after defending LGBTI-activist

Russian Federation

On 25 November 2014, human rights lawyer Vitaly Cherkasov was attacked after defending an LGBTI rights activist in court. This was reported by Frontline Defenders on their website. The attackers sprayed an unknown liquid on Cherkasov. Vitaly Cherkasov is a

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24 December 2014

Disbarment of lawyer for ‘breaching professional ethics’

Azerbaijan

On 24 December 2014, Lawyers for Lawyers wrote letters to the Azerbaijan Bar Association in connection to the possible disbarment of lawyer Khalid Bagirov. Lawyers for Lawyers has reason to belief that his disbarment is connected to his legitimate activities as attorney.

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17 December 2014

Lawyer released from psychiatric clinic

Kazakhstan

On 15 December 2014, Kazakh lawyer Zinaida Mukhortova, who had been forcibly admitted to a psychiatric clinic on 2 July 2014,  was released from the institution. In July 2014, Lawyers for Lawyers called on the Kazakh authorities to release Ms. Mukhortova from

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15 December 2014

Wife of lawyer appeals for his freedom

China

In May 2014, lawyer Tang Jingling was taken from his home by police in Guangzhou and detained on charges of ‘picking quarrels and provoking trouble’. On 15 December, on Mr. Jingling’s 44th birthday, his wife Wang Yanfang released a statement

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12 December 2014

Lawyers for Lawyers urges authorities to stop harassing Nasrin Sotoudeh

Iran

Lawyers for Lawyers was informed that on Wednesday 10 December 2014, Nasrin Sotoudeh was arrested and detained for several hours by the Iranian authorities. Her husband confirmed her arrest on Facebook, adding that it was the authorities’ present to them on

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9 December 2014

Razan Zeitouneh one year missing

Syria

Since human rights lawyer Razan Zeitouneh, her husband and two colleagues were abducted on 9 December 2013 no one has heard of them. Razan Zeitouneh, Wael Hamada, Samira Khalil, and Nazem Hammadi disappeared in Douma, a city that is under the

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8 December 2014

Lawyers for Lawyers calls upon authorities to release Yara Sallam

Egypt

Lawyers for Lawyers was informed that Ms. Yara Sallam was arrested in Cairo on 21 June 2014 following police interference in a peaceful protest against the “anti-protest law”. While Ms. Sallam reportedly was around the site of the protest, she

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