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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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8 December 2014

Lawyer criminally prosecuted on improper grounds

Moldova

On 5 December 2014, Lawyers for Lawyers expressed its concern to the Moldovan authorities about lawyer Alexandru Bernaz. According to Lawyers for Lawyers’s information, Mr. Bernaz is subjected to improper interference by legal enforcement bodies due to his legitimate activities as a

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3 December 2014

Lawyer killed together with his wife

Russian Federation

Russian lawyer Vitaliy Moiseyev and his wife Elena Moiseyeva were murdered on 24 October 2014. They were reportedly shot at least 30 times. Lawyers for Lawyers has reason to belief that they were killed because of Mr. Moiseyev’s legitimate legal

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1 December 2014

St. Petersburg lawyer assaulted

Russian Federation

Well-known St. Petersburg lawyer Arkady Chaplygin beaten in the premises of the bar association; law enforcement agencies refuse to take action. Arkady Chaplygin is a lawyer and head of the specialised bar association ‘Prizyvnik’ in St. Petersburg. He is also

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1 December 2014

Kennedy Masiye Human Right Lawyer of the Year

Zimbabwe

On 9 November 2014, Zimbabwean human rights lawyer Kennedy Masiye was honoured as Human Right Lawyer of the Year by the Law Society of Zimbabwe for his outstanding contribution to the protection and promotion of human rights in the country.

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1 December 2014

WGAD: detention Abdul Aziz Moussa arbitrary

Bahrain

Lawyers for Lawyers was informed that, in an opinion adopted at its 70th session on 28 August 2014, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) found that the detention of Bahraini human rights lawyer Mr. Abdul Aziz Moussa

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25 November 2014

Hearing in ‘Raml police station’ case

Egypt

On 17 November 2014, the Raml Misdemeanour Court held a hearing in the ‘Raml police station’ criminal case in which human rights lawyer Ms. Mahienour el-Massry is being prosecuted. The court heard three testimonies provided by witnesses presented by the

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21 November 2014

Meeting between lawyer and local communities interrupted by military

Thailand

On 11 November 2014, a meeting between lawyer Sor Rattabanee Polkaw and members of local communities in Udon Thani Province, North-Eastern Thailand, was interrupted by members of the military and the police. Ms. Polkaw is a human rights lawyer from

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14 November 2014

Lawyers for Lawyers monitors hearings in Istanbul

Türkiye

This week Lawyers for Lawyers observed two hearings in the cases in which a large number of lawyers are being prosecuted. Both sessions were adjourned to May 2014. Lawyers for Lawyers monitored two hearings in the trials against Turkish lawyers

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12 November 2014

Police beat up lawyer Kennedy Masiye

Zimbabwe

On 6 November 2014, lawyer Kennedy Masiye was physically attacked by police officers, when he tried to intervene in an assault by police officers on journalist Itai Dzamara. Masiye was left severely injured with a broken arm. In October 2014,

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