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18 September 2014

Court rules to hold Intigam Aliev in pre-trial detention

Azerbaijan

On 12 September 2014, Nasimi District Court in Baku rejected the petition to transfer Intigam Aliev from pre-trial detention to house arrest. Intigam Aliev will appeal this ruling in Baku City Court. On the morning of 8 August 2014, Intigam Aliyev was summoned

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7 September 2014

Call for release of Mazen Darwish

Syria

The Syrian government should immediately and unconditionally release the arbitrarily detained human rights defender Mazen Darwish and his colleagues Hani Al-Zitani and Hussein Ghareer, 79 organizations, including Lawyers for Lawyers, said today. The Syrian Anti-Terrorism Court is expected to issue

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7 September 2014

Lawyer Rodolfo Felicio killed

Philippines

Lawyers for Lawyers has sent letters to the authorities of the Philippines urging them to investigate the death of human rights lawyer Rodolfo Felicio. On 24 August 2014, Atty. Felicio was killed at Floodway, Taytay, Rizal, while reportedly amongst his

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7 September 2014

Colombia Caravana mission 2014

Colombia

This year, like in 2010 and 2012, Lawyers for Lawyers again participated in the Caravana Internacional de Juristas (Caravana). From 23-30 August, Wout Albers and Harald Wiersema visited Colombia together as part of a group consisting of 70 lawyers and judges. The Caravana

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5 September 2014

Human rights lawyer Abdujaparov attacked in his office

Kyrgyzstan

Frontline Defenders informed Lawyers for Lawyers about the following: On 4 September 2014, an unknown individual attacked human rights lawyer Makhamajan Abdujaparov in his office. Makhamajan Abdujaparov is a senior lawyer of Jalal-Abad regional human rights organization Spravedlivost (“Justice”). The attack was

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4 September 2014

Teng Biao speaks at meeting Lawyers for Lawyers

China

On 29 August, Lawyers for Lawyers and NGIZ Amsterdam organized a meeting with the Chinese human rights lawyer Teng Biao. As a lawyer Biao defended AIDS activists, Falun Gong followers, Tibetan protesters and farmers who have been displaced from their land. The price

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22 August 2014

Thulani Maseko sentenced to 2 years in prison

eSwatini

On 17 July lawyer Thulani Maseko and journalist Bheki Makhubu, were both convicted of  ‘contempt of court’ by  the High Court of Swaziland. Shortly afterwards they were both sentenced to two years in prison. The normal punishment for  ‘contempt of court’ is

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20 August 2014

Human rights lawyer Intigam Aliyev in pre-trial detention

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan holds the Chairmanship of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers, and should therefore respect and uphold the democratic values of the Council of Europe and the essential human rights guaranteed in the European Convention on Human Rights. However, a

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15 August 2014

Rommel Durán arrested and detained in poor conditions

Colombia

On 9 August 2014, Rommel Durán Castellanos, Colombian lawyer, was arrested in the village Curumaní in the Cesar region. Rommel works for the legal team “Pueblos” and Department of Santander Fundación Comité de Solidaridad con los presos politicos (FCSPP). According

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15 August 2014

Arrest and detention of Sukhrat Qudratov

Tajikistan

Lawyers for Lawyers and the Law Society of England and Wales are concerned to learn of the arrest and detention of Sukhrat Qudratov, a prominent defence lawyer in Tajikistan who had represented the former Minister of Industry, Zaid Saidov. According

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8 August 2014

Gao Zhisheng released from prison

China

Chinese human rights lawyer, Gao Zhisheng, whose secret detention and alleged torture by Communist authorities prompted an international outcry has been released on 7 August 2014 at the end of his three-year suspended sentence, his wife and a relative said.

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24 July 2014

Lawyers for Lawyers concerned at prosecution of lawyer Georgy Antonov

Russian Federation

The Russian investigative authorities are trying to impede the work of lawyer Georgy Antonov. The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) reported about this on their website. Antonov was, against his will, interrogated as a witness in his client’s case. After this,

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