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Kazakhstan Vadim Kuramshin to be awarded Ludovic Trarieux prize

On 20 June, the jury of the Ludovic Trarieux human rights prize announced that this year’s laureate is Vadim Kuramshin from Kazakhstan. He is a prominent lawyer and human rights defender, who currently serves a 12 year prison sentence. He

UAE Lawyers sentenced to 10 years in prison

On 2 July 2013, the Federal Supreme Court of United Arab Emirates (UAE) sentenced 56 people, including the prominent human rights lawyers Mohammed Al-Roken and Mohammed Al-Mansoori, to 10 years in prison. Mohamed al-Mansoori and Mohamed Abdullah al-Roken were arrested

Vietnam L4L writes to EU, Canadian, Australian and Japanese governments

Together with 11 NGO’s, L4L has sent a letter on 1 July 2013 to all Ministers of Foreign Affairs of EU-countries, Canada, Australia and Japan to request special attention to the unlawful arrest, detention and the upcoming trial of the

Zimbabwe Film event with Beatrice Mtetwa

World Justice Project, Zimbabwe Watch, Amnesty International, and Lawyers for Lawyers, invite you to: Beatrice Mtetwa and the Rule of Law Meet one of Zimbabwe’s most courageous human rights lawyers Film screeningPanel Discussion with Beatrice Mtetwa Beatrice Mtetwa lives and

Lawyers receive death threats

Russian Federation

Two lawyers in Dagestan in the North Caucasus, Russia, have received death threats in connection with a criminal case they are working on. Sapiyat Magomedova and Musa Suslanov are criminal defence lawyers (advokaty) working in the North Caucasus republic of

Vietnam Letter to John Kerry for Le Quoc Quan

On 27 June 2013, L4L, together with a broad coalition of other NGO’s, requested the US Secretary of State John Kerry in a letter to take action to free the Vietnamese lawyer Mr. Le Quoc Quan. Kerry will attend the ASEAN conference

Iran New president, lawyer forgotten in prison

Whilst attention within Iran, as well as abroad, has recently focused on the presidential elections, Iranian human rights lawyer Javid Houtan Kian is being held in Tabriz prison under horrific circumstances. The lawyer, who became a well-known figure when he took on the

Turkey Another mass arrest of lawyers

Following widespread protests and police brutality in Turkey in the last two weeks, 45 lawyers were arrested in Istanbul on 11 June. The lawyers were taking part in a peaceful protest inside the Çağlayan Court, near Taksim Square, directed against the repression

Syria Health of detained lawyer Khalil Ma’touq critical

On 4 June, L4L has together with 18 other organisations asked attention for the situation of Khalil Ma’touq through a joint statement. This 54-year-old director of the Syrian Centre for Legal Studies and Research was arrested on 2 October 2012,

L4L Magamed Abubakarov receives Lawyers for Lawyers Award

On 31 May 2013, Russian lawyer Magamed Abubakarov received the Lawyers for Lawyers Award. The award was handed over to him by Alec Muchadehama from Zimbabwe, who received the award two years ago. Magamed Abubakarov was praised by the jury

Cameroon L4L speaks to Michel Togué, defender of LGBT rights

On 20 May, L4L spoke to Michel Togué, a lawyer from Cameroon. He was in Amsterdam at the invitation of Human Rights Watch to share his experiences as a lawyer defending persons who are prosecuted by the Cameroon authorities for ‘homosexual

Colombia Report Caravana 2012 published

On 21 May, the report of the third visit of the Caravana de Juristas to Colombia in 2012, in which L4L participates together with Judges for Judges, was published. On the same day, the report was presented to the Colombian