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22 November 2017

Lawyer Li Yuhan arrested

China

On October 9, the 60-year-old Chinese human rights lawyer Li Yuhan disappeared. Li Yuhan informed her brother that day that the police took her to the Heping Sub-division of the Shenyang City Public Security Bureau. Later it became known that

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16 October 2017

Joint statement: stop the crackdown

Vietnam

A coalition of Vietnamese and international human rights organizations, Lawyers for Lawyers amongst them, called on the Vietnamese authorities to stop the crackdown against peaceful expression in the country. Vietnam is in the midst of an unprecedented political crackdown against peaceful expression.

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13 October 2017

Ramazan Demir recipient of 2017 IBA Human Rights Award

Türkiye

Lawyers for Lawyers congratulates human rights lawyer Ramazan Demir on receiving the 2017 IBA Human Rights Award. He accepted the Award on Friday 13 October 2017 in Sydney at the International Bar Association (IBA) Conference. Lawyers for Lawyers nominated Ramazan

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3 October 2017

Zhu Shengwu’s licence revoked

China

Lawyer Zhu Shengwu from China was recently accused of making online speeches that “endangered state security”. Zhu has become the first ever lawyer to be forcefully stripped of his practising licence by administrative measure. This was reported by the China

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27 September 2017

Arrest of lawyer Ibrahim Metwally

Egypt

L4L has grave concerns about the abduction and incommunicado detention of Mr. Ibrahim Metwally Hegazy, human rights lawyer, Co-founder and Coordinator of the Association of the Families of the Disappeared in Egypt. L4L has sent a letter to the Egyptian

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18 September 2017

Lawyer Nkongho Felix Agbor-Balla released

Cameroon

Lawyer Nkongho Felix Agbor-Balla from Cameroon was released on 31 August 2017. A presidential decree of 30 August 2017, read on national public radio and television,  ordered to drop all charges against the lawyer. A day later, the Military Tribunal of Yaounde confirmed

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10 September 2017

Trial against lawyer Jiang Tianyong

China

On 22 August 2017, the first hearing in the criminal case against 46-year-old human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong took place. The lawyer is accused  of “subverting state power”. The maximum penalty: lifelong imprisonment. Jiang Tiangyong ‘confessed’  to the crime he

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9 September 2017

Criminal prosecution of human rights lawyer Siti Kasim

Malaysia

L4L is concerned about the criminal charges pending against Malaysian lawyer Siti Kasim. on 3 April 2016, the Federal Territories Islamic Department (JAWI) carried out a raid on a private event held by a group of members of the transgender

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10 August 2017

Tarek Hussein released, trial of Khaled Ali postponed

Egypt

On 27 July 2017, human rights lawyer Tarek Hussein was released after being detained for 40 days. He has been reunited with  his family. Tarek Hussein could still potentially be imprisoned as the Prosecutor has not formally closed the investigation.

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4 August 2017

Ongoing judicial harassment of Sirikan Charoensiri

Thailand

L4L continues to support Thai human rights lawyer Sirikan Charoensiri in her struggle against judicial harassment by the Thai authorities, resulting from the legal aid she provided to 14 student activists on 26 June 2015. On 2 August 2017, a

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2 August 2017

Two years after the ‘709-crackdown’

China

July 9, 2017 was the two year anniversary of the “709-crackdown”. On 9 July 2015, dozens of lawyers were arrested and detained at secret locations. Some of them were released after a few hours; others disappeared for a number of

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6 July 2017

Letter about situation of lawyers

Egypt

Lawyers for Lawyers has grave concerns about the situation of lawyers in Egypt. Recently, several lawyers were arrested. Lawyers for Lawyers has sent a letter to the Egyptian authorities to express concerns, and call for the release of these lawyers.

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