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29 November 2017

Meetings with Members of European Parliament

Vietnam

On 22 and 23 November 2017, representatives of Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF), Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) and Viet Tan met with seven Members of the European Parliament. They visited the European Parliament on behalf of a broad coalition of NGO’s

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28 November 2017

Orange the World Karen Mejía, Honduras

Honduras

The 25th of every month has been designated “Orange Day” by the United Nations Secretary-General’s Campaign UNiTE to End Violence Against Women, to raise awareness and take action to end violence against women and girls. From 25 November, the International Day for

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27 November 2017

Saudi Arabia Joint letter on Waleed Abu al-Khair

Saudi Arabia

Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) and the Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA) called on the authorities of Saudi Arabia to immediately release lawyer Waleed Abu al – Khair. Waleed Abu al – Khair was sentenced to

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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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8 November 2017

Joint letter to APEC leaders

Vietnam

On 11 and 12 November, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ meeting will take place in Da Nang, Vietnam. Prior to the meeting, a coalition of organizations, Lawyers for Lawyers amongst them, asked the attention of the APEC Leaders to the worsening

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20 October 2017

Oral statement at Human Rights Committee

Democratic Republic of Congo

Lawyers for Lawyers delivered an oral statement to the United Nations Human Rights Committee about the situation of lawyers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This week, the Committee reviewed the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by

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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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4 October 2017

Lawyer Buzurgmehr Yorov arrested two years ago

Tajikistan

Lawyers for Lawyers has grave concerns about the situation of lawyer Buzurgmehr Yorov. Two years ago, on 28 September 2015, Yorov was arrested. Since then he has been imprisoned. Recently, Yorov’s family members have reported that he allegedly is being

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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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23 September 2017

Oral statement at UN Human Rights Council

Indonesia

On 21 September 2017, L4L delivered an oral statement during the 36th Session of the UN Human Rights Council. During this session, the Universal Periodic Review Outcome Report of Indonesia was adopted. Earlier, L4L had already submitted a NGO-submission for

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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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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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