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6 July 2011

Iran Mohammed Ali Dadkhah convicted to 9 years in prison

Lawyer and co-founder of the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC) Mohammad Ali Dadkhah was convicted to a nine-year prison sentence and barred from working as a lawyer for ten years on 4 July 2011. He was charged with attempting

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3 June 2011

Syria Muhanad al-Hassani released from prison after 2 years

Muhanad al-Hassani was released after 22 months in prison on 3 June 2011. Almost a year earlier, he was convicted to a three year prison sentence. Earlier, human rights lawyer Haitham al-Maleh was also released before completing a three year

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30 May 2011

Colombia Final report Caravana: legal profession still under attack

Here you can download the final report of the ‘Caravana Internacional de Juristas’, an fact-finding mission in August 2010 to Colombia, in which L4L participated.

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20 May 2011

Syria crackdown also hits human rights lawyers

The unrest in Syria has been going on for weeks, but has so far seemingly only resulted in numerous arrests of people who can in one way or another be associated with the protests. Arrests of family members and neighbors

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18 May 2011

it’s more

Ezekiel Elliott’s diversity is why Antonio Williams isn’t at Wisconsin COLUMBUS, Ohio Antonio Williams lost his train of thought, so he let the 2014 national championship banner hanging above the indoor practice field in the Woody Hayes Center do the

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18 May 2011

“Butler does struggle with double teams

Assessing the potential impact of the Packers’ draft picks Green Bay Three of the first four players that the Green Bay Packers selected from the Southeastern Conference in the 2011, ’12, ’13 and ’14 drafts made the NFL all rookie

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10 May 2011

Still not prepared for defensive duty

Still not prepared for defensive duty Toronto Blue Jays all star slugger Jose Bautista said he feeling superior after his right shoulder injury, But he hasn returned to the form had to resume defensive duty. Bautista injured his shoulder as

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6 May 2011

Russian Federation Killer Markelov sentenced for life

The alleged killer of human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov was sentenced for life on Friday 6 May 2011. Nikita Tichonov, an extreme nationalist, committed the murder together with his girlfriend Jevgenia Chassis, who was sentenced to 18 years in prison.

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2 May 2011

Iran Mohammed Olyaeifard completes sentence; Seifzadeh arrested

Iranian lawyer Mohammed Olyaeifard was released from prison on 18 April 2011, after completing a one-year sentence. He was arrested and detained on 1 May 2010, after having been convicted because of an interview in which he spoke out against

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26 April 2011

L4L Annual Report on activities of L4L in 2010 available

Here you can find the Annual Report of the activities of L4L in 2010. In 2010 as well, the legal profession was under great strain in many parts of the world. L4L has tried to help lawyers in countries including

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26 April 2011

China Tang Jitian and Jiang Tianyong released but under house arrest

In March 2011, L4L came to action for the three Chinese lawyers Tang Jitian, Jiang Tianyong and Teng Biao. They were arrested a few days after they had met on 16 February 2011 to discuss how they could help their

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18 April 2011

L4L First L4L-Award for Alec Muchadehama

The first Lawyers for Lawyers Award, established by the Dutch Foundation Lawyers for Lawyers, was presented on 15 April 2011 to Alec Muchadehama, a human rights lawyer from Zimbabwe. For reports and videos of the ceremony, please see here. Alec

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