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18 April 2011

L4L Acceptance speech Alec Muchadehama on receiving the first Lawyers for Lawyers Award

Highlights from Alec Muchadehama’s acceptance speech I would like to say that I am so pleased to be here today. During the programmes I have experienced great moments, moments which I am sure will live in my mind forever. On

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15 April 2011

L4L Report of the L4L-Award Jury

Here you can find the report of the L4L-Award Jury, which was presented to Alec Muchadehama on 15 April 2011 (see it here in PDF). This year for the first time, on the occasion of its 25th anniversary Lawyers for

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4 April 2011

Thailand 7 years since disappearance Somchai Neelapaijit

Seven years after Thai human rights lawyer Somchai Neelaijipit went missing, there is still no prospect of justice. Somchai disappeared on 12 March 2004, one day after he had publicly accused the police of torturing his clients, who were in

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25 March 2011

Colombia Reports discussed before UN Human Rights Council

On 23 March 2011, the UN Human Rights Council gathered to discuss the annual report on the human rights situation in Colombia. L4L was there to present a LRWC statement on behalf of Lawyers Rights Watch Canada and the International

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9 March 2011

Syria 80 year old Haitham al-Maleh released

On 8 March 2011, 80 year old Syrian lawyer Haitham al-Maleh was released from prison after 1.5 year. He was detained since October 2009 and was convicted to a three year sentence on 7 July 2010 for allegedly ‘spreading false

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18 February 2011

Syria Once more observers to Syria on behalf of L4L

On Tuesday 1 February 2011, Judith Lichtenberg and Gerrit Nieuwenhuis returned from Syria. They were to observe a disciplinary hearing against Radeef Moustafa and Abdel-Rahman Najjar in Aleppo on behalf of L4L and the Amsterdam and Dutch Bar Associations. Moustafa

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3 February 2011

Iran Pressure on lawyers increases again

Lawyers Farshid Yadollahi and Amir Eslami were convicted to a six months prison sentence on Kish Island in southern Iran on 22 January. Around the same time, Mostafa Daneshjou was sentenced in appeal to seven months in prison in the

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3 February 2011

Mexico Lawyer Alba Cruz Ramos repeatedly harassed

Mexican human rights lawyer Alba Cruz Ramos has received new threats. The threats are part of a pattern of death threats and harassment against her in an attempt to stop her from defending victims of torture and unfounded prosecution in

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17 January 2011

Tunisia Several lawyers arrested during disturbances

The disturbances that have occurred in Tunisia since mid-December 2010 have left many people killed, injured or in detention. Through a though repression, the authorities tried to suppress the many protests in the country. After former president Ben Ali left

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10 January 2011

Iran Nasrin Sotoudeh convicted to 11 year prison sentence

The Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, who has been in detention since September 2010, has been convicted to an 11 year prison sentence on 9 January 2011. Furthermore, she will be banned from practicing law and travelling abroad for a period

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7 January 2011

Syria Radeef Moustafa may be disbarred in disciplinary procedure

On 19 December 2010, Radeef Moustafa was interrogated in the framework of a disciplinary procedure against him that was started on the initiative of the Syrian Bar Association. Moustafa is charged with, among other things, “membership to an illegal organization”,

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3 January 2011

Colombia Threats addressed at lawyers

On 13 October 2010, Leonardo Jaimes Marín was informed that a murder attempt would be directed at him. He defends family members of victims of extrajudicial executions. In such cases, civilians are murdered by military groups, who report the incident

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