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1 January 2011

Nepal Human Rights Council discusses Universal Periodic Review

At the end of January 2011, the tenth session of the working group Universal Periodic Review (UPR) took place in Geneva. The UPR reviews the extent to which each UN member complies with the UN Human Rights treaties once every

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13 December 2010

Iran Lawyers fight for their prosecuted colleagues

The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) published an interview with the Iranian lawyer Shirin Ebadi on the occasion of Human Rights Day, Friday 10 December 2010. In the conversation, she clarifies the problems for human rights lawyers in Iran.

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16 November 2010

Iran Five more lawyers arrested by authorities

On Saturday 13 November 2010, Iranian lawyers Sara Sabaghian, Maryam Kiyan Ersi and Maryam Karbasi were arrested. Several Iranian websites report that security service agents arrested them on the Tehran airport when their plane from Antalya (Turkey) had just landed.

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15 November 2010

Iran Shadi Sadr receives another human rights prize

On 11 November 2010, Iranian lawyer Shadi Sadr received the Alexander Law Prize at the Californian Santa Clara University. This annual prize is awarded to lawyers who “have used their legal careers to help alleviate injustice and inequity.” The jury

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12 November 2010

Syria Lawyer Mustafa Ismail convicted to 2.5 years

Syrian lawyer Mustafa Ismail, who was arrested on 12 December 2009, was convicted to a 7 year prison sentence on 7 November 2010. Fortunately, the sentence was reduced to 2.5 years on the basis of articles 267 and 278 of

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8 November 2010

Iran Lawyer Seifzadeh sentenced to nine years

On 30 October 2010, the court in Tehran convicted the Iranian lawyer Mohammad Seifzadeh to nine years imprisonment. He was also prohibited to practice law for the duration of ten years. As lawyer, Seifzadah stood by many victims of human

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3 November 2010

Syria Muhanad al-Hassani beaten in prison

On 28 October 2010, Muhanad al-Hassani, the Syrian lawyer who was recently honored for his work as a human rights lawyer with the Martin Ennals Award and the Amsterdam Dean’s Award, was attacked by a cell mate. It caused a

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25 October 2010

Kyrgyzstan Tahir Asanov attacked in courtroom

Kyrgyz lawyer Tahir Asanov was attacked and punched several times in court on 30 September 2010 whilst calling for an investigation into police brutality against his client and nine other men during their trial in Osh, in the southern part

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25 October 2010

Iran L4L speaks with Mohammad Mostafaei who fled to Norway

The Iranian Human Rights lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei was given political asylum in Norway. Recently, he was in Amsterdam. He would like European lawyers to support their Iranian colleagues in human rights cases. “In Iran it’s important to save other people.

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25 October 2010

Iran Condition Nasrin Sotoudeh seriously deteriorating

Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, for whom L4L organized a letter writing campaign in the summer of 2010, has been on a hunger strike since 29 September 2010. In addition, she has stopped drinking water since 31 October, to

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22 October 2010

Syria Amsterdam Dean’s Award presented to Al-Hassani

On Thursday 21 October 2010, the Amsterdam Dean’s Award was presented to Muhanad al-Hassani. This Syrian human rights lawyer was sentenced to three years in prison by a court in Damascus on 23 June 2010 convicting him of conveying information

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15 October 2010

Syria First anniversary of Haitham Al-Maleh’s detention

Haitham al-Maleh, the 80-year-old human rights lawyer who was convicted to three years in prison on 7 July 2010, was in detention for exactly one year on 14 October 2010. Two days before, it was announced that he is to

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