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3 May 2010

China Gao Zhisheng disappeared

Gao Zhisheng, one of China’s best known human rights lawyers who had earlier been missing for fourteen months, has disappeared again after being free for several months. The first sign of life was heard half March 2010, when it became

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12 March 2010

Syria Trials against Al-Hassani and Al-Maleh commence

On 10 March 2010 the trial against the Syrian human rights lawyer Muhanad al-Hassani, who was arrested on 28 July 2009 by national security forces, commenced. The start of the trial against the 79-year-old lawyer Haitham al-Maleh, who was arrested

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19 February 2010

Iran Women’s rights lawyer Maryam Ghanbari arrested

On 8 February 2010, Maryam Ghanbari, a 27-year-old lawyer and active member of Meydaan (Women’s Field), was arrested in her home in Tehran by five Iranian officers. She is being held in the notorious Evin prison. Maryam Ghanbari takes part

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1 February 2010

China Gao Zhisheng still missing after one year

On 1 February 2009, human rights lawyer and well-known critic of the Communist Party, Gao Zhisheng, was taken by plainclothes policemen. Nothing has been heard of him since. According to his brother, the police have stated that Gao ‘lost his

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21 January 2010

Vietnam Le Cong Dinh sentenced to 5-year prison sentence

On 20 January 2010, prominent human rights lawyer Le Cong Dinh was sentenced to 5 years in prison. In recent years he has defended journalists, writers, human rights activists, bloggers and lawyers. He also regularly published through media that are

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15 January 2010

Syria Anwar Al-Bunni remains in detention

Syrian lawyer Anwar al-Bunni remains detained in the notorious Adra-prison, located just outside Damascus. It is reported that Anwar al-Bunni has been imprisoned in harsh conditions and has been subjected to abuse by his prison guards. In April 2007 Anwar

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12 January 2010

Zimbabwe Alec Muchadehama acquitted

Alec Muchadehama was on trial because of supposed contempt of Court. In June 2009, his prosecution was initiated because he supposedly was involved in the ‘illegal release’ of journalist Andrison Manyere and two members of the Movement for Democratic Change

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5 January 2010

Colombia Lawyer Jorge Molano victim of threat and intimidation

Jorge Eliecer Molano Rodriguez is a Colombian lawyer who provides legal assistance to various human rights organizations in Colombia. Molano Rodríguez also assists victims and relatives in for instance the case of enforced disappearances of 11 people after the events

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25 December 2009

Guatemala Defender of indigenous Maya people Fausto Otzín killed

On 18 October 2009, lawyer and defender of indigenous Maya population’s rights Fausto Otzín disappeared. He was last seen in in San Juán Comalapa, Chimaltenango, and found near his home a day later. He endured serious injuries because he had

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11 December 2009

Syria Dutch government concerned about fate Haitham al-Maleh

The Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Verhagen, has expressed his concern about the fate of the 78 year old Syrian lawyer Haitham Al-Maleh on 10 December 2009. According to Verhagen “it would be a nice gesture of the Syrian

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26 November 2009

The Philippines Also lawyers among vitims of Maguindanao massacre

“If they can kill lawyers, they can kill practically anybody.” That is what lawyer Concepcion (‘Conny’) Brizuela stated in a conversation with the members of the L4L mission investigating extrajudicial killings of lawyers and judges on the Philippines in November

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25 November 2009

China Letter writing action for Chinese lawyer

On November 23, 2009, Chinese lawyer Huang Qi was sentenced to three years of imprisonment. He was convicted for illegal possession of state secrets. Human rights organizations, including L4L, assume that Huang Qi’s conviction is connected to his work for

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