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Iran Dutch ‘Human Rights Tulip’ 2009 awarded to Shadi Sadr

As a lawyer, journalist and researcher, Shadi Sadr has dedicated herself to the rights of women in Iran. “Shadi Sadr receives the Human Rights Tulip for her outstanding courage, firmness and work in a climate of very critical and repeated

Colombia L4L meets Colombian lawyers

On 6 November 2009 L4L had a meeting with Colombian human rights lawyers Eduardo Carreño of the Lawyers’ Collective José Alvear Restrepo (CAJAR), and Agustín Jimenez of the Committee for Solidarity with Political Prisoners (CSPP). Both have devoted themselves to

Morocco Good news from Morocco

Recently, Abdellatif Kanjaa informed L4L that he has regained permission to practice as a lawyer. This is the outcome of a judgment of the Court of Appeal in Rabat on 29 October 2009. Kanjaa writes that “the Court agrees that

Iran Passport Abdolfatah Soltani confiscated

On 2 October 2009, the Iranian authorities confiscated Abdolfatah Soltani’s passport. At that moment Soltani was about to travel to Germany in order to receive the Nuremberg International Human Rights Award. He was also summoned at the Secretariat of the

China Vergunningen ingetrokken en arrestatie Wang Yonghang

Lebanon Mugraby starts proceedings before European Court

On July 27th, 2009, the prominent Lebanese human rights lawyer dr. Muhamad Mugraby has initiated legal proceedings against the EU at the European Court of Justice invoking its obligations under Article 2 of the Association Agreement with Lebanon, commonly known

China Wang Yonghang arrested

On July 4th, 2009, Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Yonghang was arrested. He has been held incommunicado since and reportedly has been beaten during his interrogation. Twenty plainclothes police broke into Wang Yonghang’s and took him and his wife to

Syria` Muhanad al-Hassani arrested

On July 28th, 2009, the Syrian human rights lawyer Muhanad al-Hassani was arrested by national security officials. Al-Hassani is charged with ‘weakening patriotic feelings’, ‘encouraging sectarian or ethnical division’ and ‘spreading false or exaggerated statements aimed at weakening the nation’,

Philippines: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Supreme Court react to IVFFM-report

Prime Minister Balkenende, Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Verhagen and Minister of Development Cooperation Koenders have expressed their compliments about the report of the International Verification and Fact Finding Mission (IVFFM) on the extrajudicial killings of lawyers and judges in

Vietnam Letter writing campaign for Le Cong Dinh

On 13 June 2009, Vietnamese lawyer Le Cong Dinh, managing partner of the leading firm DC Law and former president of the Ho Chi Minh Bar Association, was arrested and his office was raided by the Vietnamese Police and Security.

Pakistan Dutch Human Rights Platform congratulates Pakistani Lawyer’s Movement

The Dutch Human Rights Platform Pakistan, of which L4L is a member, issued a press release in which it congratulates the Pakistani Lawyer’s Movement with the reversal of the redundancy of Iftikhar Chaudry as President of the Pakistan Supreme Court,