News - Lawyers for Lawyers

Joint statement
05/06/2025
4 min read

Joint statement: Concern over the sentencing of prominent human rights lawyer Lu Siwei

Download the statement here Lawyers for Lawyers, Asian Lawyers Network, The Rights Practice, The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE), Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, The 29 Principles,...

China

Joint statement
05/06/2025
4 min read

Joint statement: Concern over the sentencing of prominent human rights lawyer Lu Siwei

Joint statement: Concern over the sentencing of prominent human rights lawyer Lu Siwei

Paving the Path to Equality: Milena Adamczewska-Stachura’s Fight for the Right of the LGBTQIA+ Community and the Crucial Role Played by Strategic Litigation

Prolonged enforced disappearance of human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng

Vacancy: Shelter City Amstelveen Internship (32 hours per week)

Invitation: seminar and award ceremony 2025 Lawyers for Lawyers Award

International legal and human rights community condemns moves to undermine the independence of lawyers and the rule of law

Amstelveen becomes 14th Shelter City in the Netherlands

Vacancy (closed): Website Assistent bij Lawyers for Lawyers (8-16 uur per week)

Angolan lawyer Zola Ferreira Bambi to receive the Lawyers for Lawyers Award 2025

HRC 58: Alarming deterioration of the rule of law and threats against jurists in the United States

HRC 58: Situation of Lawyers in Belarus

HRC 58: Situation of lawyers in Venezuela

Lawyers’ rights organisations express dismay at recent targeting of legal professionals by the US Government

Systematic state persecution of lawyers in Iran continues with fresh round of interrogations and indictments

Delegation attends first hearing in case against the Istanbul Bar Association

Lawyers for Lawyers expresses concern over criminal prosecution of Indonesian Lawyer Tony Budidjaja

Report of the International Fair Trial Day 2024 – Philippines Edition

International Fair Trial Day: Save the Date and Call for Nominations for the Ebru Timtik Award

Concern over the detention and deteriorating health of human rights lawyer Lu Siwei

Applications now open: Access to Justice Training 2025 for young lawyers dedicated to defending LGBTQIA+ rights

Dutch bar associations show solidarity with the Istanbul Bar in response to legal actions by Turkish authorities

Upcoming hearing in the criminal proceedings against Claudia Gonzalez Orellana

Day 84 of pro-EU protests in Georgia: Access to legal counsel and the right to defence under threat

TOP STORIES

Pressure on lawyers increases again

Adil Meléndez Márquez Loses Security Detail Following Prestigious Award Win

Abdullah Al-Shamlawi sentenced over tweets

Call to restore confidence in judiciary

Concerns over detention of lawyers, journalists, politicians, and artists in Türkiye

Tony Germain Nkina sentenced to 5 years in prison

WE ARE SOCIAL