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Concerns about deteriorating health Yu Wensheng

China

Yu Wensheng is a Chinese human rights lawyer who has been actively involved in politically sensitive cases against the government and who has been detained for his work as a lawyer since 2018. Lawyers for Lawyers has received worrying information

Filipino lawyer Angelo Karlo Guillen: “Human rights is a very dangerous field”

Philippines

Text: Jan van Vegchel and Benthe Priester “Never in history was being a Filipino human rights lawyer as dangerous as it is today”, says Atty. Angelo Karlo Guillen, “AK” for friends. “I come from a family of human rights activists,

Joint letter on conviction and imprisonment Robert Roșu

Romania

In a joint letter Lawyers for Lawyers and the Law Society of England and Wales express concern about the conviction and imprisonment of lawyer Robert Roșu from Romania. On 17 December 2020, the High Court of Justice and Cassation of Romania

Statement on the sentencing of three Burundian lawyers

Burundi

In February 2021, Burundian lawyers Dieudonné Bashirahishize, Armel Niyongere, Vital Nshimirimana were informed that they were sentenced in absentia to lifelong imprisonment. In January 2017, the three Burundian lawyers had already been disbarred from the Burundi Bar Association by request

Join statement on the occasion of the first International Fair Trial Day and Ebru Timtik Award

Today, 14 June 2021, marks the inaugural International Fair Trial Day (IFTD) which will be observed for the first time worldwide. The focus country of the IFTD this year is Turkey, a country that is and has been suffering for

Blog post: Justice: Qalb Al Adala and the reality of life as a lawyer in the United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

Justice: Qalb Al Adala is a relatively new Netflix TV show featuring an Abu Dhabi female lawyer; Farah. Justice is the first Emirates series that is worldwide available on Netflix. According to the makers of the TV show, Justice: Qalb

World Environment Day 2021

Today, the 5th of June, is World Environment Day. Worldwide this day engages governments, businesses and citizens to focus on pressing environmental issues. Lawyers for Lawyers would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to the work of environmental lawyers

Lawyers from Algeria, Belarus and Myanmar shortlisted for the 2021 Award

Lawyers from Myanmar and Belarus, and a lawyers’ collective from Algeria are shortlisted as finalists for the 2021 Lawyers for Lawyers Award. The 2021 Award will be presented to the laureate during a seminar hosted by Lawyers for Lawyers and

No hearing in trial Li Yuhan

China

On June 4th, 1989, the People’s Liberation Army forcefully ended student protests in Tiananmen square in Beijing, China. Although the number of dead and wounded has never been officially established, estimates run into the thousands. The protests had started in

Egypt: President Should Act to Unshackle Freedoms

Egypt

In a joint statement, Lawyers for Lawyers alongside 63 organizations from around the world call on the Egyptian authorities, including President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, to take immediate action to end the Egyptian authorities’ wholesale crackdown on independent organizations and peaceful

Joint statement on the concerning developments in the case of Ding Jiaxi

China

In a joint statement, Lawyers for Lawyers, the Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders, China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group, and ChinaAid express concern about the new developments in the case of human rights lawyer Ding Jiaxi. The charges against

Joint statement on the continued enforced disappearance of Chang Weiping

In a joint statement, Lawyers for Lawyers, the Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders, China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group, and ChinaAid voice concern about the residential surveillance at a designated location (RSDL), under which Chang Weiping has been detained