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Tortured and unlawfully imprisoned: Lawyers for Lawyers demands justice for Maksim Znak

Belarus

Lawyers for Lawyers joins the campaign to demand an end to the torture of Maksim Znak, a Belarusian lawyer who was arbitrarily detained in 2020. He was ultimately sentenced to 10 years in prison for carrying out his professional activities

Vacancy student-internship, 16-36 hours/week

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Vacancy student-internship, 8 hours/week

This vacancy has closed. Follow our LinkedIn to stay updated on new vacancies. Deze vacature is nu gesloten. Volg onze LinkedIn voor nieuwe vacatures. ——————————————————————————————————————– English below Gemiddeld 8 uur/wk, per 1 februari 2024 Wil jij het verschil maken voor

Continued Arbitrary Detention of Dr. Mohammad Al-Roken: A Call to Release Unjustly Detained Lawyers amid COP28 in the UAE

United Arab Emirates

As COP28 comes to an end on December 13th in the UAE, at Expo City Dubai, Lawyers for Lawyers reflects on the situation of prominent academic, constitutional law teacher and human rights lawyer Dr.Mohammal Al-Roken. Despite completing his sentence in

Three Defence Lawyers of Opposition Leader Aleksei Navalny have been Arrested and included in the List of Extremists

Russian Federation

Lawyers for Lawyers is deeply concerned about the arbitrary arrest, detention and designation as extremists and terrorists of Vadim Kobzev, Igor Sergunin, and Alexey Liptser, defence lawyers of Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny. [1] The Federal Financial Monitoring Service of

10 Years since the disappearance of Razan Zaitouneh

Syria

Today, December 9, 2023, marks ten years since the disappearance of lawyer Razan Zaitouneh. Together with her husband and two colleagues, Razan Zaitouneh disappeared on December 9, 2013 in Douma after a group of armed men stormed the office of

Lawyers for Lawyers Monitored Final Hearing in the Trial of Berrak Çağlar – the Court Granted Full Acquittal.

Türkiye

On November 23, 2023, representatives of Lawyers for Lawyers observed the final hearing in the trial of lawyer Berrak Çağlar who was accused of being a member of an armed terrorist organization, following her expression of solidarity with her imprisoned

International Delegation to Turkey: Fact Finding and Trial Monitoring Mission, 6 – 9 November 2023

Türkiye

From November 6 to 9, 2023, representatives from Lawyers for Lawyers, as part of an international delegation, undertook a fact-finding and trial monitoring mission in Turkey. The delegation, comprising 27 bar associations, human rights organizations, and legal groups from eight

Statement regarding the ECtHR’s judgment in the Yalçınkaya-case

Türkiye

On 26 September 2023, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered a landmark judgment in the case of Yüksel Yalçınkaya v. Türkiye. The ECtHR ruled that Türkiye had violated the rights to a fair trial,

Lawyer Claudia González has been granted conditional release after spending 81 days in custody.

Guatemala

  After 81 days in detention, Guatemalan lawyer Claudia Gonzáles Orellana was released on house arrest on November 16th. Ms. González received the prestigious Lawyers for Lawyers Award 2023 for her work as a prominent human rights lawyer in Guatemala

Ongoing trial of Sri Lankan lawyer Hejaaz Hizbullah

Sri-Lanka

Lawyers for Lawyers remains committed to closely monitoring the proceedings involving Mr. Hizbullah, a dedicated lawyer and human rights advocate in Sri Lanka. These proceedings have exposed substantial concerns concerning due process and human rights within his case, underscoring the

Nasrin Sotoudeh released on bail after being arrested at funeral of Armita Garavand

Iran

Prominent human rights lawyer and women’s right activist Nasrin Sotoudeh was arrested on Sunday 29 October 2023 in Tehran while attending the funeral of 16-year-old Armita Garavand, who passed away a day earlier after nearly a month in coma. After