Jaarverslag L4L 2006

Oud bestuurslid Joost Italianer overleden

Foto: Gregor Servais Lawyers for Lawyers ontving het verdrietige nieuws dat Joost Italianer op 9 september 2023 na een langdurige ziekte is overleden. Joost was advocaat bij NautaDutilh, begenadigd jazzpianist en, van 2004 tot 2015, bestuurslid van Lawyers for Lawyers.

Philippine lawyer Maria Alzate killed in broad daylight

Philippines

Atty. Maria Alzate, a Philippine lawyer known for defending the poor, was killed on Thursday September 14, in Abra province, in the north of the country. In broad daylight, two unidentified assassins on a motorcycle shot her at close range,

Zimbabwean lawyers Tapiwa Muchineripi and Doug Coltart arrested

Zimbabwe

L4L is worried about the news of Zimbabwean lawyers Tapiwa Muchineripi and Doug Coltart being arrested in the evening of 4 September. The lawyers were defending their hospitalized clients, before they were arrested on suspicion of obstructing justice. Their clients,

IBAHRI and L4L Statement on the Brutal Assault of Zimbabwean Human Rights Lawyer Obey Shava

Zimbabwe

The International Bar Association Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) wish to express their great concern for the well-being of prominent Zimbabwean human rights lawyer Obey Shava, after he was gravely assaulted near his law firm in