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Colombia: Ensure protection from death threats for lawyers of CCAJAR

Colombia

In a joint letter, Lawyers for Lawyers, the Colombian Caravana, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, the International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, and the Law Society of England and Wales express concern about the

LOIPR Turkey: Call to ensure engagement with UNHRC

Türkiye

On 3 August 2021, the United Nations Human Rights Committee adopted the list of issues prior to the submission of the second periodic of Turkey. Earlier this year, Lawyers for Lawyers filed a submission on the list of issues prior

Mohamed El-Baqer sentenced to 4 years in prison

Egypt

Today, on 20 December 2021 Egypt’s Emergency State Security Misdemeanour Court issued its verdict in Case No. 1228/2021 of Mohamed El-Baqer. Lawyers for Lawyers was informed that Mohamed El-Baqer has been sentenced to 4 years in prison for “spreading false

Statement: global legal community stands in solidarity with Mohamed el-Baqer

Egypt

We, the undersigned members of the global legal community, stand in solidarity with Egyptian lawyer Mohamed el-Baqer as he awaits his verdict on baseless criminal charges on December 20, 2021, following years of reprisal by the Egyptian state. We call

Belarusian lawyer Mikhail Kirilyuk: “We should never stop resisting”

Belarus

5 December was Lawyers’ Day in Belarus. However, the situation of lawyers in Belarus is extremely concerning. They are subject to harassment, intimidation, and improper interference as they try to perform their professional functions and the very independence of the

Russian Federation: UPR mid-term report

Russian Federation

In preparation of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Russian Federation in 2023, Lawyers for Lawyers has written a mid-term report. In this report, we set out to what extent the Russian Federation has implemented the recommendations it accepted during

Letter on the continued detention of Mohamed El-Baqer

Egypt

In a letter, Lawyers for Lawyers expresses concern about the the continued detention of the Egyptian lawyer Mohamed El-Baqer. Mr. El Baqer is is a lawyer and human rights defender in Egypt. He is the director of the Adalah Center

Eight years since disappearance Razan Zaitouneh

Syria

Today, 9 December 2018, marks eight years since the disappearance of lawyer Razan Zaitouneh. Together with her husband and two colleagues, Razan Zaitouneh disappeared on 9 December 2013 in Douma, after a group of armed men stormed the office of

Free arbitrarily detained right to health defenders and lawyers in Iran

Iran

We, the undersigned civil society and human rights organizations, call for the immediate release of prominent human rights defenders Mehdi Mahmoudian, Arash Keykhosravi, and Mostafa Nili, who have been arbitrarily detained by the Iranian authorities since August 14, 2021. We

Recap seminar and 2021 Lawyers for Lawyers Award ceremony

On 18 November 2021, Lawyers for Lawyers and the Amsterdam Bar Association hosted the seminar ‘Resilience of Lawyers in Different European Contexts’ and the presentation of the 2021 Lawyers for Lawyers Award in theatre De Rode Hoed in Amsterdam. The

Joint statement on the suspension of Lin Qilei’s and revocation of Liang Xiaojun’s legal practice licenses

Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L), The 29 Principles, Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), Human Rights Now, China Change, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), Paris Bar Association, the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales, the Council of

Joint submission to SR IJL – Zimbabwe

Lawyers for Lawyers and Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights have sent in a joint submission on the situation of lawyers in Zimbabwe to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers regarding his forthcoming report to the