The Law Society of Upper Canada is gravely concerned about the arrest and ongoing detention of lawyer Yara Sallam in Egypt. She is a prominent human rights lawyer and the head of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights. On 21 June 2014 the police in Cairo dispersed a peaceful protest by means of tear gas. Ms. Sallam was not participating in the protest, but still she was arrested along with 20 activists. Later she was moved to prison and there she faced problems of violence and abuse towards female prisoners. Despite requesting her release, MS. Sallam remains in custody. The Law Society of Upper Canada urges the Egyptian authorities to consider Articles 16 and 23 of the UN Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers.
The Law Society of Upper Canada is gravely concerned about the arrest and ongoing detention of lawyer Yara Sallam in Egypt. She is a prominent human rights lawyer and the head of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights. On 21 June 2014 the police in Cairo dispersed a peaceful protest by means of tear gas. Ms. Sallam was not participating in the protest, but still she was arrested along with 20 activists. Later she was moved to prison and there she faced problems of violence and abuse towards female prisoners. Despite requesting her release, MS. Sallam remains in custody. The Law Society of Upper Canada urges the Egyptian authorities to consider Articles 16 and 23 of the UN Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers.
