Lawyer Firmin Yangambi still imprisoned

Lawyers for Lawyers called on the authorities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to immediately release human rights lawyer Firmin Yangambi. Mr. Yangambi has been imprisoned since September 2009 and was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by a military court. Firmin Yangambi was arrested in 2009 and charged with the ‚illegal possession of […]
Follow-up procedure to WGAD

In November 2017, Media Legal Defence Initiative – on behalf of Lawyers for Lawyers, Lawyers Rights Watch Canada, PEN International and Viet Tan – submitted a Follow-Up Procedure to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD). In June 2017, the WGAD published an Opinion calling for the immediate and unconditional release of the prominent Vietnamese human rights lawyer […]
Meetings with Members of European Parliament

On 22 and 23 November 2017, representatives of Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF), Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) and Viet Tan met with seven Members of the European Parliament. They visited the European Parliament on behalf of a broad coalition of NGO’s that is currently campaigning against the crackdown Vietnam carries out against peaceful expression. They were […]
Orange the World Karen Mejía, Honduras

The 25th of every month has been designated “Orange Day” by the United Nations Secretary-General’s Campaign UNiTE to End Violence Against Women, to raise awareness and take action to end violence against women and girls. From 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to 10 December, Human Rights Day, the 16 Days of […]
Orange the world Wang Yu, China

The 25th of every month has been designated “Orange Day” by the United Nations Secretary-General’s Campaign UNiTE to End Violence Against Women, to raise awareness and take action to end violence against women and girls. From 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to 10 December, Human Rights Day, the 16 Days of […]
Saudi Arabia Joint letter on Waleed Abu al-Khair

Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) and the Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA) called on the authorities of Saudi Arabia to immediately release lawyer Waleed Abu al – Khair. Waleed Abu al – Khair was sentenced to 15 years in prison in 2014. Waleed Abu al-Khair is a human rights lawyer, Fand […]
Orange the World Azza Soliman, Egypt

Lawyer Li Yuhan arrested

On October 9, the 60-year-old Chinese human rights lawyer Li Yuhan disappeared. Li Yuhan informed her brother that day that the police took her to the Heping Sub-division of the Shenyang City Public Security Bureau. Later it became known that Li Yuhan was arrested for allegedly “picking quarrels and provoking troubles”. Li Yuhan is a […]
Joint letter to APEC leaders

On 11 and 12 November, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ meeting will take place in Da Nang, Vietnam. Prior to the meeting, a coalition of organizations, Lawyers for Lawyers amongst them, asked the attention of the APEC Leaders to the worsening human rights situation in the Vietnam. Vietnam is in the midst of an unprecedented crackdown […]
Interview with lawyer Ramazan Demir

Lawyer Ramazan Demir from Turkey, recently distinguished with the Human Rights Award 2017 by the International Bar Association (IBA), continues his fight. Despite the great personal risks he runs in the pursuit of his work: ,,I even expect to be indicted as a traitor soon. This happens nowadays to many who receive an award from abroad for their work in Turkey”, he says. Lawyers for Lawyers interviewed Ramazan: You defend anyone whose […]
Joint petition on persecution of lawyers and HRDs in Tanzania

On 23 October, Lawyers for Lawyers, alongside the Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (SAHRDN) and 130 other signatories, signed a petition to call on the Government of Tanzania to respect, promote, and protect legal practitioners and human rights defenders from all forms of threats, harassment and intimidation. The signatories observed that the Tanzanian authorities […]
Oral statement at Human Rights Committee

Lawyers for Lawyers delivered an oral statement to the United Nations Human Rights Committee about the situation of lawyers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This week, the Committee reviewed the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by the DRC. Earlier, Lawyers for Lawyers already submitted a report for this review. The statement […]
Joint statement: stop the crackdown

A coalition of Vietnamese and international human rights organizations, Lawyers for Lawyers amongst them, called on the Vietnamese authorities to stop the crackdown against peaceful expression in the country. Vietnam is in the midst of an unprecedented political crackdown against peaceful expression. One of Vietnam’s most renowned human rights lawyers and bloggers, Nguyen Van Dai, has been […]
Ramazan Demir recipient of 2017 IBA Human Rights Award

Lawyers for Lawyers congratulates human rights lawyer Ramazan Demir on receiving the 2017 IBA Human Rights Award. He accepted the Award on Friday 13 October 2017 in Sydney at the International Bar Association (IBA) Conference. Lawyers for Lawyers nominated Ramazan Demir for the IBA Human Rights Award because we believe he is “a prominent and […]
Lawyer Buzurgmehr Yorov arrested two years ago

Lawyers for Lawyers has grave concerns about the situation of lawyer Buzurgmehr Yorov. Two years ago, on 28 September 2015, Yorov was arrested. Since then he has been imprisoned. Recently, Yorov’s family members have reported that he allegedly is being subjected to regular beatings – accompanied by threats, insults and harassment – by officials at […]
Zhu Shengwu’s licence revoked

Lawyer Zhu Shengwu from China was recently accused of making online speeches that “endangered state security”. Zhu has become the first ever lawyer to be forcefully stripped of his practising licence by administrative measure. This was reported by the China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group on their website. On 1 november 2016 the Chinese government […]