Disappearance of lawyer Jiang Tianyong
Lawyers for Lawyers has grave concerns about lawyer Jiang Tianyong from China. He disappeared on the evening of 21 November 2016 after visiting the wife of detained human rights lawyer, Xie Yang. Jiang Tianyong is a human rights lawyer who provides legal assistance and advice to marginalized members of Chinese society and other human rights […]
Greece Lawyer subject of harassment
Electra Koutra, human rights lawyer from Greece, has experienced harassment allegedly in connection to her representation of several Syrian refugees aged between 13 to 16 years of age. This was reported by the IAPL Monitoring Committee on Attacks on Lawyers on their website. On 27 September 2016, several Syrian refugees aged between 13 to 16 years old […]
L4L and FTW monitor hearings in two trials
On Tuesday 22 November 2016, the criminal trial of 12 lawyers, almost all of whom are members of the OHD, the Association of Lawyers for Liberty, continued. All these lawyers are accused of involvement in terrorist activities. Lawyers from Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) and Fair Trial Watch attended the trial in Istanbul. The President of the […]
RUN Dam 2 Dam 2017
Op 17 september 2017 gaat de 33ste editie van de Dam tot Damloop van start. Lawyers for Lawyers heeft 50 deelnemersbewijzen voor de goede doelen loop, 10 Engelse Mijl (16,09 km). Naast dat je een sportieve uitdaging aangaat, help je ook L4L: door je deelname draag je bij aan de ondersteuning van advocaten in nood. […]
Surprising developments in the KCK case
On 14 November 2016, observers from Lawyers for Lawyers, Fair Trial Watch and a representative of 11 regional Dutch Bar Associations again attended a hearing in the KCK case – the case against 46 lawyers who are accused of being involved in terrorism. They were all at some point involved in the defense of the […]
Arrest and provisional release of Levent Pişkin
Lawyers for Lawyers is very concerned about the continues harassment of lawyers in Turkey in connection to their legitimate activities as attorneys. Last Monday, police arrested lawyer Levent Pişkin after he allegedly conveyed messages from one of his clients to Der Spiegel and with that propagandizing terrorism. Together with the Law Society of England and […]
Harassment of lawyer
Elchin Sadigov, a lawyer from Azerbaijan, was subjected to innuendo and threats. According to Freedom House, this mistreatment was connected to the lawyers’ professional activities. On 3 November 2016, a media outlet posted articles accusing human rights lawyer Elchin Sadigov of being romantically involved with the wife of his client Fikrat Faramazoglu. On day before, […]
Concluding observations UN Human Rights Committee
In October 2016, the UN Human Rights Committee reviewed Azerbaijan’s compliance with its international human rights obligations. Last week, the Committee issued the concluding observations of this review. Lawyers for Lawyers welcomes the recommendation in which the Committee calls on the Azerbaijani authorities to “take immediate measures to ensure that sufficient safeguards are in place, both in law […]
Charges against Sirikan Charoensiri
Lawyers for Lawyers has grave concerns about the prosecution of Thai human rights lawyer Sirikan Charoensiri. The charges against her appear to relate to the circumstances surrounding Ms. Charoensiri’s provision of legal aid to 14 student activists, who were arrested on 26 June 2015 after carrying out peaceful protests calling for democracy and an end […]
Burundi Four lawyers face disbarment
Lawyers Armel Niyongere, Lambert Nigarura, Dieudonné Bashirahishize and Vital Nshimirimana, are seriously threatened in the exercise of their profession, since the Burundi authorities have requested the disbarment of these lawyers. The four lawyers were involved in drafting a report on human rights violations in Burundi. This report was discussed during a session of the UN […]
Oral statement at Human Rights Committee
Lawyers for Lawyers delivered an oral statement to the Human Rights Committee about the situation of lawyers in Colombia. This week, the Committee reviewed the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by Colombia. Lawyers for Lawyers highlighted the failure of the Colombian authorities to ensure the right of access to justice and effective […]
Lawyers sentenced to 23 and 21 years in prison
On 6 October 2016, the Dushanbe City Court sentenced lawyers Buzurgmehr Yorov and Nuriddin Makhkamov to 23 and 21 years in prison. The lawyers were sentenced on a number of charges, including “arousing national, racial, local or religious hostility”, extremism, fraud and forgery. This was reported by Human Rights Watch on their website. Buzurgmehr Yorov was […]
Petition to International Association of Prosecutors
Lawyers for Lawyers, together with a large coalition of organizations, has made an appeal to the International Association of Prosecutors to take the necessary steps to ensure that they comply with the Standards of Professional Responsibility and the Statement of the Essential Duties and Rights of Prosecutors. While recognising the commitment and sacrifice of many […]
Joint statement for release of Khalil Ma’touq
On 4 October 2016, 31 organizations, including Lawyers for Lawyers, called for the immediate release of Human Rights Lawyer Khalil Ma’touq and his assistant, Mohamed Thatha. The two men disappeared four years ago, on 2 October 2012. Ma’touq, director of the Syrian Center for Legal Studies and Research, is a human rights lawyer who has been defending […]
UPR report
On 21 September, Lawyers for Lawyers submitted a report for the Universal Periodic Review of Indonesia. In the report, Lawyers for Lawyers highlighted that the Indonesian authorities do not always uphold the necessary guarantees for the proper functioning of the legal profession in practice. Lawyers are regularly subjected to improper interference or attempts to put pressure on them […]
Oral statement at UN Human Rights Council
On 22 September 2016, Lawyers for Lawyers delivered an oral statement during the 33th Session of the UN Human Rights Council. During this session, the Universal Periodic Review Outcome Report of Tajikistan was adopted. Earlier, Lawyers for Lawyers had already submitted a NGO-submission for this UPR-session of Tajikistan. The statement reads as follows: Lawyers for […]
