Court rules to hold Intigam Aliev in pre-trial detention
On 12 September 2014, Nasimi District Court in Baku rejected the petition to transfer Intigam Aliev from pre-trial detention to house arrest. Intigam Aliev will appeal this ruling in Baku City Court. On the morning of 8 August 2014, Intigam Aliyev was summoned for interrogation in the Serious Crimes Investigation Department of the General Prosecutor’s Office in Baku, […]
Mr. Rally 2014 groot succes!
Meer dan 60 equipes reden op zaterdag 13 september mee in de Mr. Rally 2014. De rally, die zoals gebruikelijk werd georganiseerd ten bate van Lawyers for Lawyers, startte in Utrecht bij het hoofdkantoor van Mercedes-Benz en voerde onder zeer goede weersomstandigheden via het landgoed Mariënwaerdt naar het Betuwse Echteld. Het grootste deel van de […]
Call for release of Mazen Darwish
The Syrian government should immediately and unconditionally release the arbitrarily detained human rights defender Mazen Darwish and his colleagues Hani Al-Zitani and Hussein Ghareer, 79 organizations, including Lawyers for Lawyers, said today. The Syrian Anti-Terrorism Court is expected to issue its verdict on September 24, 2014 in their trial. The Syrian Air Force Intelligence arrested […]
Lawyer Rodolfo Felicio killed
Lawyers for Lawyers has sent letters to the authorities of the Philippines urging them to investigate the death of human rights lawyer Rodolfo Felicio. On 24 August 2014, Atty. Felicio was killed at Floodway, Taytay, Rizal, while reportedly amongst his clients. According to our information, four men on motorcycles opened gunfire on a campsite in […]
Colombia Caravana mission 2014
This year, like in 2010 and 2012, Lawyers for Lawyers again participated in the Caravana Internacional de Juristas (Caravana). From 23-30 August, Wout Albers and Harald Wiersema visited Colombia together as part of a group consisting of 70 lawyers and judges. The Caravana is organized from London in cooperation with local Colombian lawyers. One of the main goals […]
Human rights lawyer Abdujaparov attacked in his office
Frontline Defenders informed Lawyers for Lawyers about the following: On 4 September 2014, an unknown individual attacked human rights lawyer Makhamajan Abdujaparov in his office. Makhamajan Abdujaparov is a senior lawyer of Jalal-Abad regional human rights organization Spravedlivost (“Justice”). The attack was caught on CCTV, and witnesses recorded the attacker’s license plates. Later that day, the same […]
Teng Biao speaks at meeting Lawyers for Lawyers
On 29 August, Lawyers for Lawyers and NGIZ Amsterdam organized a meeting with the Chinese human rights lawyer Teng Biao. As a lawyer Biao defended AIDS activists, Falun Gong followers, Tibetan protesters and farmers who have been displaced from their land. The price that he has to pay for his professional activities as a lawyer was high; he […]
Letter to authorities and petition to WGAD for Le Quoc Quan
2 September is ‘National Day’ in Vietnam. On this day, the Vietnamese president often grants amnesty to prisoners of conscience. In view of this, Lawyers for Lawyers, together with a broad coalition of organizations, sent a letter to the Vietnamese authorities to urge them to comply with the decision of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) and […]
Thulani Maseko sentenced to 2 years in prison
On 17 July lawyer Thulani Maseko and journalist Bheki Makhubu, were both convicted of ‘contempt of court’ by the High Court of Swaziland. Shortly afterwards they were both sentenced to two years in prison. The normal punishment for ‘contempt of court’ is a 30-day prison sentence or a 2,200 Euro fine. The conviction seems to be related […]
Human rights lawyer Intigam Aliyev in pre-trial detention
Azerbaijan holds the Chairmanship of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers, and should therefore respect and uphold the democratic values of the Council of Europe and the essential human rights guaranteed in the European Convention on Human Rights. However, a crackdown on NGO’s and human rights defenders is taking place all over Azerbaijan, and many […]
Rommel Durán arrested and detained in poor conditions
On 9 August 2014, Rommel Durán Castellanos, Colombian lawyer, was arrested in the village Curumaní in the Cesar region. Rommel works for the legal team “Pueblos” and Department of Santander Fundación Comité de Solidaridad con los presos politicos (FCSPP). According to our information, Rommel was removed from his car by the police and then handed […]
Arrest and detention of Sukhrat Qudratov
Lawyers for Lawyers and the Law Society of England and Wales are concerned to learn of the arrest and detention of Sukhrat Qudratov, a prominent defence lawyer in Tajikistan who had represented the former Minister of Industry, Zaid Saidov. According the Tajikistan’s Anticorruption Agency, Sukhrat Qudratov was detained on July 21 on bribe-related charges. Lawyers […]
Lawyers for Lawyers concerned at prosecution of lawyer Georgy Antonov
The Russian investigative authorities are trying to impede the work of lawyer Georgy Antonov. The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) reported about this on their website. Antonov was, against his will, interrogated as a witness in his client’s case. After this, the authorities removed him from the case, initiated criminal proceedings against him. Furthermore, his home […]
Meeting with Alba Cruz
On 19 May 2014 Lawyers for Lawyers met with Alba Cruz Ramos During this meeting Alba elaborated on her current work. One of her current concerns is the constitutionality of reforms proposed by the Mexican government to denationalize certain sectors. Specifically the reforms reforms of education programms in Mexico could violate the right to acces to […]
Killing of human rights lawyer
On 26 June 2014, human rights lawyer Salwa Bugaighis was shot dead in her home in Benghazi by a group of unidentified men wearing military uniforms. Her husband, who was present at the time of the attack, is currently missing. Salwa Bugaighis played an active role in the 2011 uprising against Colonel Gaddafi. The human rights […]
Mahienour el-Massry to be awarded Ludovic Trarieux prize
On 25 June 2014, the 19th Ludovic Trarieux human rights prize was awarded to Egyptian human rights lawyer Ms. Mahienour el-Massry from Egypt. She was sentenced on 2 January, 2014 (in her absence) to a two year prison sentence, for organising a peaceful protest. She was also accused of “attacking security forces”. In March 2013, El-Massry and other lawyers went to […]
