CCBE urges release, medical treatment of detained Turkish lawyer
Antonín Mokrý sent a letter to Turkish President Erdoğan urging that he ensure the immediate release and access to medical treatment of Turkish lawyer Mustafa Aydın, who has been in pretrial detention since August 2016 and was diagnosed with prostate cancer and a hernia.
Unprotected by the state, article by Jonathan Goldsmith
In an opinion article in The Law Society Gazette, Jonathan Goldsmith of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe raises the position of Phil Shiner and his firm Public Interest Lawyers (PIL). Goldsmith understands that Mr Shiner experienced a spike in death threats after the defence secretary has ‘named and shamed’ certain lawyers (including him […]
Unprotected by the state, article by Jonathan Goldsmith
In an opinion article in The Law Society Gazette, Jonathan Goldsmith of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe raises the position of Phil Shiner and his firm Public Interest Lawyers (PIL). Goldsmith understands that Mr Shiner experienced a spike in death threats after the defence secretary has ‘named and shamed’ certain lawyers (including him […]
