Tajikistan: Free Human Rights Lawyers
Tajik authorities should immediately and unconditionally release four human rights lawyers and two sons of another prominent lawyer who are imprisoned or detained on politically motivated charges, Human Rights Watch and the Norwegian Helsinki Committee stated on 4 May 2016. They refer to the UN basic principles, principles 16 and 18 in particular.
Iran: Detainees Denied Fair Legal Representation
Iran should remove restrictions on access to lawyers for people charged with national security crimes, Human Rights Watch stated on 24 March 2016. Nine months after Iran’s new criminal procedure expanded detainees’ access to a lawyer during the investigative phase, authorities are denying people charged with national security and political crimes access to an independent […]
Iran: Detainees Denied Fair Legal Representation
Iran should remove restrictions on access to lawyers for people charged with national security crimes, Human Rights Watch stated on 24 March 2016. Nine months after Iran’s new criminal procedure expanded detainees’ access to a lawyer during the investigative phase, authorities are denying people charged with national security and political crimes access to an independent […]
Thailand: Rights Lawyers Harassed, Charged
Human Rights Watch argues Thailand’s government should stop bringing trumped-up criminal charges against human rights lawyers to harass and retaliate against them. Since the May 2014 military coup, Thailand deals with an ongoing human rights crisis. Instead of upholding the rule of law, the Thai junta is undermining it by prosecuting lawyers for doing their jobs […]
Thailand: Rights Lawyers Harassed, Charged
Human Rights Watch argues Thailand’s government should stop bringing trumped-up criminal charges against human rights lawyers to harass and retaliate against them. Since the May 2014 military coup, Thailand deals with an ongoing human rights crisis. Instead of upholding the rule of law, the Thai junta is undermining it by prosecuting lawyers for doing their jobs […]
Iran: Vacate Conviction of Washington Post Journalist
Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian has been convicted for charges of which the Court authorities in Iran have refused to provide clarification. During the trial, the authorities prevented him an his lawyer from freely communicating and adequately preparing his defense, which makes this trial unfair. In this article reference is made to The United Nations Basic […]
Iran: Vacate Conviction of Washington Post Journalist
Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian has been convicted for charges of which the Court authorities in Iran have refused to provide clarification. During the trial, the authorities prevented him an his lawyer from freely communicating and adequately preparing his defense, which makes this trial unfair. In this article reference is made to The United Nations Basic […]
Tajikistan: Human Rights Lawyer Detained
Buzurgmehr Yorov was arrested for representing 13 opposition Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan on September 28, 2015. The Tajik government had banned this party and declared it a terrorist organization. Yorov is at least the fourth Tajik lawyer authorities have arrested on these charges. All of them were locked away because of their clients. The United Nations Basic Principles […]
Tajikistan: Human Rights Lawyer Detained
Buzurgmehr Yorov was arrested for representing 13 opposition Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan on September 28, 2015. The Tajik government had banned this party and declared it a terrorist organization. Yorov is at least the fourth Tajik lawyer authorities have arrested on these charges. All of them were locked away because of their clients. The United Nations Basic Principles […]
Iran: Stop Targeting Rights Lawyer
Human Rights Watch urges the Iranian authorities to stop detaining and harassing prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, thereby referring to the UN Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers, which, inter alia, provide that lawyers must be allowed to carry out their work without intimidation, hindrance, harassment or improper interference. The Basic Principles furthermore […]
Iran: Stop Targeting Rights Lawyer
Human Rights Watch urges the Iranian authorities to stop detaining and harassing prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, thereby referring to the UN Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers, which, inter alia, provide that lawyers must be allowed to carry out their work without intimidation, hindrance, harassment or improper interference. The Basic Principles furthermore […]
Iran: stop targeting rights lawyer
The Iranian government should ensure that no lawyer is disciplined for defending clients and that disciplinary hearings are fair, but instead prominent rights lawyers are being detained and harassed. One of those lawyers is Nasrin Sotoudeh. She was arrested during a (peaceful) protest against a recent spate of acid attacks targeting women in the city […]
Iran: stop targeting rights lawyer
The Iranian government should ensure that no lawyer is disciplined for defending clients and that disciplinary hearings are fair, but instead prominent rights lawyers are being detained and harassed. One of those lawyers is Nasrin Sotoudeh. She was arrested during a (peaceful) protest against a recent spate of acid attacks targeting women in the city […]
Libya: ICC Staff Detentions Raise Justice Concerns – Incident Undermines Lawyers’ Independence
The present document discusses the circumstances and detention of four International Criminal Court (ICC) staff members on 7 June 2012 and their release on July 2, 2012 by Libyan authorities. According to Human Rights Watch, their detention appears to have been unlawful and the arbitrary nature of the detention highlights issues concerning detention and criminal […]
Libya: ICC Staff Detentions Raise Justice Concerns – Incident Undermines Lawyers’ Independence
The present document discusses the circumstances and detention of four International Criminal Court (ICC) staff members on 7 June 2012 and their release on July 2, 2012 by Libyan authorities. According to Human Rights Watch, their detention appears to have been unlawful and the arbitrary nature of the detention highlights issues concerning detention and criminal […]
Kyrgyzstan: No Justice Two Years After Osh Uprising – For Uzbeks, Unfair Trials, Extortion
The present documents highlights issues that, according to Human Rights Watch, undermine efforts to promote stability and reconciliation in Kyrgyzstan; including the targeting of Uzbeks and failure to redress abuses against them, such as arbitrary detention and torture. In response to the 2010 violence between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks, the government has opened more than […]
