Turkey: Professional bodies submit concerns to UN
The already dire position of independent lawyers in Turkey is deteriorating with continuing persecution including arbitrary arrests and prosecutions, three legal professional bodies tell the UN’s human rights body.
Lebanon: arbitrary arrest and detention of lawyer
The present document of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) concerns a letter addressed to Lebanese President Lahoud, the ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers urged the Government to immediately release Mr. Muhamed Mugraby, a prominent human rights lawyer who was arrested and detained on August 8 on the charge of “impersonating […]
Lebanon: arbitrary arrest and detention of lawyer
The present document of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) concerns a letter addressed to Lebanese President Lahoud, the ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers urged the Government to immediately release Mr. Muhamed Mugraby, a prominent human rights lawyer who was arrested and detained on August 8 on the charge of “impersonating […]
