China faces barrage of criticism over jailing of human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang
Chinese citizen was swept up in ‘709 crackdown’ and has not been seen since. He was tried and convicted behind closed doors in case that legal groups say fell far short of any basic legal standard
Attack on advocate by members of BLF condemned – LSSA
Law Society condemns attack on Johannesburg advocate by members of BLF
Occupational hazards
Lawyers all over the world risk losing their liberty – and worse – when they seek to uphold fundamental human rights. Rayner reports
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.
Iraq: Officials Threatening, Arresting Lawyers
Iraqi security officers are threatening, and in some cases arresting, lawyers seen to be providing legal assistance to Islamic State (ISIS) suspects and families perceived to be related to ISIS members, effectively denying them legal services, Human Rights Watch said.
DILG backs police move to arrest lawyers
The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) refuted on Thursday, August 23 2018, the claim of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) that the arrest of the three lawyers during the raid of a bar in Makati City was a violation of United Nations (UN) rules and principles.
IBP: Lawyers’ arrest violated United Nations rules
The arrest of three lawyers during a police anti-narcotics operation at a bar in Makati City last week violated United Nations principles, the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) said.
Where’s due process? IBP hits Makati cops over arrest of 3 abogados
Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) President Abdiel Dan Elijah Fajardo warned the Philippine National Police (PNP) for violating the Constitution for having arrested three lawyers at a bar in Makati City.
War on Law Continues Three Years After “Black Friday”
Monday was the third anniversary of the beginning of the “709” or “Black Friday Crackdown,” in which hundreds of rights lawyers and others were detained. While most were swiftly released, others were accused, in a state media blitz featuring several televised forced confessions, of conspiring to hype and manipulate sensitive cases. Several were prosecuted and sentenced; one victim, lawyer Wang Quanzhang, remains […]
Ethics opinion highlights confusion over online client confidentiality
The impact on technology on the basic principles of law.
China: Free Rights Lawyers, Reinstate Law Licenses
The Chinese government should immediately release human rights lawyers who have been arbitrarily held since a nationwide crackdown began in July 2015, Human Rights Watch said today. Authorities should restore all wrongfully revoked lawyers’ licenses to practice.
ICJ calls on Maldivian authorities to “end assault on legal profession”
The International Commission of Jurists expressed concern over the government’s “reprisals taken against lawyers for performing their legitimate professional functions” and also called on the government to immediately lift the state of emergency. ICJ highlighted that the prominent lawyers in the Maldives are facing penalties for possibly their choice in clients.
IBAHRI calls on Xi Jinping to end persecution of lawyers
The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute has released an open letter urging Chinese President Xi Jinping to end the persecution of human rights lawyers in China.
Iran must free jailed lawyers
An open letter to Ayatollah Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, from Andrew Walker QC and Kirsty Brimelow QC of the Bar Council of England and Wales. The Bar Council of England and Wales and the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales express profound concern for lawyers and other human rights defenders in […]
Lawyer: Planned changes to legal profession act will cripple independence
Hakimi Abdul Jabar, in an opinion piece in Asia Times, says lawyers should fight the proposed amendments as these will not only undermine the independence of the legal profession but are against universal legal norms. The proposed amendments to the Malaysian Legal Profession Act 1976 (LPA) will severely undermine the independence of the legal profession. They are […]
Lawyer: Planned changes to legal profession act will cripple independence
Hakimi Abdul Jabar, in an opinion piece in Asia Times, says lawyers should fight the proposed amendments as these will not only undermine the independence of the legal profession but are against universal legal norms. The proposed amendments to the Malaysian Legal Profession Act 1976 (LPA) will severely undermine the independence of the legal profession. They are […]
