Int’l law associations: Turkey in breach of its international law obligations
International law associations have sent a joint letter to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan calling on him and the Turkish government to ensure and safeguard the independence of the legal profession on the occasion of the Day of the Lawyer in Turkey. The letter also underlined the fact that Turkey is in breach of its international […]
Iran: Escalating Crackdown on Lawyers
Iranian authorities have escalated their crackdown on lawyers, Human Rights Watch said today. Revolutionary courts have sentenced at least three lawyers to long prison terms for their human rights activism and security forces have arrested another one.
Mission finds ‘patterns of state-sanctioned violence’ against Filipino lawyers
An international fact-finding mission composed of nine lawyers from different lawyers’ organizations found clear patterns “suggesting a connection between the killings of lawyers and the actions of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).”
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
Drug clients don’t justify killing of lawyers – IBP
The head of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) expressed alarm and called for a swift resolution of the killing of an Iloilo lawyer, who served as a legal counsel of slain drug suspect Melvin Odicta.
IBP slams killing of drug lord’s lawyer in Iloilo
The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) has denounced the killing of the lawyer of an alleged “top” drug lord in Iloilo province, saying lawyers should never be persecuted for doing their jobs.
#BhimaKoregaonRaids and what the crackdown on public-spirited lawyers mean
In India lawyers are being harrashed bij the police.
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.
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 […]
Tuticorin Struggle: Madras HC Advocate Defending Jailed Protesters Arrested, Activists Cry Foul
Advocate S Vanchinathan was arrested by Tamil Nadu police on the charges of instigating violence during protests that took place on May 22 in Tuticorin. The protests were against the expansion of a copper smelting plant, which the locals had alleged, was causing air and water pollution. His petition for anticipatory bail in the Madurai […]
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.
Lawyers ask UN rapporteur to act on Duterte tirades vs Sereno
Lawyers’ groups, headed by the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, have asked a United Nations special rapporteur to take action on President Rodrigo Duterte’s attacks against the judiciary.
De Lima airs concern over spate of killings of lawyers
Detained opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima is concerned over the recent spate of killings and attacks against members of the legal profession, especially those lawyers who are handling high-profile cases.
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.
Disbarment, Suspension and Harassment: Outcast Lawyers in China
Jurist Guest Columnist Patrick Poon, a China researcher at Amnesty International, discusses the tactics used by Chinese authorities to keep lawyers from changing the political and social environment.
