Cases

26 September 2023   The wave of protests following the death in custody of Mahsa Jîna Amini, a young Kurdish woman from Iran, aged 22, arrested for “improperly wearing the hijab” triggered a violent crackdown that resulted in…

22 August 2023   Maryam Arvin, an Iranian lawyer and fervent defender of the rights of women who were victims of discrimination, died two months after her release from prison. She had been pursuing a doctorate in law since the age of 28, after…

Senegal: Lawyers Juan Branco and Babacar Ndiaye involved in Ousmane Sonko’s defence team under investigation. 21 August 2023   Between Friday 4 August and Saturday 5 August, several of Ousmane Sonko’s lawyers were arrested. These…

Mexico: lawyer Oscar Zamudio Campos facing harassment and criminal proceedings for his professional activities 4 August 2023 Oscar Zamudio is a lawyer with more than 15 years’ experience in criminal litigation in Mexico, participating in the…

RUSSIA: The Observatory strongly condemns the violent attacks against lawyers in the Russian Federation and demands an impartial investigation

SENEGAL: The OIAD condemns intimidation and violence against lawyers in Senegal and strongly denounces restrictions on the exercise of the profession

Democratic Republic of Congo: The Observatory condemns the death in prison of lawyer Banzu Misongo Effremel and calls on the Congolese authorities to carry out a thorough investigation

IRAN: The Observatory condemns the sentencing of Iranian lawyer Farzaneh Zilabi to 18 months in prison and calls for all other charges against her to be dropped.

MOROCCO: The former president of the Rabat Bar Association and Moroccan Minister of Human Rights, Mohamed Ziane, imprisoned after a summary trial in absentia

BELARUS: The Observatory denounces the decision to sentence Belarusian lawyer Aliaksandr Danilevich to 10 years’ imprisonment for criticising the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

TURKEY: Kurdish human rights lawyer Kurtulus Bastimar subjected to persecution and defamatory campaigns.

COLOMBIA: The Observatory condemns the new attacks against human rights lawyer Soraya Gutierrez Argüello, who was recently the victim of a break-in and attempted robbery at her home

COLOMBIA: Adil Meléndez Márquez, human rights lawyer facing threats.

TURKEY: The Observatory strongly denounces the arrest of 25 male and female lawyers and the searches of their personal and professional homes as well as the office of the lawyers’ association ÖHD.

HAITI: Assassination of lawyer André Charleus

THE OBSERVATORY CONDEMNS ATTEMPTED BREAK-INS AT THE HOME OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE BAR OF GABON, RAYMOND OBAME

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: The Observatory demands the immediate release of the Honorary President of the North Kivu Bar Association, Joseph Sanane Chiko, arbitrarily detained in Goma and recently transferred to Kinshasa

SINGAPORE: Persecutions against the lawyer Ravi Madasamy, engaged in the defence of Malaysian death row inmates.

IRAN: Iranian lawyer Mohammad Najafi imprisoned on false charges and banned from medical care

ESWATINI: Liswati lawyer Maxwell Nkambule was the victim of an assassination attempt because of his defense of pro-democracy activists