Cases

Uzbekistan: Dauletmurat Tajimuratov is a lawyer and human rights defender. He advocates for the protection of the rights of the Karakalpak people and for the protection of the Autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan in Uzbekistan.

RUSSIA: Alexei Liptser, Igor Sergounine and Vadim Kobzev, arrested in October 2023, face up to six years in prison for “providing information to their client in order to prepare extremist crimes”. These charges are obviously linked to their defence…

NICARAGUA: human rights lawyer Leyla Carolina Prado forced into exile for defending political prisoners

TUNISIA: Lawyer Sonia Dahmani was sentenced on appeal by the Tunisian courts

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Lawyer Mushibi Kabwende Fabu assaulted and tortured

Lebanon: Mohamad Sablouh was banned from entering Beirut’s military court for three months after criticising a judicial decision he considered unfair on Facebook. He has appealed against this ban to the Military Court of Cassation.

Occupied Crimea/Russia: Human rights lawyer Aleksey Ladin was disbarred from the Tyumen Regional Bar on 25 July 2024 for “violating the Code of Ethics of the Russian Bar”. This disbarment was the result of accusations made against him in…

IRAN: Mohammad Seifzadeh sentenced to prison by the Iranian judiciary

Turkey: On 2 July 2024, lawyers Naim Eminoğlu and Doğa İncesu were arrested following a raid on their homes. The two lawyers, both members of the Association of Progressive Lawyers (“ÇHD”) in Turkey, were due to appear in court for a…

EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Lawyer Gemma Jones disbarred for two years

Tunisia: Mahdi Zagrouba was arrested on Monday 13 May at the Lawyers’ House in Tunis. This followed the arrest of his colleague, Sonia Dahmani, two days earlier.

TUNISIA: Lawyer Noureddine Bhiri rushed to hospital after 15-day hunger strike in prison

CHINA: The Observatory denounces the disappearance of the lawyer Tang Jitian, his arbitrary detention incommunicado in a secret location, the silence of the Chinese authorities and the censorship imposed on this arbitrary detention by the Chinese…

Crimea: Emil Kurbedinov is a Crimean human rights lawyer.The winner of the 2017 Front Line Defenders award is particularly active in the defence of human rights in Russian-occupied Crimea. On 15 February 2024, he was targeted by the Russian de-facto…

Russia: Bakhrom Khamroev is a Russian lawyer and human rights activist. He is a member of the Human Rights Centre “Memorial” and is on the Russian government’s list of political opponents. Repeatedly targeted by the authorities, he…

Angola: The International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger is worried about the situation of Angolan lawyer Zola Ferreira Bambi. Involved in the defence of human rights for more than 10 years, he has been the victim of harassment by the Angolan…

Russia: On Friday 16 February, the Russian authorities announced that Alexei Navalny, the leading political opponent of the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, had died in prison. The lawyer and political activist had been sentenced…

COLOMBIA: Sir Henry Brooke 2024 prize awarded to lawyer Adil Meléndez, who denounces the withdrawal of protection measures

Iran: Kurdish lawyer Golaheh Vatandoust sentenced to over six years in prison by the Islamic Republic of Iran

Burkina Faso: Between Wednesday 24 and Thursday 25 January 2024, Guy Hervé Kam was arrested by a group of undercover men at Ouagadougou airport, who then took him away in an unmarked car.