Cases

Guatemala: The Observatory denounces the judicial harassment suffered by Claudia Paz y Paz.

Mexico: The Observatory condemns the murder of women’s rights lawyer Cecilia Monzón

Colombia: The Observatory condemns the harassment of lawyer Luz Estella Romero Villalba and her family   4 May 2022 Luz Estella Romero Villalba is under severe attack for her work as a human rights lawyer in Colombia.  The harassment is directed…

Guatemala: Criminalisation and hindrance of former members of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) legal practice

Mexico: The Observatory condemns the murder of lawyer and indigenous rights defender Patricia Rivera Reyes

Tunisia: criminal investigation against the lawyer and former president of the Tunisian Bar Association Abderrazak Kilani, the Observatory expresses its concern.

China: The Observatory calls on the Chinese authorities to ensure the full and unconditional release of lawyer Yu Wensheng

Mexico: The Observatory calls on the Mexican authorities to ensure an effective, diligent and thorough investigation into the situation of Ms. Guerrero.

HONDURAS: “Justicia para los Pueblos” law firm denounces intimidation in the trial of the Guapinol Defenders’ case The Honduran law firm “Justicia para los Pueblos” is specialised in the legal assistance of peasant and indigenous populations…

Lawyer Akum Michael Nche was abducted in Bamenda by unidentified gunmen on Saturday 15 January 2022.

Nicaragua: Nicaraguan lawyer José Arnulfo López Cruz is forced into exile to avoid arrest for his legal defence of political prisoners.

Nicaragua: Lawyer Eilyn Margarita Cruz Rojas into forced exile

Chawki Tabib, lawyer at the Tunis Bar, former President of the Tunis Bar Association and President of the National Authority for the Fight against Corruption, placed under house arrest.

The election of lawyer Firmin Yangambi to the Bar of the Tshopo region arbitrarily cancelled

Afghan lawyer Latifa Sharifi, a member of the Hawca association, whose main aim is to protect women’s rights, has already received several open death threats in the past. On 15 August, she tried to leave Afghanistan but was turned away at…

Egyptian human rights lawyer Mohammed El-Baqer continues to be arbitrarily detained in miserable conditions.

Philippines: Human rights lawyer and activist Czarina Musni openly threatened, persecuted and harassed

ALGERIA: Arrest and detention of lawyer Abderraouf Arslane

LEBANON: Arrest and arbitrary detention of lawyer Rami Alleik

Colombia: Arbitrary detention of lawyer Johan Sebastián Moreno Castro and possible criminalization