Cases

SRI LANKA: Arrest and arbitrary detention of prominent lawyer Hejaaz Hizbullah.

CHINA: Disciplinary sanction against lawyer Lu Siwei for defending a lawyer.

EGYPT: Lawyer Mohsen Bahnasi, arrested and arbitrarily detained despite risks of contracting COVID-19.

CHINA: Release of lawyer Wang Quanzhang!

ZAMBIA: Practice ban against Zambian lawyer John Sangwa.

TANZANIA: Fatma Karume suspended indefinitely by the High Court of Tanzania.

AZERBAIJAN: Condemned by the ECHR for violation of the right to a fair trial.

EGYPT: Lawyer Zyad El-Elaimy sentenced to one year in prison.

UNITED STATES: Lawyer Steven Donziger under house arrest since August 2019.

COLOMBIE: Gerardo Vega Medina, avocat des droits de l’homme menacé.

PAKISTAN: Abduction of lawyer and human rights defender, Mr. Shafiq Ahmed.

KAZAKHSTAN: Search of the Belgian and Kazakh Authorities at the home of the refugee lawyer Botagoz Jardemalie.

MEXICO: Arnulfo Cerón Soriano, Mexican lawyer and human rights defender found murdered.

GABON: French-Gabonese lawyer Anges-Kévin Nzigou victim of an attempted kidnapping.

SRI LANKA: Lawyer Kumaravadivel Guruparan, prevented from practicing his profession at the request of the Sri Lankan army.

PHILIPPINES: Lawyer and human rights defender Ben Ramos murdered a year ago.

EGYPT: Arrest of lawyer and human rights defender Amr Imam.

EGYPT: Threats and attacks against human rights lawyer Gamal Eid.

EGYPT: Arrest of lawyer and human rights activist Mahienour El-Massry.

NETHERLANDS: Assassination of the Dutch lawyer Derk Wiersum.