Cases

THAILAND: Lawyer Anon Nampa arrested in Bangkok.

TURKEY: Taner Kiliç, lawyer and former president of amnesty international Turkey sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison.

GUATEMALA: The Lawyer Esteban Celada is at risk.

NICARAGUA: The OIAD calls for measures to ensure due process and the personal safety of Julio A. Montenegro.

IRAN: Lawyer Soheila Hejab violently arrested as she exits court.

PAKISTAN: Saïf ul-Malook, lawyer of the Christian couple sentenced to death for blasphemy.

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.

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.