Imprisoned

Iran: Nasser Sargaran, a prominent human rights lawyer and academic, was arrested by the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Intelligence Department in Saqqez.

Iran: Repeatedly subjected to relentless harassment by the Iranian government, Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, winner of the Ludovic Trarieux prize in 2018, was arrested and severely beaten while attending the funeral of Armita Garavand, who died…

Haiti: Three lawyers identified as representing Joseph Félix Badio have been placed in detention following the recent arrest of their client for his alleged involvement in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse.

Russia: Three of the lawyers representing Vladimir Putin’s opponent, Alexei Navalny, have been arrested and detained after their homes were searched by the Russian authorities.

Turkey : The Turkish authorities have conducted searches and arrested at least 20 people, including 3 ÇHD lawyers, following an anonymous tip-off.

China: lawyer Li Yuhan arbitrarily detained in dreadful conditions

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: 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.

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

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

VENEZUELA: Lawyer Jecson Ricardo Cariel Garcia arbitrarily detained since August 5th, 2022

Haiti: Robinson Pierre-Louis, lawyer and general secretary of the Federation of Haitian Bars, has been arrested

Iran: The iranian lawyer Mohammad Ali Dadkhah has been arrested and sent to prison to serve a sentence that was handed down more than ten years ago

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

Equatorial Guinea: Lawyer Gemma Jones was arbitrarily detained for more than three hours at the National Police station in the capital city of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Malabo.

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

ALGERIA: Arrest and detention of lawyer Abderraouf Arslane

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