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IRAN: Reza Khandan, human rights defender and husband of Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, has been arrested to serve a 6-year prison sentence

Equatorial Guinea: Ángel Obama Obiang Eseng suspended after harassment

GUATEMALA: INTERPOL refuses Guatemalan Public Prosecutor’s Office activation of Red Notice for arrest of lawyer Ramón Cadena

Azerbaijan: Fariz Namazli is an Azeri lawyer specialising in the defence of human rights. His practice focuses on litigation before national courts and the European Court of Human Rights. His defence of political prisoners and prisoners of…

Belarus: A raid was reportedly carried out at the home of Maryia Kolesova-Hudzilina, lawyer and President of the Belarusian Association of Human Rights Lawyers.

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

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.

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…

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…

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

COLOMBIA: Lawyer Yessika Hoyos faces new threats

GUATEMALA: Hearing of lawyer Claudia Gonzalez suspended

IRAN: Arrested and interrogated on arrival at Tehran airport, lawyer Saleh Nikbakht faces imprisonment for practising law

The First Section of the Revolutionary Court has sentenced Khosrow Alikordi to one year’s imprisonment, two years’ exile, a two-year travel ban, a two-year ban on practising as a lawyer, and a two-year ban on appearing on the Internet.