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

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

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…

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…

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

LEBANON: Arrest and arbitrary detention of lawyer Rami Alleik

El Salvador: New attempt to criminalize lawyer Bertha María Deleón’s work

COLOMBIA: Colombia: Lawyer Sebastián Escobar threatened again in the course of his work

RUSSIA: Lawyer Mansur Gilmanov assaulted and arbitrarily detained.

RUSSIA: Lawyer Mikhail Benyash sentenced for a publication on social networks.

TURKEY: Last hearing for human rights lawyer Levent Pişkin

THAILAND: Lawyer Anon Nampa arrested in Bangkok.

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.

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