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United Kingdom: Concerns over rising threats and violence against lawyers

The OIAD is extremely concerned about the increase in attacks and threats against lawyers in the United Kingdom. Mark Evans,

End the judicial persecution of human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha

Lawyers for Lawyers, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, the Law Society of England and Wales, the International Commission

Tunisia: Lawyer Sonia Dahmani released after more than one and a half years in detention

The OIAD is delighted by the release of Tunisian lawyer and columnist Sonia Dahmani, who was freed on 27 November

Tunisia: Conviction of Ebru Timtik Award Laureate Ahmed Souab marks escalating repression of lawyers

Our organizations express their strongest condemnation following the conviction, on October 31, 2025, of Tunisian lawyer and former magistrate Ahmed

GUATEMALA: 24 International organizations express concern over the detention of lawyer Ramón Cadena

Lawyers for Lawyers, the International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger (OIAD), Juezas y Jueces para la Democracia, Asociación de Abogadas

Preliminary conclusions of the International Mission of Jurists for Guatemala

Guatemala, 29 October 2025 – For several years, international organisations, independent missions and civil society organisations have been warning about

Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of the Legal Profession

Speech by Leonardo Arnau, President of the OIAD Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of the Legal Profession 36th

Belarus: Human rights lawyers’ association declared “extremist” amid intensifying crackdown

Belarusian authorities have designated the Belarusian Association of Human Rights Lawyers (BAHRL) as an “extremist formation,” imposing severe legal sanctions

Joint Statement/Georgia

Joint Statement/Georgia – Freezing of NGO Accounts and Impact on Legal Protection and the Work of Lawyers In response to

DRC: In eastern Congo, defending justice is risking your life

Amid intensifying fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, human rights defenders, especially lawyers, have become prime targets for armed

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