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TURKEY: Joint Statement on the Arrest and Detention of Lawyer Ruken Gülağacı

The OIAD together with the undersigned bar associations and lawyers’ rights organisations express their deep concern over the detention of

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PHILIPPINES: Joint statement on the harassment and threats targeting human rights lawyer Maria Kristina Conti

The undersigned organisations express grave concern over the escalating campaign of red-tagging, harassment, and threats targeting human rights lawyer Maria

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SUDAN: Joint statement on the Arrest and Enforced Disappearance of Lawyer Khaled Omar Al-Sadiq

The OIAD together with 9 other organisations express deep concern over the enforced disappearance and incommunicado detention of Sudanese lawyer

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Bangladesh: Judicial harassment and discriminatory measures against lawyers

The OIAD is deeply concerned about the alarming wave of persecution, intimidation and political discrimination targeting many lawyers in Bangladesh. These

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TURKEY: Joint statement condemning unacceptable attacks on the Legal Profession

The International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger (OIAD) together with the International legal and human rights community condemns moves to

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BRAZIL: The OIAD takes part in the 3rd International Forum of the AJUFIDH in São Paulo

From 7 to 11 April 2025, the International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger will be taking part in the 3rd

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TRAINING: A look back at the first OIAD training workshop on safety and psychosocial risks

The International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger (OIAD) held a training workshop on security and psychosocial risks for Spanish-speaking human

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United States: Attacks on the legal profession and threats to the independence of law firms

The independence of the legal profession in the United States is once again threatened by a series of groundbreaking actions

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TURKEY: The OIAD condemns the decision to dissolve the Istanbul Bar Council and expresses its unwavering support to the lawyers of Istanbul

The OIAD attended the hearing of 21 March 2025, regarding the Public Prosecutor’s Office’s request to terminate the mandates of

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United States of America/ Recent targeting of legal professionals by the US Government

“On 6 February 2025, the US President signed an executive order imposing sanctions on International Criminal Court (ICC) personnel and

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