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World Day against the Death Penalty: The OIAD and 24 organisations call for universal abolition

The International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger co-signed the joint statement calling for the universal abolition of the death penalty, alongside

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Interview with Forough Sheikholeslami Vatani, exiled Iranian lawyer

After becoming a lawyer in Iran and dedicating her practice to human rights, Forough was threatened on several occasions for

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TUNISIA: Joint statement – Sonia Dahmani sentenced without trial

Sonia Dahmani sentenced on appeal by the Tunisian courts The International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger travelled to Tunisia alongside

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OIAD press release on threats against lawyers in the UK

Rian (Ree) Saunders / Flickr  (2012) The International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger strongly condemns the threats against lawyers in

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Occupied Crimea: human rights lawyer Aleksey Ladin disbarred

The Observatory together with the undersigned international lawyers’ rights and human rights organisations strongly condemn the Tyumen Regional Bar Council’s decision

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2024 OIAD General Assembly: testimonies and tributes to threatened colleagues

The Maison des Avocats de Paris hosted the 7th Ordinary General Meeting of the International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger

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Joint Statement of International Protest Condemning Turkey’s Arrest of Naim Eminoğlu and Doğa İncesu of the Progressive Lawyers Association (“ÇHD”)

“On July 2, 2024, Turkish authorities raided the homes of lawyers Naim Eminoğlu and Doğa İncesu in Istanbul and took

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OIAD statement denouncing threats against French lawyers who signed an op-ed against the Rassemblement National (National Rally – far-right party)

The International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger (OIAD) strongly condemns the very serious threats published on 3 July 2024 on

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TURKEY: OIAD attends hearing of colleague Özum Burgun in Diyarbakir in may 2024

Gaspard Lindon, lawyer at the Bar in Paris and delegate of the International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger (OIAD), travelled

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PHILIPPINES: Mobilisation for International Fair Trial Day in Manila: NUPL wins Ebru Timtik prize

Impunity for attacks on lawyers, prosecutors and judges, as well as smear campaigns against legal and human rights professionals in

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