Paris, 2 June 2025 – The International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger is seriously alarmed by the situation of lawyers in North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where the partial occupation of the region by the armed group M23 has left the judicial system in a state of crisis. The province of North Kivu in […]
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The OIAD together with the undersigned bar associations and lawyers’ rights organisations express their deep concern over the detention of lawyer Ruken Gülağacı on 20 May 2025. On 21 May, the Criminal Peace Judgeship issued a house arrest order against Ms Gülağacı—an alarming escalation that further compounds our concern. We, the undersigned, call on the […]
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The undersigned organisations express grave concern over the escalating campaign of red-tagging, harassment, and threats targeting human rights lawyer Maria Kristina Conti in the Philippines. Atty. Maria Kristina Conti is a prominent human rights lawyer, Secretary-General of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers-National Capital Region (NUPL-NCR), and Treasurer of the Confederation of Lawyers of Asia […]
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The OIAD together with 9 other organisations express deep concern over the enforced disappearance and incommunicado detention of Sudanese lawyer Khaled Omar Al-Sadiq since 22 December 2024. His case inserts itself within an alarming pattern of persecution against legal professionals in Sudan, who continue to face arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances, and judicial harassment for carrying […]
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The OIAD is deeply concerned about the alarming wave of persecution, intimidation and political discrimination targeting many lawyers in Bangladesh. These practices, which seem to be part of a coordinated strategy, seriously undermine the independence of the legal profession and access to justice in the country. Unfounded criminal charges against Bangladeshi lawyers A series of extremely […]
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The International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger (OIAD) together with the International legal and human rights community condemns moves to undermine the independence of lawyers and the rule of law in Turkey. The escalating attacks by Turkish authorities on the Istanbul Bar Association, its leadership, and members of the legal profession are an affront to […]
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From 7 to 11 April 2025, the International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger will be taking part in the 3rd International Forum of the Association of Lawyers, Judges and Human Rights Prosecutors of Latin America and the Caribbean (AJUFIDH), in São Paulo, Brazil. The event will gather more than 70 legal professionals from across South […]
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The International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger (OIAD) held a training workshop on security and psychosocial risks for Spanish-speaking human rights lawyers on 13 March 2025. The session was held in the Assembly Hall of the Spanish National Bar Council (Consejo General de la Abogacía Española – CGAE) in Madrid and was broadcast live on […]
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The independence of the legal profession in the United States is once again threatened by a series of groundbreaking actions by the Trump administration. Since the beginning of March, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC – a government agency) has been investigating several large law firms about their diversity and inclusion policies. At the same […]
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The OIAD attended the hearing of 21 March 2025, regarding the Public Prosecutor’s Office’s request to terminate the mandates of the Istanbul Bar President and the members of the Bar Council. Lawyers Barbara Porta (Turin Bar Association), Valeria Cominotti (Brescia Bar Association), and Ketty-Anne Tamburini (Lyon Bar Association), travelled to Istanbul as representatives of the […]
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