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GUATEMALA: The OIAD alerts the Guatemalan Bar Association about the situation of human rights lawyers in the country

The International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger sent a letter on 11 October 2024 to the representatives of the Guatemalan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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