Judicial observation mission – trial of Sonia Dahmani Trial observation of: Sonia Dahmani (criminal hearing related to statements on prison conditions) Date of hearing: 26 December 2025 Report date: January 2025 Description: Alessandro Magoni (Brescia) and Richard Sédillot (Rouen) represented the OIAD at the trial of Sonia Dahmani before the criminal division of the Tunis Court […]
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Trial observation of: Istanbul Bar President and Bar Council Date of mission: 5 – 9 January 2026 Date of the report: January 2026 Description: The OIAD, represented by its delegates Antonio Fraticelli (Bologna) and Berta Alvarez Ciordia (CGAE), a attended the final phase of the trial of the President of the Istanbul Bar Association and […]
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Date du rapport: Janvier 2026 Description: L’Observatoire international des avocats en danger (OIAD), en collaboration avec Lawyers for Lawyers et l’Association espagnole des droits de l’homme (APDHE), a présenté un rapport intermédiaire sur le Guatemala dans le cadre du quatrième cycle de l’Examen périodique universel (EPU) des Nations unies. Le rapport analyse le degré de […]
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Trial observation of: Sonia Dahmani – appeal hearing in the “Racism II” case Date of hearing: 28 November 2025 Report date: 15 Decembre, 2025 Description: This report details an international observation mission to Tunisia concerning the legal proceedings against lawyer and columnist Sonia Dahmani. Franck Heurtrey participated in the mission as a representative of the […]
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Trial observation of: Ahmed Souab Date of mission: 30 October – 1 November 2025 Date of the report: November 2025 Description: The OIAD, represented by Richard Sédillot (Rouen), attended the trial of Tunisian lawyer Ahmed Souab on Friday 31 October 2025. Mr Souab was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment and three years’ administrative supervision. […]
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Trial observation of: Sonia Dahmani Date of mission: 10 – 12 November 2025 Date of the report: November 2025 Description: The OIAD, represented Alessandro Magoni (Brescia), attended the trial of Tunisian lawyer Sonia Dahmani on Tuesday 11 November 2025. Ms. Dahmani had previously been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment, reduced to eighteen months on appeal, […]
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Trial observation of: ÖHD, 14th Chamber of the Caglayan Court Date of hearing: 1 to 4 September 2025 Report date: September 2025 Description: The report reviews the judicial observation mission in which the OIAD, represented by Dominique Attias, participated in the context of the ÖHD trial before the 14th Chamber of the Caglayan Court. Since […]
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Report date: November 2025 Description: No Defence: The Status of Lawyers and the Bar Associations in Iran, drafted by the Centre for Supporters of Human Rights (CSHR) and the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), provides a thorough analysis of the legal, institutional, and security challenges faced by lawyers in Iran. It documents the […]
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The alternative report by the International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger was recently presented at the 51st session of the 4th cycle of the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review on Rwanda. This report exposes the systematic repression carried out by Paul Kagame’s authoritarian regime in Rwanda, marked by an extreme concentration of executive power […]
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Trial observation of: Necat Çiçek Date of mission: 8–10 September 2025 Date of the report: September 2025 Description: The OIAD, represented by its delegate Benedetta Perego (Turin), attended the trial of Necat Çiçek, regional director of the Lawyers for Freedom Association (ÖHD), in Diyarbakir on Tuesday 9 September 2025. The lawyer’s home had been searched, […]
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