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Iran: Human rights defender and lawyer Taher Naghavi was sentenced to six years in prison on 20 October 2024 by the Revolutionary Court of Tehran. The sentence was based on his peaceful human rights activities, in particular his work in defence of…

Venezuela: On the morning of 27 August 2024, Mr Rocha was arrested after a confrontation with hooded and allegedly armed police officers, who arrived in several vans outside the supermarket where he was shopping. Since then, he has been held in the…

TURKEY: Observation of the hearings of Betül Vangölü Kozagaçlı and Seda Şaraldı and visits to the lawyers Behiç Aşçı, Oya Aslan, Barkın Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal, in the prisons of Silivri and Edirne

Equatorial Guinea: arbitrary detention of lawyer Anacleto Micha Ndong Nlang after allegations of torture

Equatorial Guinea: Ángel Obama Obiang Eseng suspended after harassment

GUATEMALA: INTERPOL refuses Guatemalan Public Prosecutor’s Office activation of Red Notice for arrest of lawyer Ramón Cadena

Rwanda: On his way to Kirehe to represent one of his clients, Barton Mathias Matimbano has not been heard from since. He has been missing since 10 October 2024, and his car is also missing.

Date of the report: October 2024 The alternative report by the International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger was recently presented at the 49th session of the 4th cycle of the Universal Periodic Review of the Human Rights Council on Turkey. This…

Iran: Mohammadreza Faghihi is an Iranian human rights lawyer. He was sentenced to five years in prison for taking part in a lawful and peaceful demonstration on 12 October 2022.

Turkey: The International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger endorses the recent resolution adopted by the Paris Bar Council, expressing its solidarity with Turkish lawyer Dilek Ekmekci. The lawyer is facing repressive measures aimed at silencing her.

Azerbaijan: Fariz Namazli is an Azeri lawyer specialising in the defence of human rights. His practice focuses on litigation before national courts and the European Court of Human Rights. His defence of political prisoners and prisoners of…

Belarus: A raid was reportedly carried out at the home of Maryia Kolesova-Hudzilina, lawyer and President of the Belarusian Association of Human Rights Lawyers.

Uzbekistan: Dauletmurat Tajimuratov is a lawyer and human rights defender. He advocates for the protection of the rights of the Karakalpak people and for the protection of the Autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan in Uzbekistan.

RUSSIA: Alexei Liptser, Igor Sergounine and Vadim Kobzev, arrested in October 2023, face up to six years in prison for “providing information to their client in order to prepare extremist crimes”. These charges are obviously linked to their defence…

NICARAGUA: human rights lawyer Leyla Carolina Prado forced into exile for defending political prisoners

TUNISIA: Lawyer Sonia Dahmani was sentenced on appeal by the Tunisian courts

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Lawyer Mushibi Kabwende Fabu assaulted and tortured

Lebanon: Mohamad Sablouh was banned from entering Beirut’s military court for three months after criticising a judicial decision he considered unfair on Facebook. He has appealed against this ban to the Military Court of Cassation.

Date of the report: August 2024 In a joint report, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders—a partnership between the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)—and the…

Occupied Crimea/Russia: Human rights lawyer Aleksey Ladin was disbarred from the Tyumen Regional Bar on 25 July 2024 for “violating the Code of Ethics of the Russian Bar”. This disbarment was the result of accusations made against him in…