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VENEZUELA: Lawyer Jecson Ricardo Cariel Garcia arbitrarily detained since August 5th, 2022

Date of the report : November 2022 On 15 June 2022, a delegation from the OIAD, the Geneva Bar Association and secretaries of the Paris Bar Conference attended the 5th hearing of the defendants in the Bar President Tahir Elçi assassination case. On…

COLOMBIA: Lawyer Carlos Enrique Maldonado, victim of serious and worrying stigmatisation for defending peasant communities affected by the armed conflict

BANGLADESH: Human rights lawyer Shahanur Islam assaulted in court.

VENEZUELA: Human rights lawyer Engels Wladimir Puertas victim of arbitrary detention, torture, serious threats and criminalisation of his work

Haiti: Robinson Pierre-Louis, lawyer and general secretary of the Federation of Haitian Bars, has been arrested

A retrospective of the destruction of a profession: 15 August 2021 – 15 August 2022

Iran: The iranian lawyer Mohammad Ali Dadkhah has been arrested and sent to prison to serve a sentence that was handed down more than ten years ago

COLOMBIA:Human rights lawyer Andrea Torres Bautista, a  has been victim of kidnapping, serious threats and gender-based violence, as well as the theft of sensitive information in a cyber attack  4 July 2022 Andrea Torres Bautista is a human rights…

COLOMBIA: Human rights lawyer María Alejandra Garzón Mora has been subjected to serious threats, cyber-attacks, surveillance and verbal attacks

Guatemala: The Observatory denounces the judicial harassment suffered by Claudia Paz y Paz.

The first meeting of the Committee was held in Strasbourg from April 6 to 8.

Mexico: The Observatory condemns the murder of women’s rights lawyer Cecilia Monzón

Date of the report: May 2022 On 20 May 2022, at the General Assembly, the members of the Bureau presented the International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger activity report for 2021/22. Download the report:

Colombia: The Observatory condemns the harassment of lawyer Luz Estella Romero Villalba and her family   4 May 2022 Luz Estella Romero Villalba is under severe attack for her work as a human rights lawyer in Colombia.  The harassment is directed…

Guatemala: Criminalisation and hindrance of former members of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) legal practice

Mexico: The Observatory condemns the murder of lawyer and indigenous rights defender Patricia Rivera Reyes

Tunisia: criminal investigation against the lawyer and former president of the Tunisian Bar Association Abderrazak Kilani, the Observatory expresses its concern.

China: The Observatory calls on the Chinese authorities to ensure the full and unconditional release of lawyer Yu Wensheng

Mexico: The Observatory calls on the Mexican authorities to ensure an effective, diligent and thorough investigation into the situation of Ms. Guerrero.