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Senegal: Lawyers Juan Branco and Babacar Ndiaye involved in Ousmane Sonko’s defence team under investigation

Senegal: Lawyers Juan Branco and Babacar Ndiaye involved in Ousmane Sonko’s defence team under investigation. 21 August 2023 Between Friday 4 August and Saturday 5 August, several of Ousmane Sonko’s lawyers were arrested. These…

SENEGAL : Restrictions on the exercise of the profession

Senegal

Threatened

SENEGAL: The OIAD condemns intimidation and violence against lawyers in Senegal and strongly denounces restrictions on the exercise of the profession

Address: Senegal

Banzu Misongo Effrem

D. R. of the Congo

Deceased

Democratic Republic of Congo: The Observatory condemns the death in prison of lawyer Banzu Misongo Effremel and calls on the Congolese authorities to carry out a thorough investigation

Address: Democratique Republic of the Congo

Mohamed Ziane

MOROCCO

Imprisoned

MOROCCO: The former president of the Rabat Bar Association and Moroccan Minister of Human Rights, Mohamed Ziane, imprisoned after a summary trial in absentia

Address: Rabat

Raymond Obame

Gabon

Threatened

THE OBSERVATORY CONDEMNS ATTEMPTED BREAK-INS AT THE HOME OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE BAR OF GABON, RAYMOND OBAME

Address: gabon

Joseph Sanane Chiko

Democratic Republic of Congo

Imprisoned

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: The Observatory demands the immediate release of the Honorary President of the North Kivu Bar Association, Joseph Sanane Chiko, arbitrarily detained in Goma and recently transferred to Kinshasa

Address: RDC

Abderrazak Kilani

Tunisia

Imprisoned

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

Address: Tunisia

Akum Michael Nche

Cameroon

Assaulted

Lawyer Akum Michael Nche was abducted in Bamenda by unidentified gunmen on Saturday 15 January 2022.

Address: Cameroon

Gemma Jones

Equatorial Guinea

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Equatorial Guinea: Lawyer Gemma Jones was arbitrarily detained for more than three hours at the National Police station in the capital city of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Malabo.

Address: Malabo

Chawki Tabib

Tunisia

Threatened

Chawki Tabib, lawyer at the Tunis Bar, former President of the Tunis Bar Association and President of the National Authority for the Fight against Corruption, placed under house arrest.

Address: Tunisia