EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Lawyer Gemma Jones disbarred for two years
Tunisia: Mahdi Zagrouba was arrested on Monday 13 May at the Lawyers’ House in Tunis. This followed the arrest of his colleague, Sonia Dahmani, two days earlier.
TUNISIA: Lawyer Noureddine Bhiri rushed to hospital after 15-day hunger strike in prison
Tunisia: Tunisian lawyer Sonia Dahmani was sentenced to 1 year in prison for “spreading false news” by the Tunisian courts on 6 July 2024. The information was shared by her daughter on Facebook.
Lebanon: Mohamad Sablouh is a Lebanese lawyer who specialises in the defence of human rights. He has been involved in denouncing the unlawful deportation of Syrian refugees from Lebanon to Syria. Through his social networks, he has highlighted…
Angola: The International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger is worried about the situation of Angolan lawyer Zola Ferreira Bambi. Involved in the defence of human rights for more than 10 years, he has been the victim of harassment by the Angolan…
Burkina Faso: Between Wednesday 24 and Thursday 25 January 2024, Guy Hervé Kam was arrested by a group of undercover men at Ouagadougou airport, who then took him away in an unmarked car.
ZIMBABWE: Two lawyers arrested for obstruction of justice
SUDAN : Sudanese human rights lawyers Mohammed Ahmed Kudia, Khamis Arabab and Khidir Sulieman Abdelmageed were murdered between 28 May and 11 June in Darfur.
SENEGAL : Between Friday 4 August and Saturday 5 August, several of Ousmane Sonko’s lawyers were arrested. These arrests are linked to the public appearance of French lawyer Juan Branco at a press conference in Dakar on 30 July, after he had…
SENEGAL: The OIAD condemns intimidation and violence against lawyers in Senegal and strongly denounces restrictions on the exercise of the profession
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
MOROCCO: The former president of the Rabat Bar Association and Moroccan Minister of Human Rights, Mohamed Ziane, imprisoned after a summary trial in absentia
THE OBSERVATORY CONDEMNS ATTEMPTED BREAK-INS AT THE HOME OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE BAR OF GABON, RAYMOND OBAME
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
Tunisia: criminal investigation against the lawyer and former president of the Tunisian Bar Association Abderrazak Kilani, the Observatory expresses its concern.
Lawyer Akum Michael Nche was abducted in Bamenda by unidentified gunmen on Saturday 15 January 2022.
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.
The election of lawyer Firmin Yangambi to the Bar of the Tshopo region arbitrarily cancelled
Egyptian human rights lawyer Mohammed El-Baqer continues to be arbitrarily detained in miserable conditions.