Africa

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

Equatorial Guinea: Ángel Obama Obiang Eseng suspended after harassment

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.

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.

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

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.