🚨🇮🇶Journalist Sulaiman Ahmad has been disappeared since his arrest by Kurdish-Iraqi authorities in October 2023.

📢 With Committee to Protect Journalists and ABA Justice Defenders Program, we raised his case to the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances & urge #Iraq to clarify his fate.
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Редактор Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Алсу Курмашева уже 6 месяцев находится под стражей в России.

Российские власти должны немедленно снять с нее все обвинения и освободить ее. Со своей стороны, власти США должны признать Курмашеву «неправомерно задержанной» и обеспечить ее быстрое освобождение.…

#Kyrgyzstan : In yet another attack on #mediafreedom , journalist Mahabat Tazhibek Kyzy from Temirov Live has been detained in January for simply doing her job. Now Clooney Foundation for Justice is representing her interests & filed a petition to #UNWGAD OSCE media freedom Irene Khan Former UN Special Rapporteur FoAA rights

#Zimbabwe : Former opposition politician, activist, & HRD Fadzayi Mahere🇿🇼 acquitted on charges of publishing falsehoods. Read ABA Human Rights's analysis of Fadzayi Mahere's case, which found gross violations of her right to freedom of expression and a fair trial. americanbar.org/groups/human_r…

#Russia : Important letter by Freedom House, Free Russia Foundation 4freerussia.org, & many other NGOs calling on the Biden administration to expedite efforts in securing the release of Vladimir Kara-Murza, a #humanrightsdefender unjustly imprisoned by Russian authorities. #FreeKaraMurza #HumanRights

#Palestine : Mary Smith writes to Israel Defense Forces general citing concerns about the detention of Palestinian #HumanRightsDefender Diala Ayesh who has been detained since January 17 without charge. bit.ly/3OY26zD

Update: Israeli #HumanRights lawyer Ahmad Khalefa of Palestinian heritage has been released to house arrest after spending 110 days in prison. Positive step forward!
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#Peru : Lea la actualización de nuestro informe del proceso judicial impactando a @FENAMAD1en Madre de Dios, en el que se constataron violaciones al debido proceso y una falta de respeto del tribunal por el derecho a la libertad de expresión. americanbar.org/groups/human_r…

#Peru : Read the update to our preliminary trial monitoring report of the FENAMAD case in Madre de Dios which found violations of due process rights and a lack of respect by the court for the right to freedom of expression and the work of HRDs. americanbar.org/groups/human_r…

El nuevo reporte de @CHR_ABA @TrialWatch encontró repetidas violaciones del derecho de #ZamoraLibre #FreeJRZ’s a la defensa y concluyó que su persecución es un “abuso del proceso”: americanbar.org/groups/human_r…

#Guatemala : ABA CHR monitored criminal proceedings in a money laundering case against journalist #ZamoraLibre #FreeJRZ. Our @TrialWatch report found numerous breaches of fair trial violations and assigned the trial a grade of F: americanbar.org/groups/human_r…

#InternationalDayofEndangeredLawyer :
Diala Ayesh is a Palestinian #HumanRights lawyer and woman human rights defender. She has been dedicated to advocating for fair treatment of political prisoners, especially within the Israeli military prison system. Lawyers for Justice محامون من أجل العدالة

#InternationalDayofEndangeredLawyer : Israeli citizen and #HumanRights attorney Ahmad Khalefa, a partner at the Human Rights Defenders Fund, was violently arrested by the Israeli police during a peaceful demonstration on October 19, 2023 in the Palestinian city of Umm al-Fahm.

#Russia : Aleksey Ladin is a Russian #HumanRights defender and lawyer. Since 2015 he has been working to provide legal aid to Ukrainians who have been persecuted by Russia on politically motivated charges. #InternationalDayofEndangeredLawyer

#Turkey : Berrak Caglar - A lawyer charged for allegedly “being a member of an armed terrorist organization”, following her expression of solidarity with her imprisoned colleagues. #InternationalDayofEndangeredLawyer

#Belarus : Vitaly Braginets - Lawyer, sentenced on February 2, 2023 in a politically motivated criminal case to 8 years in prison. #InternationalDayofEndangeredLawyer

#Belarus : Read the latest report written by Belarusian Association of Human Rights Lawyers, the Center for Constitutionalism and Human Rights, and supported by Lawyers for Lawyers, IBA's Human Rights Institute, and Right to Defense to learn about challenges faced by the legal community. #InternationalDayofEndangeredLawyer americanbar.org/content/dam/ab…

#Russia : On the #InternationalDayofEndangeredLawyer , read this blog in @Just_Security written by Vadim Prokhorov, a prominent #HumanRights lawyer who has defended critics of the Kremlin. justsecurity.org/91443/a-lawyer…