The full programme for the IFTD is out now! Join us in Manila or online to hear from UN experts, leading justice actors and #humanrights activists from the Philippines

Impunity prevails in the case of the killing of lawyer #TahirElçi: #Diyarbakir High Criminal Court acquits defendants. L4L was present to observe the case when the three defendents were acquitted of all charges. Read the report here lawyersforlawyers.org/impunity-preva…

✍#UN #HRC56 #SideEvent *Mark your calendars for June 25, if you’re in #Geneva!* Come join us with Margaret Satterthwaite to discuss how to safeguard #democracies through the #independence of #judges & #lawyers United Nations Human Rights Council icj

L4L issued a statement on arbitrary harassment by #Kyrgyz security forces. #Lawyers Erkin Sadanbekov and Kantemir Turdaliev were forcibly taken to court while on sick leave. Read the statement here: lawyersforlawyers.org/kyrgyz-republi…

Upcoming hearing in the case of M’hamed Hali’s arbitrary legal licence denial Tomorrow, 27 June, Mr. Hali’s appeal hearing finally takes place. His case had been pending for three years, an unusually long time, before being suddenly reactivated in May 2024.

International Day in Support of Victims of Torture: Lawyers for Lawyers issues public letter to the Belarusian authorities on the continued incommunicado detention of #MaksimZnak: lawyersforlawyers.org/en/internation…

L4L expresses concerns about the attack on Ugandan environmental and human rights lawyer Kato Tumusiime and its implications for environmental lawyers’ ability to carry out their work free from unjust intervention. Read the article here: lawyersforlawyers.org/attack-and-rob…

L4L published an interview with Nauê Bernardo Pinheiro, a dedicated Brazilian environmental lawyer and strategic litigator at the Supreme Court focusing on #environmentallaw and climate change. Explore Mr. Pinheiro's impactful work here:lawyersforlawyers.org/interview-with…

The Norwegian Helsinki Committee and nearly 30 organizations from across the Civic Solidarity Platform Platform call on Shavkat Mirziyoyev's Press-service Mirziyoyev of #Uzbekistan to veto the "undesirable foreigners" law and uphold international standards of Freedom of Expression. nhc.no/en/uzbekistan-…

🚨📢 L4L and nearly 40 other lawyers' organisations strongly condemn the arrest and detention of ÇHD-#lawyers Naim Eminoğlu and Doğa İncesu. We call upon #Turkey to immediately release them. Read the full statement here: lawyersforlawyers.org/en/turkey-inte…

#709Crackdown Today marks the 9th anniversary of the #crackdown on #China’s human rights #lawyers and #defenders. We asked the lawyers and their families, "how have your nine years been?" China Change ChinaAid 中国人权-Human Rights in China 国际人权服务社(ISHR) CHRD人权捍卫者 youtu.be/vDcjV76O4tg

Today marks the ninth anniversary of the ‘709 Crackdown’, when over twenty lawyers, staffers and human rights defenders were arrested. In the past year and a half, some lawyers came forward to share their experiences. Find the joint statement here: lawyersforlawyers.org/joint-statemen…

A Chinese translation of our joint statement on the ninth anniversary of the '709 Crackdown' is now available.

As part of our #EnvironmentalLawyersCampaign L4L interviewed Ugandan Environmental Lawyers Aryampa Brighton and Kato Tumusiime. They describe their work for Youth for Green Communities and the difficulties they face in doing so. lawyersforlawyers.org/interview-with…

After arbitrary proceedings against him, Turkish lawyer and laureate of the 2019 Lawyers for Lawyers award Selçuk Kozağaçlı celebrates his birthday behind bars for the 7th time. lawyersforlawyers.org/selcuk-kozagac…

L4L received reports on the alleged enforced disappearance of Egyptian lawyer Ahmed Kassem since February 2024. It is believed that Mr. Kassem could have been targeted because of his work defending political opponents to the regime. Fully read: lawyersforlawyers.org/statement-on-t…

CHRI, along with The Law Society Iranhrdc.org IBA News Lawyers for Lawyers, condemns the Iranian judiciary’s summons for the re-imprisonment of 76-year-old prominent Iranian lawyer Mohammad Seifzadeh despite his poor health & calls for charges to be dropped. 👉 Our letter: iranhumanrights.org/2024/08/joint-…