UK/Turkey: Day of the Endangered Lawyer: 24 January 2019 (London)

January 10, 2019

Please join us at the Turkish Embassy at 12:00pm on 24 January 2019 for the Day of the Endangered Lawyer protest.

The Day  of  the  Endangered  Lawyer  is  the  day  on  which  we  turn  the  spotlight  on lawyers  all  over  the  world  who  are  being  harassed,  silenced,  pressured,  threatened, persecuted,  tortured.    Murders  and  enforced  disappearances  as  well  are  not  out  of  the ordinary.  The  only  reason  for  these  outrages  is  the  fact  that  these  lawyers  are  doing  their job, and  fulfilling their  professional  obligations, when  they  are  needed  the  most.

The  24th  of  January  was  chosen  to  be  the  annual  International  Day  of  the Endangered  Lawyer  because  on  this  day  in  1977  four  labour  rights  lawyers  and  a coworker  were  murdered  at  their  office  address  at  Calle  Atocha  55  in  Madrid.  This  is known as  the  Massacre  of  Atocha.

The  International  Day  of  the  Endangered  Lawyer  aims,  on  the  one  hand,  to  create awareness  that  the  practice  of  the  legal  profession  in  many  countries  involves  significant risks,  including  that  of  being  murdered,  but  it  aims  as  well  at  denouncing  the  situation  in a  particular  country,  where  lawyers  are  victims  of  serious  violations  of  their  fundamental rights  because  they  exercise  their  profession.

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http://www.haldane.org/news/2019/1/10/day-of-the-endangered-lawyer-24-january-2019?fbclid=IwAR3-urpaW4MqLYEZa_E_xBSE8FXkf1TW3hvHILBy2PPKQjpNUBRTO7Afi0g

basic-report_turkey2019

https://eldh.eu/en/2018/11/22/day-of-the-endangered-lawyer-2019/

Updated Report: Incarceration of Turkish Lawyers | Unjust Arrests and Convictions (2016-2018)

https://masslawyersweekly.com/2019/01/10/honoring-our-brave-colleagues-on-endangered-lawyer-day/

#DayoftheEndangeredLawyer

day of the endangered #lawyer – january 24
tehlikedeki avukatlar günü – 24 ocakhttps://t.co/3waCW6kLyYhttps://t.co/NAK3HU5g3vhttps://t.co/RSb4uh3fSq@TheLawSocietyhttps://t.co/ItzzhrHHFL
bu yılın konusu 'türkiye'li avukatların' sorunları, sıkıntıları…#avukat #turkey pic.twitter.com/yuSlrVnmRz

— ö z g ü r d e n i z (@ozgurcedeniz) January 10, 2019

Tomorrow, on the Day of the Endangered Lawyer 2019, @IBAHRI and @TheLawSociety will host a seminar on #Turkey, looking at the widespread arrests, detentions and dismissals of members of the legal profession in the country. For more details and register: https://t.co/SkdVWRHOkd pic.twitter.com/HmUd9LOzqb

— IBA News (@IBAnews) January 23, 2019

L'Observatoire soutient les avocats turcs en danger
24 janvier 2019
Journée de l'avocat menacé
(Extraits ) pic.twitter.com/RwGQtYhznZ

— idhae (@idhae4) January 12, 2019

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