February 13, 2017 As families in Hong Kong gathered to celebrate the Lantern Festival on Sunday, our thoughts were on civil rights activists and rights lawyers who are still behind bars or under house arrest in the mainland since the so-called “709 crackdown on dissent” that took place in July 2015. In May 2015, more …
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(IAPL) Day of Endangered Lawyer 2015
Click to see pdf version The IAPL expresses solidarity with lawyers and legal workers around the world on the Fifth “Day of the Endangered Lawyer”, Friday, January 23, 2015. The date has been celebrated since 2010. The international focus this year is on the Philippines and IAPL has deep concern for our colleagues in the …
Egypt/Day of the Endangered Lawyer: SOLIDARITY WITH LAWYERS AT RISK
January 24, 2018 On the 8th international Day of the Endangered Lawyer, the Bar Council and the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) together with lawyers’ organisations in Europe and around the world, stand in solidarity with those lawyers in Egypt who face persecution in furtherance of the protection of the rule of …
Egypt/Day of the Endangered Lawyer: Madrid 24 de enero 2018
8/2/18 ¡Imágenes del Día del Abogado Amenazado, celebrado en más de 35 países! Y es que mañana tenemos reunión en Francia los miembros de la Asociación Europea de Abogados Demócratas (AED), organizadora de esta jornada, y de la que ALA forma parte. ¿Y qué es AED? Pues la integramos numerosas asociaciones de abogados y abogadas …
Egypt/Day of the Endangered Lawyer: Canada January 24, 2018
… The Day of the Endangered Lawyer, marked on 24 January of each year, is a time to reflect on the personal and professional safety of lawyers around the world, who face mounting persecution, prosecution, arbitrary detention, threats, torture, assaults and death in reprisal for their work to protect rights and secure justice. Each year, …
Egypt/Day of the Endangered Lawyer/USA: The International Day of the Endangered Lawyer
January 24, 2018 On 24 January of each year, legal associations and international human rights organizations around the globe observe The International Day of the Endangered Lawyer. Each year, the occasion highlights not only the general issues internationally, but also a specific country of concern. This year, that country is Egypt. Below, please find a variety of documents …
Egypt/Day of the Endangered Lawyer: Victoria Canada January 24, 2018
January 27, 2018 As part of the global 2018 Day of the Endangered Lawyer activities on January 24th, a panel discussion was held at the University of Victoria’s faculty of law, organized by LRWC, in partnership with student club LEVEL. Justice. Ragia Omran (by video from Cairo), prominent lawyer and human rights activist in Egypt, …
Egypt/Day of the Endangered Lawyer: Egypt’s lawyers must be supported
January 30, 2018 Concerns over the rule of law in Egypt unite lawyers in calling for the independence of the legal profession to be respected, as human rights compliance takes on an increasing business dimension. Both the Law Society and the Bar Council of England & Wales have issued calls for the right to lawyers …
Egypt/Day of the Endangered Lawyer: Barcelona 24 de gener de 2018
23/01/18 24 de gener de 2018: 8a Jornada de l’Advocat/da Amenaçat/da Aquesta és la vuitena edició d’aquesta jornada. Des de 2009, l’Associació d’Advocats Demòcrates Europeus (AED) ha organitzat, amb la col·laboració de la Fundació del ‘Dia de l’advocat amenaçat’ i d’altres organitzacions d’advocats i col·legis de l’advocacia d’arreu, cada any, el Dia de l’Advocat Amenaçat …
