The CCBE urges the de facto authorities to reinstate the Afghanistan Independent Bar Association and allow all lawyers to practise law freely and without fear of persecution.
Les avocats, et en particulier les avocates, sont en grand danger. Le CCBE exhorte les autorités à rétablir l’Association indépendante du barreau afghan et à permettre à tous les avocats d’exercer librement et sans crainte de persécution.
#Afghanistan 🇦🇫 Lawyers, in particular women lawyers are in serious danger. The CCBE urges the de facto authorities to reinstate the Afghanistan Independent Bar Association and allow all #lawyers to practise law freely and without fear of persecution. ➡️https://t.co/g0qEWEo5Djpic.twitter.com/YlEF1soFxp
#Afghanistan Les #avocats, et en particulier les avocates, sont en grand danger. Le CCBE exhorte les autorités à rétablir l'Association indépendante du barreau afghan et à permettre à tous les avocats d'exercer librement et sans crainte de persécution. ➡️https://t.co/g0qEWEo5Djpic.twitter.com/GaT1Z17bQy
🔵 AUJOURD'HUI à la #HRC51 à partir de 10h00, heure de Genève :
– discussion sur les droits des femmes et des filles en #Afghanistan (suite) – rapport du Haut-Commissariat des Nations Unies aux droits de l'homme sur le #Nicaragua – déclarations des États membres de l'@ONU_frpic.twitter.com/yMISGAmQpA
Advance version of my initial report to the #HumanRightsCouncil has been uploaded here: https://t.co/fgiAKxjFYg I will present it to the Council on 12 Sept. Dari & Pashto versions will be available soon.
— UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett (@SR_Afghanistan) September 8, 2022
https://t.co/khH7V1rbPy To provide TRAUMA TREATMENT to Afghan women lawyers, judges and human rights defenders who fled their home country in fear of the Taliban.
Please donate ANY amount- they need $48k by September 13, or they will LOSE a pledge of £24,000 from another Fund
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Iranian lawyer sentenced to 38 yrs HER CRIME: Challenging the veiling laws Salma al-Shehab: Saudi activist sentenced to 34 yrs HER CRIME: Using @Twitter Afghan women: Sentenced to life in prison THEIR CRIME: Being a woman WHY IS THE INT'L COMMUNITY SILENT? pic.twitter.com/Y4nS2b6rsv
On the sixth anniversary of a controversial coup attempt in Turkey in July 2016, the Turkish government continues to use emergency powers as well as the country’s overly broad and vague anti-terror laws to maintain its repressive control of the people. According to a statement from Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ, 559,332 people have been investigated or prosecuted in the last six years for terrorism over their links to the Gülen movement, which is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding the coup attempt, although the movement denies any involvement. While 116,702 people have so far been convicted of membership in a terrorist organization, 115,714 are still being investigated or standing trial. According to Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu, 332,884 people were arrested over their alleged links to the Gülen movement between July 16, 2016 and June 20, 2022, with more than 101,000 put in pretrial detention and 104,000 subjected to judicial supervision.
The government has deployed a set of variables to accuse and prosecute those people for membership in a terrorist organization under Article 314 of the Turkish Penal Code. These variables include (i) being a depositor at Bank Asya, a now-defunct Gülen-affiliated financial institution; (ii) being a shareholder in companies that have been dissolved/seized under a state of emergency declared after the failed coup for alleged Gülen links; (iii) using the ByLock messaging app, considered by Turkish authorities a secret tool of communication among members of the Gülen movement; (iv) police or intelligence agency reports; (v) analysis of social media activity and websites visited; (vi) donations made to relief organizations with alleged Gülen links; (vii) being a resident or student in dormitories or schools that were closed down under the state of emergency for alleged Gülen links; (viii) sending children to those schools that were subsequently shuttered; (ix) subscription to Gülen-linked publications; (x) information received from colleagues or neighbors; and (xi) being a manager, employee or member of a trade union, association, foundation or company closed/dissolved/seized under the state of emergency for alleged Gülen links.
Malicious prosecution is defined as the initiation of a criminal prosecution with malice and without probable cause. All those cases are literally malicious prosecutions since the set of variables used to prosecute hundreds of thousands of people are no more than details of everyday life and were absolutely lawful at the material time.
Indeed, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has so far found that pretrial detention based on those criteria is not sufficient to convince an objective observer of the existence of reasonable suspicion for being a member of a criminal organization.
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Although Turkish courts are acting as willing executioners of the executive branch and no longer care or give credence to human rights conventions, constitutional principles or the law, when the victims are heard by the ECtHR and UN rights bodies, they are constantly being vindicated. It, therefore, proves the need for maintaining hope and continuing the fight for justice.
Today is the 6th anniversary of the controversial coup attempt of 2016, since then more than 1600 lawyers have been arrested by police, more than 600 have been remanded to pretrial detention and at least 533 lawyers have been sentenced to 3255 years in prison. pic.twitter.com/5nZZTVjzU8
— The Arrested Lawyers (@ArrestedLawyers) July 15, 2022
"On the sixth anniversary of a controversial coup attempt in Turkey in July 2016, the Turkish government continues to use emergency powers as well as the country’s overly broad and vague anti-terror laws to maintain its repressive control of the people." https://t.co/KLBuAoPuLo
As the world marks the 6th anniversary of the attempted coup in Turkey, and the Erdogan regime’s launch of its ongoing campaign persecuting Turkish lawyers, the City Bar stands with the courageous lawyers of Turkey. You are an inspiration to the world. https://t.co/VhAfiDGAYf
⚖️🇹🇷Six years have passed and yet no meaningful steps have been taken to bring back the rule of law to Türkiye nor has the plight been relieved of the Turkish judges and prosecutors that have been subjected to these mass dismissals and arrests. ⚖️🇹🇷https://t.co/4VZQcFFUTAhttps://t.co/q23cAkkGdnpic.twitter.com/xSle6x0IWU
❗️@ArrestedLawyers continues monitoring the situation of lawyers in 🇹🇷 and collecting data on their arbitrary imprisonment. W/ the latest batch of data provided by colleagues from @weltanwaelte_eV, we are able to say that since 2016, 529 lawyers have been sentenced to 3242 years. pic.twitter.com/HyIsCi3uw8
— The Arrested Lawyers (@ArrestedLawyers) April 28, 2022
— The Arrested Lawyers (@ArrestedLawyers) July 14, 2022
DAV Position Paper: Proposal to European Convention on the Protection of Lawyers to set out the main elements and the structure required to guarantee an effective protection of the legal profession:https://t.co/bIrbWNfqPp
Concerning the independence and impartiality of the judiciary, jurors and assessors, and the independence of lawyers: participation of women in the administration of justice, the Council called upon all States to guarantee the independence of judges and lawyers and the objectivity and impartiality of prosecutors, and to promote the full, equal and meaningful participation and representation of all women at all levels of the administration of justice. The Council called upon Governments to respond favourably to the requests of the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers to visit their country, and to fully cooperate with the Special Rapporteur in investigations, follow-up procedures and the implementation of his or her recommendations.
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In a resolution (A/HRC/50/L.3) on the Independence and impartiality of the judiciary, jurors and assessors, and the independence of lawyers: participation of women in the administration of justice ,adopted without a vote (as orally revised), the Council calls upon all States to guarantee the independence of judges and lawyers and the objectivity and impartiality of prosecutors, and to promote the full, equal and meaningful participation and representation of all women at all levels of the administration of justice; calls upon Governments to respond favourably to the requests of the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers to visit their country, and to fully cooperate with the Special Rapporteur in investigations, follow-up procedures and the implementation of his or her recommendations.
#HRC50 | Draft resolution A/HRC/50/L.3 on the Independence and impartiality of the judiciary, jurors and assessors, and the independence of lawyers: participation of women in the administration of justice was ADOPTED without a vote. pic.twitter.com/XwBRe6osAQ
— UN Human Rights Council 📍 #HRC50 (@UN_HRC) July 7, 2022
#HRC50 | Le projet de résolution A/HRC/50/L.3 sur l'indépendance et l'impartialité du pouvoir judiciaire, des jurés et des assesseurs, et l'indépendance des avocats : participation des femmes à l'administration de la justice a été ADOPTÉ sans vote. pic.twitter.com/b1P5SqY0pX
— UN Human Rights Council 📍 #HRC50 (@UN_HRC) July 7, 2022
#HRC50 | Se APROBÓ, sin votación, el proyecto de resolución A/HRC/50/L.3 sobre la independencia e imparcialidad del poder judicial, los jurados y asesores, y la independencia de los abogados: participación de la mujer en la administración de justicia.@UNIndepJudgespic.twitter.com/qlyjYuEa1W
— UN Human Rights Council 📍 #HRC50 (@UN_HRC) July 7, 2022
Letters sent by the group, which represents barristers, reportedly accused them of bypassing defendants’ instructing firms and collecting remuneration directly from the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund.
The Hong Kong Bar Association has asked barristers who received remuneration from a now-defunct protester relief fund to submit written explanations over suspected professional misconduct, Oriental Daily and Sing Tao reported.
According to its report on Tuesday, the association has sent letters to some 35 barristers since June 27.
The letters reportedly list court cases related to the 2019 protests which were handled by the lawyers in question. The barristers stand accused of violating the profession’s Code of Conduct by bypassing solicitors representing defendants and collecting remuneration directly from the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund.
Sing Tao quoted sources as saying all the barristers concerned had practised for less than five years. Some had allegedly received HK$3,000 to HK$6,000 per day spent in court from the fund, while claiming they worked pro bono – without charge.
The association told HKFP a probe was underway: “We are not in a position to respond or comment on the updates or details in the investigation before it is concluded,” they said in a statement on Tuesday.
National security arrests
The city’s national security police unit said in May it had uncovered misconduct by some lawyers linked to the 612 fund and had filed complaints to the Law Society of Hong Kong, which represents solicitors, and to the Hong Kong Bar Association. It did not describe the alleged misconduct.
The #UN Human Rights Committee will review Hong Kong's #HumanRights progress under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (#ICCPR) July 7, 8, 12 in Geneva. An impt moment of intl scrutiny. Sessions are webcast. Follow our tweets for more information!
— HRIC – Human Rights in China 中国人权 (@hrichina) July 6, 2022
Tomorrow the UN Human Rights Committee begins a 3-day review of #HongKong's compliance with the #ICCPR. 22 CSOs including HKDC have made submissions to the UNHRC. An important opportunity to hold the #CCP & HK govt accountable for their systematic crackdown on #HumanRights in HK. pic.twitter.com/UTf9muAreE
— Hong Kong Democracy Council (@hkdc_us) July 6, 2022
— The 29 Principles (@the29principles) July 6, 2022
Albert Ho, HK human rights lawyer and pro-democracy leader, who is now serving jail sentences for other protest-related charges, is applying for bail over HKASPDMC NSL case. https://t.co/jWRlMQvDK8
— The 29 Principles (@the29principles) July 6, 2022
Our Advisor @PatrickPoon will testify in @CECCgov hearing on July 12. It will be about his observation in civil society in Hong Kong (esp. for HK and China-focused organisations) and comparison on court news reporting of then and now. https://t.co/WXHyXVtFSw
— The 29 Principles (@the29principles) July 6, 2022
We raised concerns about the continuous threat to Hong Kong lawyers, and questioned that the Hong Kong government contravenes the Hong Kong Bill of Rights under Basic Law with the National Security Law. (2/2)
— The 29 Principles (@the29principles) July 5, 2022
The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) participated in the recent 50th UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, where Special Rapporteur Diego García-Sayán presented his report on the free and independent exercise of the legal profession.
The CCBE says that the report is important and positive for the legal profession in its emphasis on states taking all necessary measures so that lawyers may exercise their legitimate professional rights and duties free from all restrictions, and without fear of reprisals – including judicial harassment.
Measures
García-Sayán, the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, recommends that states should implement measures to prevent the identification of lawyers with their clients or the causes they defend.
The Special Rapporteur also stresses the importance of Bars and Law Societies remaining independent and self-governing, to protect the independence and the integrity of lawyers, as well as safeguarding their professional interests.
On the ongoing work of the Council of Europe on an international legal instrument to protect the legal profession, the Special Rapporteur supports the adoption of a binding instrument that is open to accession by non-member states of the Council of Europe.
The Special Rapporteur also thanked the CCBE (pictured) for its work on the report, praising it for “defence of defenders”.
Binding legal instrument
He ended by appealing again to the Council of Europe member states to support the adoption of a binding legal instrument on the protection of the free and independent exercise of the legal profession that is open to accession by non-member states of the Council of Europe.
The report emphasises that the free exercise of the legal profession is an indispensable element of the judicial guarantees that ensure a fair trial and the protection of human rights.
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Undue restrictions
States have a duty to guarantee that lawyers can exercise their profession without undue restrictions.
The report concludes with recommendations on how to protect those practising law.
Restrictions on the work of lawyers have increased as a result of the measures adopted by the states in response to coronavirus, the report points out.
Between 2010 and 2020, more than 2,500 lawyers were killed, detained or kidnapped in different regions of the world, the report adds.
🎥Watch the CCBE interview with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers’ @UNIndepJudges, on his report on the "Protection of #lawyers against undue interference in the free and independent exercise of the legal profession".https://t.co/yhKBmgyAW1
"El libre ejercicio de la profesión legal es un componente indispensable de las garantías para el acceso a la justicia, un juicio justo y la protección de los #derechoshumanos".
— UN Human Rights Council 📍 #HRC50 (@UN_HRC) June 26, 2022
🇺🇦Suite à la situation difficile dans laquelle se trouvent les #avocats ukrainiens après l'invasion russe de l'#Ukraine, le CCBE publie des recommandations pour les barreaux concernant les qualifications des avocats ukrainiens. ➡️https://t.co/phyqF1ODHgpic.twitter.com/HzDbsCCMkv
🇺🇦In light of the difficult situation in which Ukrainian #lawyers find themselves after the Russian invasion of #Ukraine, the CCBE publishes recommendations for Bars and Law Societies regarding qualifications of Ukrainian lawyers. ➡️https://t.co/1vTHTmLlOXpic.twitter.com/VwtxZRYgJz
Junta authorities arrested three more Mandalay-based lawyers representing political detainees on Wednesday as they returned home from court hearings inside the city’s prison, according to sources within the local legal network.
The detainees—identified as Tin Win Aung, his wife Thae Su Naing, and Thuta—were reportedly leaving Obo Prison after attending hearings for their clients within the closed court there.
Three of their local colleagues spoke to Myanmar Now on the condition of anonymity and confirmed their arrests to Myanmar Now. At the time of reporting it was not known where they were being held in junta custody or why they had been specifically targeted.
“We still don’t know the details of their arrests. I only heard that Thuta’s vehicle was also seized,” one of the lawyers said.
Following the February 2021 military coup, lawyers representing jailed activists and political opponents of the military have also faced threats to their personal security for challenging the practice of arbitrary detentions in a junta-controlled judiciary.
While the number of lawyers detained across the country is unknown, attorneys in Mandalay said that at least 10 of their colleagues had been arrested since the coup and dozens more are wanted by the military authorities.
Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation on the ground since the Taliban takeover. Here, a young lawyer in Kabul reports on the complications Taliban governance has wrought for young lawyers wishing to regain their rights to practice in the country. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding our correspondent’s name. The text has only been lightly edited to respect the author’s voice.
The Afghanistan Independent Bar Association was merged with the Taliban’s Ministry of Justice right after they seized power in August last year. The Taliban merged the bar association into the Ministry of Justice’s organizational framework as a general directorate, despite efforts by several advocacy groups to protect the bar association’s independence.
The organization of the ministry has been expanded to include the bar directorate, and a procedure was later created to govern its daily operations. In accordance to this procedure, in order to practice law in Afghanistan, every licensed attorney is required to pass a new evaluation exam.
To assess the legal and Islamic knowledge of attorneys who are interested in taking the test and obtaining a new license, a new testing mechanism was established.
The exam was divided into two main components that tested applicants’ legal and Islamic knowledge, respectively. Although the major purpose of the exam was to assess applicants’ understanding of Islam, the testing committee also posed questions about business laws, the penal code, arbitration, inheritance law, and other topics.
In accordance with the new procedure, a committee comprising five members — mainly appointed on the basis of their knowledge of Islamic law — is appointed to evaluate an attorney who shows interest in obtaining a new license to practice law. The procedure does not limit gender diversity for obtaining a legal license but unfortunately, no female attorneys have yet been given a license. In addition, the Ministry of Justice has not made any apparent effort to inspire female lawyers to obtain new licenses.
The result of the second round of the evaluation test can be accessed here.
I have interviewed two attorneys who succeeded in the last two exams under the new Taliban protocol, and below are the details they provided regarding the new testing procedures:
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Question: Why do you think no female lawyers were in attendance?
Answer: There are a number of significant reasons why female lawyers are unable to attend the test. In particular, most women fear participating and practicing within the Taliban’s judicial and prosecution agencies and many are discouraged from working as lawyers in the country. Generally speaking, the Taliban’s mentality toward gender roles in education and professional life has caused women not to attend the evaluation test.
Question: What sorts of religious questions you were asked?
Answer: The test was on basic Islamic issues such as specific procedures as related court hearings, and issues like praying five times a day. Those with the greatest awareness of Islamic rules and principles seemed to have better opportunities to obtain their new law licenses.
Meanwhile in #Afghanistan, this to @JURISTnews from a female lawyer in Kabul: "Today, I went to the court, where the enforcement was underway, that is, the criminals were flogged. The Taliban official did not allow me to appear, and he did not allow me to enter the court."
She continues: "Under the pretext that the [regular] judges are gone [i.e. no longer in office after the Taliban takeover], they are trying to whip the defenders' lawyers out of sight."
— Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada (@LRWCanada) July 2, 2022
Congrats to Immigration Solutions Lawyers on their remarkable pro bono program assisting Afghan women judges and prosecutors escape persecution by the Taliban – by obtaining them Australian humanitarian visas. And their program has also assisted several other at-danger Afghanis! https://t.co/yIpSqrPxjU
On 28 June, Lawyers for Lawyers, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada delivered an oral statement on Belarus during the interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus. The interactive dialogue took place during the 50th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, Lawyers for Lawyers, and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada remain alarmed at the findings in the Special Rapporteur’s report, including the growing number of arbitrary arrests and detentions on politically motivated grounds.
As of 22 June, 66 Belarusian lawyers have been persecuted since the 2020 elections, including through disbarment, detention, and prosecution. Recent examples include the detention of Vitaliy Braginets, Alexander Danilevich, and Anastasia Lazarenko. On 23 May, Maksim Znak was added to the Belarusian State Security Committee’s “list of terrorists”. This creates a chilling effect on other legal professionals, restricting human rights defenders’ and political opponents’ right to access independent, effective legal representation.
We also note with concern the further deterioration of the independence of the judiciary, used by the authorities “as repressive instruments to silence dissent”. This, together with ongoing attacks against lawyers, undermines justice and perpetuates a culture of impunity.
Finally, we condemn recent amendments to the Criminal Code that expand the application of the death penalty in Belarus.
We urge this Council to take all possible actions to ensure accountability for abuses and to prevent further deterioration of the situation, and to ensure the renewal the mandate of the Special Rapporteur.
The KGB added more individuals to the list of "terrorists"; 2 years ago, presidential candidate @viktar_babaryka and his son Eduard were detained; mass detentions of activists, journalists, lawyers, commentators on social media and 2020 protesters continue – last week in #Belaruspic.twitter.com/4AEBmm4TDx
— Politzek.me | Political Prisoners in Belarus (@politzekme) June 27, 2022
For trying to sue Iranian leaders for their grossly negligent response to the COVID-19 pandemic, three lawyers and two civil rights activists have been sentenced to prison.
“These individuals are being punished in order to send a message to the people of Iran: Seeking an accountable government in the Islamic Republic will land you in jail,” said Hadi Ghaemi, executive director of the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI).
“This ruling reflects Iran’s judicial system, which works in lock step with the state security apparatus to crush dissent,” he added. “Iranians seeking justice are treated as enemies of the nation, while those in power who are destroying it enjoy immunity.”
A revolutionary court in Tehran sentenced Mostafa Nili (lawyer) and Mehdi Mahmoudian (civil rights activist) to four years in prison each, Arash Keykhosravi (lawyer) to two years in prison, Mohammad Reza Faghihi (lawyer) to six months in prison, and Maryam Afrafaraz (civil rights activist) to 95 days in prison.
Their attorney Babak Paknia, who announced the verdicts on June 21, 2022, said they would be appealed.
The prison sentences come at a time when the government is increasingly trying to crush peaceful rights advocacy and attempts to hold officials accountable for their actions.
State forces have been violently repressing protests occurring around the country for months, while scores of activists including laborers and teachers have been detained.
Health Defenders Denied Justice, Punished as Enemies of the State
Referred to on Persian social media as the “health defenders,” the lawyers and activists had attempted to file a lawsuit against senior Iranian officials including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei for banning the import of COVID-19 vaccines made by U.S. and British pharmaceutical companies for political reasons, forbidding factual numbers about the extent of deaths and infections from being publicized, and mismanaging response efforts.
🔸 Special Rapporteurs on: – judges and lawyers – human trafficking – #leprosy (cont'd) 🔸 Secretary-General's report on #Iran 🔸 PANEL discussion on menstrual hygiene management pic.twitter.com/0hTLuzbVMJ
— UN Human Rights Council 📍 #HRC50 (@UN_HRC) June 21, 2022
Two Chinese human rights activists are set to face grossly unfair trials behind closed doors this week after being targeted and tortured due to their peaceful work, Amnesty International said today.
Legal scholar Xu Zhiyong and human rights lawyer Ding Jiaxi will be in court this Wednesday and Thursday respectively, facing spurious charges of “subverting state power”.
“The Chinese authorities have targeted Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi not because they committed any internationally recognized crime, but simply because they hold views the government does not like. These unfair trials are an egregious attack on their human rights,” said Amnesty International’s China Campaigner Gwen Lee.
“Having faced torture and other ill-treatment during their arbitrary detention, Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi now face being sentenced to years behind bars in secretive trials that have been rigged from the start.”
Xu and Ding are both prominent members of the New Citizens’ Movement, a loose network of activists founded by Xu in 2012 to promote government transparency and expose corruption.
They were among dozens of lawyers and activists targeted after attending an informal gathering held in Xiamen, a city on China’s southeast coast, in December 2019, in which they discussed the civil society situation and current affairs in China.
Later that month, police across the country began summoning or detaining participants in the Xiamen gathering.
Tortured in a “tiger chair”
Ding was held incommunicado in “residential surveillance at a designated location” for more than a year after being taken away on 26 December 2019.
Friends of Xu Zhiyong say he went into hiding after the meeting in December 2019. In early February 2020, Xu criticized President Xi Jinping’s handling of the coronavirus crisis and the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests and called on him to resign.
#DingJiaxi#XuZhiyong Trials in pitch-dark CCP China: – venue moved from Linyi to Linshu – denied access to lawyers – block witnesses from leaving home – lawyers forced to sign NDAs – forced confessions, fabricated evidence, lieshttps://t.co/8P5tuL9qlQ
— Jane Wang 王剑虹 #FreeZhangZhan (@changchengwai) June 21, 2022
Chinese democracy activists Xu Zhiyong & Ding Jiaxi will face a sham trial & likely heavy sentences this week.
Having faced torture and other ill-treatment during their arbitrary detention, Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi now face being sentenced to years behind bars in secretive trials that have been rigged from the start. https://t.co/YfMTBatNGN
Chinese Human rights lawyer #DingJiaxi’s case will be tried behind closed doors on 24 June at 9 am in Linshu County Court, according to his wife. In her tweet, she also said Ding’s lawyer was forced to sign a confidentiality agreement and she is unable to contact him. @luoshchhttps://t.co/VDCrRd5Kgf
— The 29 Principles (@the29principles) June 21, 2022
📢 #ICYMI: The trials of prominent activists Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi are now set for June 22 and June 24, respectively. https://t.co/CtNlt4Hvqy
A la #HRC50, le Rapporteur spécial sur les juges et avocats (@UNIndepJudges) s'est dit préoccupé par la hausse mondiale des entraves à la pratique du droit, en particulier par les puissants qui cherchent à éviter les enquêtes sur la corruption.
— UN Human Rights Council 📍 #HRC50 (@UN_HRC) June 21, 2022
🌎#Global: Today I am presenting my annual report at the 🇺🇳#HRC50 on the protection of lawyers against undue interference in the free exercise of the legal profession.
IAPL Monitoring Committee on Attacks on Lawyers 