A colleague in Istanbul, the lawyer Elvan Olkun, has sent us an update of the trials taking place in Turkey at the moment: 1. Trial of the members of ÖHD (ÖZGÜRLÜKÇÜ HUKUKÇULAR DERNEĞI – ASSOCIATION OF LAWYERS FOR FREEDOM) 12 lawyers, members of ÖHD (Özgürlükçü Hukukçular Derneği – Association of Lawyers for Freedom) are being tried […]
Tag archives: human rights
On the current situation for asylum seekers in Greece
Last summer about 800.000 asylum seekers arrived in Greece. Until that moment most aslym seekers arrived through the land borders. After the fence has been build and other measures were taken (f.i. push backs) the stream of refugees started to arrived over sea. Most arrived on Lesbos or Chios. In the summer there was a […]
On Migration
The Bureau of the association of European Democratic Lawyers (AED-EDL), meeting in Athens on May 7th, 2016, in view of the flagrant violation of fundamental rights by member states of the EU as well as by the Greek state and of the constant influx of people in need of International Protection, has decided to release […]
Letters to Turkey
The AED has sent some letters and is now waiting for an answer! Here is the text of the letter, addressed to the minister of Justice, the President of the Bar association, the ambassador of France in Turkey and the French minister of foreign affairs: Le 16 mars 2016, à l’aube, neuf avocats turcs ont […]
Report: Lawyer’s Delegation to Kurdistan (jan.2016)
From 21 to 24 of January 2016, a delegation of 10 lawyers from Austria, Belgium, Germany and Italy visited Diyarbakır, Turkey. The mission was coordinated by two European lawyers’ organizations—the European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights (ELDH) and European Democratic Lawyers (EDL)—and the Unione delle Camere Penali Italiane. It was supported by […]
Titiriteros- Puppeteers
The AED fully sustains ALA in its work- it has denounced the Judge Ismael Moreno who ordered the detention of three puppeteers as preventive measure. Read the news article in Diagonal here and read the opinion of ALA here
Estado de excepción permanente
Our Spanish colleague has published an article on the situation of fundamental rights in Spain: Read here
Report on a visit to Kurdistan- January 2016
A delegation with members of the AED visited Kurdistan last January, here is the report of the Italian members. To read here.
SAF takes position on the state of emergency
The French Syndicat des Avocats de France takes position on the state of emergency and the constitutional reform. Dans une République où le pouvoir législatif est déjà soumis à l’exécutif, ces mesures sont de nature à transformer profondément notre démocratie en régime arbitraire. Read more
Europe – From the State of Law to the State of Emergency
Last January, a conference took place in Rome discussing the latest legal developments in Europe. This Italian website contains many other conferences to see and trials to hear.