The day of the endangered lawyer 2017
The day of the Endangered Lawyer was dedicated to Chinese lawyers, who are victims of harassment due to their work. Berlin Milano Barcelona Paris
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The judicial system under the state of emergency in Turkey
The Judicial System under the State of Emergency in Turkey is an international conference, which will be held on the 14th and 15th of January 2017 in Ankara, at the Ankara Plaza Hotel, Kavaklidere Bestekar Sk. No: 5 06680 Çankaya. The conference is organized by the: • European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights, www.eldh.eu • European Democratic Lawyers, https://www.aeud.org/ […]
Read moreBasic Report about the oppression of lawyers in China
Approximately 300,000 lawyers are practising in China. Lawyers in China are closely monitored by the State for their work. Apart from direct intervention from the judicial bureaus and the lawyers association, lawyers are kept under control also by a controversial Annual Inspection system. In order to continue their practice, lawyers have to submit their lawyer’s licence to the judicial bureau, […]
Read more7th Day Of the Endangered Lawyer with the focus on the persecuted and harassed Chinese lawyers on the 24th of January 2017 in around 30 cities
Every January 24th lawyers around the world support endangered lawyers in other countries by holding protests in front of the Embassies and Consulates of a designated country, holding meetings, press conferences and other activities. This time the designated country will be China, which unleashed a massive crackdown against lawyers in July 2015. Before these mass arrests, many lawyers were already harassed […]
Read moreThe CHD has been banned in Turkey
Here is the Press statement of our German colleagues from the RAV: On the 11th of November 2016, the Turkish Ministry of Interior, in the context of the state of emergency, has banned 370 organizations and associations in Turkey. It has further set, inter alia, a three-month ban on the freedom of the advocacy for lawyers: the ÇHD (Çağdaş […]
Read moreStatement regarding the attack on the lawyer Günay Dag
The member of the Istanbul branch of ÇHD, lawyer Günay Dag, was subjected to torture a few days ago by guards of Maltepe juvenile’s prison acting under the orders of the prison governor while visiting one of his clients. His head was rammed against the wall and on the ground and as a result his fingers and head were injured. […]
Read moreLe déficit démocratique aujourd’hui en Turquie:
Des autocrates au pouvoir et de la répression. Dès le 15 juin dernier plus de 40.000 personnes sont en prison, d’entre les 100.000 détenus à cause d’un Coup d’État qui reste une énigme politique de premier ordre. Actuellement on peut dire que : Il existe une manipulation de tout mass media et la fermeture de maints journaux, radios, télévisons : donc, pas […]
Read moreEuropean Lawyers demand: release MUNİP ERMIS immediately!
The European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH) and the European Democratic Lawyers (AED-EDL) are gravely concerned about the news that the Vice President of CHD – Çağdaş Hukukçular Derneği – (Progressive Lawyers Association), lawyer Münip Ermiş was taken into custody this morning. His house and his office were searched. His is the one of the names in a […]
Read moreLawyers in Danger in Honduras
Read the report on Honduras here
Read moreAttentats au Pakistan, les talibans font un carnage parmi les avocats.
Rassemblés devant les urgences de l’hôpital pour rendre un ultime homage au Baronnier Bilal Answar Kasi, assassiné la veille, les avocats de la ville de Quéta dans la province du Baloutchistan, l’une des plus violentes du pays, ont été pris pour cible par un kamikaze qui s’est fait explosé au milieu de la foule. Le bilan est trés lourd. Au […]
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