European Democratic Lawyers
The association of European Democratic Lawyers (AED) has been informed during their meeting in Athens on the 7th of May 2016 of the strike of lawyers in Greece since January 2016. The conditions of the exercise of the legal profession are seriously threatened by austerity measures. The A.E.D. recalls that the right of defense in any matter is a […]
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Mossack Fonseca, le cabinet d’avocats panaméen au centre du scandale et dont proviennent les Panama Papers, a répondu aux requêtes des journalistes en concluant avec une mise en garde explicite : « Il semble que vous ayez eu accès de façon non autorisée à des documents et des informations appartenant à notre entreprise et les ayez présentés et interprétés hors de leur […]
Read moreThe 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
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London/Düsseldorf, 25th January 2016 Press Release: European Lawyers report Massive Human Rights Violations in Diyarbakir (Turkey) due to curfew –immediate international action needed A delegation* of 10 lawyers from Austria, Belgium, Germany, and Italy visited Diyarbakir, Turkey, from 21st to 24th of January 2016 to monitor the impact of the curfew on the population. The mission was coordinated by two […]
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La mort de Tahir Elçi, un éminent avocat et Bâtonnier du conseil de l’ordre de Diyarbaquir en des circonstances dramatiques au District Sud d’Amed (Diyarbakir), abattu à coups de feu en pleine rue pendant une conférence de presse, constitue un assassinat politique et crime contre les Droits Humains. Les Avocats Européens Démocrates (AED – EDL) entendent exprimer leur solidarité avec […]
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Un avocat arrêté du fait d’avoir exercé la défense Les Avocats Européens Démocrates (AED/EDL) expriment leur profonde préoccupation face à l’arrestation d’un avocat au nom de la soi-disant « Opération Pandora 2 ». Le 28 octobre 2015, neuf personnes ont été arrêtées pour infractions terroristes présumées et ont été renvoyées devant le Tribunal Central d’instruction numéro 3 de l’Audiencia Nacional. […]
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Les Avocats Européens Démocrates (AED), dénoncent les faits et montrent leur solidarité avec leurs confrères et leurs consœurs qui protestaient au Palais de Justice de Lille contre la réforme de l’Aide Juridictionnelle en France, et qui ont été évacués de force par la police et chargés par les CRS . Des faits similaires se produisent en ce moment, ce 22 […]
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The EDL, the association of European Democratic Lawyers, is close to the Turkish and Kurdish people hardly hit by the attack carried out in Ankara on October 10th during a peaceful demonstration organized by non-governmental organizations, trade unions and the HDP, the Party, which won in June together with the coalition of Kurdish party and other leftist parties 84 seats […]
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To the presidents of democratic political groups in the European Parliament: The Bureau of the AED, meeting in Naples on the 9th and 10th October 2015, has taken note of the establishment, particularly in Italy and Greece, by the Council of the European Union of so called “hot spots”, destined to sort out in a basic manner between refugees and […]
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PRESS RELEASE Concern due to the disproportionate precautionary measures imposed against Arantza Zulueta, Jon Enparantza and José Campo The Association of Democratic Lawyers previously expressed their concern about the arrest and the hardness of the precautionary measures taken against the Basque Lawyers Arantza Zulueta, Jon Enparantza and José Campo and also denounced the persecution of the Basque Lawyers and their […]
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