Tag: Endangered lawyer

International legal and human rights organisations condemn the Tunisian authorities’ escalating attacks on the legal profession, the independence of the judiciary and civil society

39 organisations, including bar associations, lawyers’ groups, judges’ associations and human rights organisations, condemn the Tunisian authorities’ escalating and systematic campaign of intimidation, obstruction and retaliation against lawyers, judges, the Tunisian National Bar Association, magistrates’ associations and independent civil society organisations in the country. Since President Saïed’s consolidation of executive power in 2021 and the summary dismissal of 57 judges […]

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Day of the Endangered Lawyer 2026

Since 2010, the International Day of the Endangered Lawyer has been observed annually on 24 January, organised first by the AED-EDL and then by the Coalition for the Endangered Lawyer, a network of national and international legal organisations and bar associations. The day aims to draw attention to the plight faced by lawyers in the exercise of their profession in […]

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« Défendre un avocat, c’est défendre la justice » –– Solidarité européenne avec Ahmed Souab

À l’attention des barreaux, associations d’avocats et organisations professionnelles européennes démocrates, Nous prenons acte avec la plus grande préoccupation du procès imminent de M. Ahmed Souab, ancien magistrat puis avocat tunisien, dont l’audience est fixée à la date du 31 octobre 2025 devant le tribunal de première instance de Tunis. Titulaire du prix Prix Ebru Timtik 2025 pour son engagement […]

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Ending the Genocide in Gaza, Upholding International Law, Defending the Rule of Law, Democracy and Long-standing World Peace

The  UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel has confirmed in its report of September 16, 2025 that Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip. This determination reflects what legal experts, civil society, and humanitarian actors have denounced for months: the mass killing of civilians, the destruction of essential infrastructure, […]

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The Erosion of Legal Independence and Professional Rights in BELARUS

The Erosion of Legal Independence and Professional Rights in BELARUS
This year, the Day of the Endangered Lawyer is dedicated to the plight of lawyers und human rights defenders in Belarus. The findings of the report, on which our claims are based, indicate a troubling deterioration of the situation of lawyers in Belarus since 2020. In fact, there seems to be persistent trend in Belarus where legal practitioners face increasing criminal sanctions, arbitrary detentions, and systemic interference in their professional duties.

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Day of the Endangered Lawyer, 15th Edition: BELARUS

Since 2010, the International Day of the Endangered Lawyer has been observed annually on 24 January, organised first by the AED-EDL and then by the Coalition for the Endangered Lawyer, a network of national and international legal organisations and bar associations. The day aims to draw attention to the plight faced by lawyers in the exercise of their profession in […]

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Urgent request for intervention in favour of renowned Iranian human rights defender Reza Khandan

Download the request Ms. Mai Sato UN Special Rapporteur on the Islamic Republic of Iran Ms. Margaret Satterthwaite UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Ms. Mary Lawlor UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights Defenders Mr. Alain Berset Secretary General of the Council of Europe Mr. Michael O’Flaherty Commissioner for Human Rights of the […]

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-Joint Statement – The International Legal Community Condemns the Detention of Attorney Şiar Rişvanoğlu

The undersigned organizations vehemently condemn the detention of Attorney Şiar Rişvanoğlu, who is registered with the Adana Bar Association and a member of the Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD), following a police raid on his residence and subsequent arrest at the Çukurova airport in Tarsus. On the morning of 26 November 2024, authorities executed a raid at Attorney Rişvanoğlu’s home without […]

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On the arrest of lawyer Berdirhan Sarsılmaz

We, the AED-EDL European Lawyers’ Association, have come to know that on the 25th of October, lawyer Bedirhan Sarsılmaz was taken into custody. At the moment of his detention, lawyer Bedirhan Sarsılmaz, had just finished his plea as part of the defense counsel of his client and was exercising his profession. Lawyer Bedirhan Sarsılmaz of the Istanbul bar association, is […]

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Selçuk Kozağaçlı’s honorary presidency

The General Assembly of the European Democratic Lawyers (AED), which took place on February 16-17 2024, marked the beginning of a new era in the fight for fundamental principles such as the rule of law, human rights, and fair trial. During this critical period, for the first time in the history of AED, a figure who had not previously served […]

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