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A rights group consists of lawyers making advocacy to ensure lawyers and human rights defenders perform their duty without fear of intimidation, reprisal and judicial harassment.
The Arrested Lawyers Initiative is the member of the International Observatory for Lawyers.
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They’ve Come For You: Misuse of Extradition Procedures and Interstate Legal Assistance
The Arrested Lawyers Initiative, The Open Dialogue Foundation, The Italian Federation for Human Rights, Kharkiv Institute for Social Research and The Human Rights Defenders e.V. published a joint report titled ‘They’ve Come For You’ on misuse of Interpol mechanism, extradition procedures and interstate legal assistance.
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Comprehensive Report on Turkey’s Inquiry Commission on State of Emergency Measures
Turkey Human Rights Litigation Support Project (TLSP) published a comprehensive report on Inquiry Commission on State of Emergency Measures. Having examined 193 applications and the Inquiry Commission’s decisions as to these applications, TLSP concluded as following: The Commission which was… Read More ›
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Istanbul Regional Appeal Court upheld 159 years prison term given to 18 lawyers
Istanbul Regional Appeal Court has upheld the Istanbul 37th Heavy Penal Court’s judgment dated 20 March 2019 which condemned eighteen lawyers to a 159-year prison term in total. The lawyers who were sentenced to more than 5 years still have… Read More ›
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General Assembly of the Union of Turkish Bars is to be held for electing its new president
For quite some time, there has been a growing resentment, amongst provincial bar association and the public in general, towards Metin Feyzioğlu who is president of the Union of Turkish Bar Associations (UTBA) because of his negligence about the… Read More ›
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ECtHR | Infringement of the freedom of expression of two lawyers found liable for criticising two judges while acting in their capacity as representatives
Infringement of the freedom of expression of two lawyers found liable for criticising two judges while acting in their capacity as representatives. | Yargici elestiren ifadeler nedeniyle cezalandirilan iki avukatin ifade ozgurlugunun ihlal edildigine dair.
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International statement of solidarity
The Arrested Lawyers Initiative cosigned a statement initiated by the Lawyers for Lawyers expressing solidarity with our Dutch colleagues after Mr. Wiersum, a well-respected lawyer and deputy judge, was shot in broad daylight right outside his house in Amsterdam in the… Read More ›