Author Archives
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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Joint Statement: Free Nasrin Sotoudeh
Together with 25 organisations, the Arrested Lawyers Initiative has called on the Iran authorities to release lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and withdraw all charges against her, vacate any convictions and sentences imposed on her, and put an end to all acts of harassment against her.
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Opinions by the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and the Human Rights Committee (Re: Turkey)
We are sharing the WGAD’s opinions adopted regarding Turkey’s detention practices under the Emergency Regime
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Turkish Constitutional Court upholds the impunity provisions introduced with emergency decrees
Impunity provisions enacted with Decree Law nos. 667, 668, 696 During the state of emergency rule between 2016 and 2018, the Turkish Government enacted thirty-two emergency decrees which were later approved by the Turkish Parliament and have become ordinary… Read More ›
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Interview with Ms Tamara Trotman, the president of Judges for Judges (J4J)
Within the scope of our new project we are publishing interviews with prominent European lawyers, judges, academics and executives of associations of lawyers or judges. Our seventh interview is with Ms Tamara Trotman, the president of Judges for Judges (J4J).
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Amnesty International: Investigation against lawyers lacks evidence (Turkey)
Amnesty International published a report on the recent mass-arrests (11 September 2020) of lawyers in Ankara. Amnesty concluded that lawyers were detained solely for exercising the legal profession and therefore should be immediately and unconditionally released.
The Arrested Lawyers Initiative 