References given to the Arrested Lawyers Initiative in English, Spanish, Italian, French and Greek language media.
International Advocacy
Interview: Philip Grant, executive director of Trial International
We spoke to Mr Philip Grant, the founder and executive director of Trial International. TRIAL International is a non-governmental organization fighting impunity for international crimes and supporting victims in their quest for justice. Philip Grant is TRIAL’s executive director, he… Read More ›
TALI/TUHRAP makes its first submission to UK Foreign Office
Turkey Human Rights Accountability Projects makes its first submission to UK Foreign Office to have notable abusers of human rights in Turkey placed on the United Kingdom’s sanction list.
The Global Magnitsky Laws: How they can protect human rights defenders, including lawyers
The Arrested Lawyers Initiative, International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, the Italian Federation for Human Rights, Italian National Bar Association and Justice Abroad arranged a conference bringing together international experts, human rights defenders, lawyers, and practitioners to discuss the impact… Read More ›
Joint Statement: NGOs call on the EU to consider sanctioning Turkey’s human rights abusers
Statement on European Union’s new Global Human Rights Sanctions (The Magnitsky Law) and Turkey We, the undersigned organizations, welcome the European Union’s new Global Human Rights Sanctions (The Magnitsky Law) regime which will enable the EU to address serious human… Read More ›
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.