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• Interview with Steven Donziger, US attorney victimized because of his legal battles with Chevron

  By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 3 April 2021

  UK journalist Stephen Delahunty made an interview with Steven Donziger for our Youtube channel. Steven Donziger won a multibillion-dollar judgment against Chevron in Ecuador. In reprisal, he was sued in New York, and he has been on house arrest for… Read More ›

• The Global Magnitsky Laws: How they can protect human rights defenders, including lawyers

  By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 1 March 2021

  

  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 ›

• The UN publishes the statistic about Turkey’s 2020 UPR cycle.

  By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 29 January 2021

  

  Turkey was reviewed by UPR WG 35, in January 2020. It received 321 recommendations and it supported 216 recommendations at the adoption of its UPR outcome at HumanRights Council 45, in September 2020. Supported recommendations related to: Legal and general framework of implementation, universal and cross-cutting… Read More ›

• Report Update: Mass Prosecution of Lawyers in Turkey (2016-2021)

  By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 18 January 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  The Arrested Lawyers Initiative published the fifth edition of its report named ‘Mass Prosecution of Lawyers in Turkey‘.

• Turkish Ministry of Justice has green-lighted the prosecution of the executives of Ankara and Istanbul bar associations

  By The Arrested Lawyers Initiative on 16 January 2021

  

  Turkish Ministry of Justice has green-lighted the prosecution of the presidents of Istanbul and Ankara bar associations as well as their board members.

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