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🌐 Since 2016, the International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger (OIAD) acts to protect lawyers threatened in the exercise of their profession and the rights of the defence. United for justice ⚖️🌍
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🚨L4L joins partners in an urgent call to release human rights lawyer #NaimEminoğlu, detained on 10 December in Istanbul, #Turkey on bogus charges. We believe he may be targeted for defending the rights of victims of the destructive earthquakes of February 2023.
🔗Statement: tinyurl.com/5batmrkz
🔗Statement: tinyurl.com/5batmrkz
Urgent call for the immediate release of lawyer Naim Eminoğlu - Lawyers for Lawyers
Read the PDF version of this statement here Together with partner organisations, we express our deep concern over the police operation conducted on the morning of 10 December 2026 against the Peopl...
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December 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🚨L4L joins partners in an urgent call to release human rights lawyer #NaimEminoğlu, detained on 10 December in Istanbul, #Turkey on bogus charges. We believe he may be targeted for defending the rights of victims of the destructive earthquakes of February 2023.
🔗Statement: tinyurl.com/5batmrkz
🔗Statement: tinyurl.com/5batmrkz
🔊 #Tunisia: The conviction of Ebru Timtik Award laureate #AhmedSouab marks an alarming escalation in the repression of lawyers.
⚠️ OIAD, together with other international organisations, strongly condemns the 31 Oct 2025 conviction.
📝 Joint statement: protect-lawyers.org/tunisia-conv...
⚠️ OIAD, together with other international organisations, strongly condemns the 31 Oct 2025 conviction.
📝 Joint statement: protect-lawyers.org/tunisia-conv...
November 25, 2025 at 9:59 AM
🔊 #Tunisia: The conviction of Ebru Timtik Award laureate #AhmedSouab marks an alarming escalation in the repression of lawyers.
⚠️ OIAD, together with other international organisations, strongly condemns the 31 Oct 2025 conviction.
📝 Joint statement: protect-lawyers.org/tunisia-conv...
⚠️ OIAD, together with other international organisations, strongly condemns the 31 Oct 2025 conviction.
📝 Joint statement: protect-lawyers.org/tunisia-conv...
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🚨 We are alarmed by the freezing of CSO bank accounts in #Georgia. These organisations provide vital legal aid — blocking their funds undermines civil society, restricts access to justice, and endangers lawyers’ independence.
🔗 Read our joint statement: www.lawyersforlawyers.org/freezing-of-...
🔗 Read our joint statement: www.lawyersforlawyers.org/freezing-of-...
Freezing of NGO accounts impacts legal aid and the work of lawyers in Georgia - Lawyers for Lawyers
Lawyers for Lawyers, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), and the Law Society of England and Wales (LSEW) are deeply concerned about the recent freezing of bank…
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September 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
🚨 We are alarmed by the freezing of CSO bank accounts in #Georgia. These organisations provide vital legal aid — blocking their funds undermines civil society, restricts access to justice, and endangers lawyers’ independence.
🔗 Read our joint statement: www.lawyersforlawyers.org/freezing-of-...
🔗 Read our joint statement: www.lawyersforlawyers.org/freezing-of-...
📢 #AFGHANISTAN – #IRAN : Lawyer and human rights defender Abdul Hussain Ashna and his wife Masooma Ahmadi, persecuted by the Taliban regime
📝Read OIAD's alert: shorturl.at/Ykwgi
📝Read OIAD's alert: shorturl.at/Ykwgi
Abdul Hussain Ashna – OIAD
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September 16, 2025 at 11:58 AM
📢 #AFGHANISTAN – #IRAN : Lawyer and human rights defender Abdul Hussain Ashna and his wife Masooma Ahmadi, persecuted by the Taliban regime
📝Read OIAD's alert: shorturl.at/Ykwgi
📝Read OIAD's alert: shorturl.at/Ykwgi
📢#AFGHANISTAN – #IRAN : L’avocat et défenseur des droits humains Abdul Hussain Ashna et son épouse persécutés par le régime taliban.
Lire l'alerte de l'OIAD: shorturl.at/rxTPs
Lire l'alerte de l'OIAD: shorturl.at/rxTPs
Abdul Hussain Ashna – OIAD
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September 16, 2025 at 11:57 AM
📢#AFGHANISTAN – #IRAN : L’avocat et défenseur des droits humains Abdul Hussain Ashna et son épouse persécutés par le régime taliban.
Lire l'alerte de l'OIAD: shorturl.at/rxTPs
Lire l'alerte de l'OIAD: shorturl.at/rxTPs
🚨@lawyersforlawyers.bsky.social y el OIAD expresan su profunda preocupación por la detención prolongada y la huelga de hambre de la abogada Kenia Inés Hernández en México.
📝Lee el comunicado completo: shorturl.at/tB9hj
📝Lee el comunicado completo: shorturl.at/tB9hj
Kenia Inés Hernández – OIAD
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September 16, 2025 at 11:53 AM
🚨@lawyersforlawyers.bsky.social y el OIAD expresan su profunda preocupación por la detención prolongada y la huelga de hambre de la abogada Kenia Inés Hernández en México.
📝Lee el comunicado completo: shorturl.at/tB9hj
📝Lee el comunicado completo: shorturl.at/tB9hj
📃DRC: In eastern Congo, defending justice is risking your life
Amid intensifying fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, human rights defenders, especially lawyers, have become prime targets for armed groups.
➡️Read the article: shorturl.at/d9TAK
Amid intensifying fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, human rights defenders, especially lawyers, have become prime targets for armed groups.
➡️Read the article: shorturl.at/d9TAK
DRC: In eastern Congo, defending justice is risking your life – OIAD
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September 10, 2025 at 11:44 AM
📃DRC: In eastern Congo, defending justice is risking your life
Amid intensifying fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, human rights defenders, especially lawyers, have become prime targets for armed groups.
➡️Read the article: shorturl.at/d9TAK
Amid intensifying fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, human rights defenders, especially lawyers, have become prime targets for armed groups.
➡️Read the article: shorturl.at/d9TAK
📃RDC : Dans l’Est du Congo, défendre la justice revient à risquer sa vie.
Alors que les combats s’intensifient dans l’Est de la République Démocratique du Congo, les avocat.e.s deviennent la cible privilégiée des groupes armés.
➡️Lire l'article ici: shorturl.at/s2NPA
Alors que les combats s’intensifient dans l’Est de la République Démocratique du Congo, les avocat.e.s deviennent la cible privilégiée des groupes armés.
➡️Lire l'article ici: shorturl.at/s2NPA
RDC : Dans l’Est du Congo, défendre la justice revient à risquer sa vie – OIAD
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September 10, 2025 at 11:44 AM
📃RDC : Dans l’Est du Congo, défendre la justice revient à risquer sa vie.
Alors que les combats s’intensifient dans l’Est de la République Démocratique du Congo, les avocat.e.s deviennent la cible privilégiée des groupes armés.
➡️Lire l'article ici: shorturl.at/s2NPA
Alors que les combats s’intensifient dans l’Est de la République Démocratique du Congo, les avocat.e.s deviennent la cible privilégiée des groupes armés.
➡️Lire l'article ici: shorturl.at/s2NPA
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September 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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🔔 İstanbul Barosu yönetimine karşı açılan davaya, 9-10 Eylül duruşmaları öncesi TLSP ve 11 uluslararası hak örgütünden ortak amicus görüşü (lnkd.in/eW5zsd9W) ve açıklama (lnkd.in/eu65b7w9 ):
“Bu dava, baro ve avukatların bağımsızlığına yönelik doğrudan bir saldırıdır.” 🔔
“Bu dava, baro ve avukatların bağımsızlığına yönelik doğrudan bir saldırıdır.” 🔔
September 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
🔔 İstanbul Barosu yönetimine karşı açılan davaya, 9-10 Eylül duruşmaları öncesi TLSP ve 11 uluslararası hak örgütünden ortak amicus görüşü (lnkd.in/eW5zsd9W) ve açıklama (lnkd.in/eu65b7w9 ):
“Bu dava, baro ve avukatların bağımsızlığına yönelik doğrudan bir saldırıdır.” 🔔
“Bu dava, baro ve avukatların bağımsızlığına yönelik doğrudan bir saldırıdır.” 🔔
#Türkiye: Proceedings against Istanbul Bar Association board a “direct assault” on independence of legal profession
🤲Twelve legal and human rights organisations intervene in proceedings against the executive board ahead of trial*
➡️Read more: shorturl.at/IQGvy
🤲Twelve legal and human rights organisations intervene in proceedings against the executive board ahead of trial*
➡️Read more: shorturl.at/IQGvy
Türkiye: Proceedings against Istanbul Bar Association board a “direct assault” on independence of legal profession – OIAD
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September 9, 2025 at 7:44 AM
#Türkiye: Proceedings against Istanbul Bar Association board a “direct assault” on independence of legal profession
🤲Twelve legal and human rights organisations intervene in proceedings against the executive board ahead of trial*
➡️Read more: shorturl.at/IQGvy
🤲Twelve legal and human rights organisations intervene in proceedings against the executive board ahead of trial*
➡️Read more: shorturl.at/IQGvy
📢#Tunisie : Me Ahmed Souab toujours détenu, malgré une mobilisation nationale et internationale croissante
Lire l'alerte de l'OIAD: protect-lawyers.org/case/ahmed-s...
Lire l'alerte de l'OIAD: protect-lawyers.org/case/ahmed-s...
Ahmed Souab – OIAD
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August 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
📢#Tunisie : Me Ahmed Souab toujours détenu, malgré une mobilisation nationale et internationale croissante
Lire l'alerte de l'OIAD: protect-lawyers.org/case/ahmed-s...
Lire l'alerte de l'OIAD: protect-lawyers.org/case/ahmed-s...
📢 #Tunisia: Mr Ahmed Souab still detained, despite growing national and international mobilisation
Read OIAD's alert: protect-lawyers.org/en/case/ahme...
Read OIAD's alert: protect-lawyers.org/en/case/ahme...
Ahmed Souab – OIAD
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August 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
📢 #Tunisia: Mr Ahmed Souab still detained, despite growing national and international mobilisation
Read OIAD's alert: protect-lawyers.org/en/case/ahme...
Read OIAD's alert: protect-lawyers.org/en/case/ahme...
#TURKEY: Ebru Timtik, remembering a lawyer who devoted her life to justice
⚖️Today, the Observatory wishes to honour her memory, which inspires us to continue our commitment to defending lawyers.
Read the article: shorturl.at/jqNci
⚖️Today, the Observatory wishes to honour her memory, which inspires us to continue our commitment to defending lawyers.
Read the article: shorturl.at/jqNci
TURKEY: Ebru Timtik, remembering a lawyer who devoted her life to justice – OIAD
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August 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
#TURKEY: Ebru Timtik, remembering a lawyer who devoted her life to justice
⚖️Today, the Observatory wishes to honour her memory, which inspires us to continue our commitment to defending lawyers.
Read the article: shorturl.at/jqNci
⚖️Today, the Observatory wishes to honour her memory, which inspires us to continue our commitment to defending lawyers.
Read the article: shorturl.at/jqNci
#TURQUIE : Ebru Timtik, mémoire d’une avocate qui a consacré sa vie à la justice.
⚖️L’Observatoire souhaite honorer sa mémoire, source d’inspiration pour poursuivre notre engagement pour la défense de la défense.
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⚖️L’Observatoire souhaite honorer sa mémoire, source d’inspiration pour poursuivre notre engagement pour la défense de la défense.
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TURQUIE : Ebru Timtik, mémoire d’une avocate qui a consacré sa vie à la justice – OIAD
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August 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
#TURQUIE : Ebru Timtik, mémoire d’une avocate qui a consacré sa vie à la justice.
⚖️L’Observatoire souhaite honorer sa mémoire, source d’inspiration pour poursuivre notre engagement pour la défense de la défense.
shorturl.at/eCh2m
⚖️L’Observatoire souhaite honorer sa mémoire, source d’inspiration pour poursuivre notre engagement pour la défense de la défense.
shorturl.at/eCh2m
📢 El Salvador: Criminalización y hostigamiento contra los abogados Ivania Cruz y Rudy Joya
El Observatorio mantiene su firme condena del persistente acoso a la abogacía salvadoreña comprometida con la defensa de los derechos humanos.
⚠️Lee la alerta: shorturl.at/af6oe
El Observatorio mantiene su firme condena del persistente acoso a la abogacía salvadoreña comprometida con la defensa de los derechos humanos.
⚠️Lee la alerta: shorturl.at/af6oe
Ivania Cruz y Rudy Joya – OIAD
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August 22, 2025 at 11:25 AM
📢 El Salvador: Criminalización y hostigamiento contra los abogados Ivania Cruz y Rudy Joya
El Observatorio mantiene su firme condena del persistente acoso a la abogacía salvadoreña comprometida con la defensa de los derechos humanos.
⚠️Lee la alerta: shorturl.at/af6oe
El Observatorio mantiene su firme condena del persistente acoso a la abogacía salvadoreña comprometida con la defensa de los derechos humanos.
⚠️Lee la alerta: shorturl.at/af6oe
📣El Salvador : Criminalisation et harcèlement des avocats Ivania Cruz et Rudy Joya
L’Observatoire demande aux autorités salvadoriennes d’annuler immédiatement les mandats d’arrêt contre ces avocats et de cesser toute poursuite pénale à leur encontre.
👉Lire l'alerte: shorturl.at/bjxC7
L’Observatoire demande aux autorités salvadoriennes d’annuler immédiatement les mandats d’arrêt contre ces avocats et de cesser toute poursuite pénale à leur encontre.
👉Lire l'alerte: shorturl.at/bjxC7
Ivania Cruz et Rudy Joya – OIAD
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August 22, 2025 at 11:24 AM
📣El Salvador : Criminalisation et harcèlement des avocats Ivania Cruz et Rudy Joya
L’Observatoire demande aux autorités salvadoriennes d’annuler immédiatement les mandats d’arrêt contre ces avocats et de cesser toute poursuite pénale à leur encontre.
👉Lire l'alerte: shorturl.at/bjxC7
L’Observatoire demande aux autorités salvadoriennes d’annuler immédiatement les mandats d’arrêt contre ces avocats et de cesser toute poursuite pénale à leur encontre.
👉Lire l'alerte: shorturl.at/bjxC7
📣El Salvador: Detención sin garantías y criminalización contra el abogado Enrique Anaya
El Observatorio exige a las autoridades salvadoreñas la inmediata puesta en libertad del abogado Enrique Anaya
Lee la alerte completa: shorturl.at/ARzeO
El Observatorio exige a las autoridades salvadoreñas la inmediata puesta en libertad del abogado Enrique Anaya
Lee la alerte completa: shorturl.at/ARzeO
Enrique Anaya – OIAD
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August 12, 2025 at 11:11 AM
📣El Salvador: Detención sin garantías y criminalización contra el abogado Enrique Anaya
El Observatorio exige a las autoridades salvadoreñas la inmediata puesta en libertad del abogado Enrique Anaya
Lee la alerte completa: shorturl.at/ARzeO
El Observatorio exige a las autoridades salvadoreñas la inmediata puesta en libertad del abogado Enrique Anaya
Lee la alerte completa: shorturl.at/ARzeO
📣El Salvador: Detention and criminalisation of lawyer Enrique Anaya
The Observatory calls on the Salvadoran authorities to immediately release lawyer Enrique Anaya.
Read OIAD's alert: shorturl.at/ADxVN
The Observatory calls on the Salvadoran authorities to immediately release lawyer Enrique Anaya.
Read OIAD's alert: shorturl.at/ADxVN
Enrique Anaya – OIAD
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August 12, 2025 at 11:11 AM
📣El Salvador: Detention and criminalisation of lawyer Enrique Anaya
The Observatory calls on the Salvadoran authorities to immediately release lawyer Enrique Anaya.
Read OIAD's alert: shorturl.at/ADxVN
The Observatory calls on the Salvadoran authorities to immediately release lawyer Enrique Anaya.
Read OIAD's alert: shorturl.at/ADxVN
📢The OIAD together with @lawyersforlawyers.bsky.social, @ibahri.bsky.social, @thelawsociety.bsky.social and #CCBE strongly condemn the arbitrary detention of lawyers, held incommunicado for weeks without legal basis in the DRC.
📃Read and share the #joint #statement: shorturl.at/JulNL
📃Read and share the #joint #statement: shorturl.at/JulNL
DRC: Joint press release on the arbitrary detention of lawyers at the Kinshasa-Gombe Bar Association – OIAD
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August 12, 2025 at 10:48 AM
📢The OIAD together with @lawyersforlawyers.bsky.social, @ibahri.bsky.social, @thelawsociety.bsky.social and #CCBE strongly condemn the arbitrary detention of lawyers, held incommunicado for weeks without legal basis in the DRC.
📃Read and share the #joint #statement: shorturl.at/JulNL
📃Read and share the #joint #statement: shorturl.at/JulNL
🗓️Le 26 juin 2025, l’OIAD a tenu son Assemblée Générale annuelle à Madrid, réunissant ses membres actifs et associés autour d’une journée de mobilisation en faveur de la défense de la profession d’avocat dans le monde.
➡️Lire l'article récapitulatif: shorturl.at/P9TMU
➡️Lire l'article récapitulatif: shorturl.at/P9TMU
July 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
🗓️Le 26 juin 2025, l’OIAD a tenu son Assemblée Générale annuelle à Madrid, réunissant ses membres actifs et associés autour d’une journée de mobilisation en faveur de la défense de la profession d’avocat dans le monde.
➡️Lire l'article récapitulatif: shorturl.at/P9TMU
➡️Lire l'article récapitulatif: shorturl.at/P9TMU
🗓️The OIAD held its annual General Assembly on June 26, 2025, gathering its active and associate members for a full day dedicated to defending the legal profession worldwide.
➡️Read the summary: shorturl.at/0jytg
➡️Read the summary: shorturl.at/0jytg
July 2, 2025 at 10:03 PM
🗓️The OIAD held its annual General Assembly on June 26, 2025, gathering its active and associate members for a full day dedicated to defending the legal profession worldwide.
➡️Read the summary: shorturl.at/0jytg
➡️Read the summary: shorturl.at/0jytg
#TUNISIA 🇹🇳On 30 June 2025, the OIAD attended #SoniaDahmani's hearing. The court rejected the objections raised by the defence without opening the proceedings or examining the evidence. Sonia Dahmani was sentenced to two years' imprisonment.
July 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
#TUNISIA 🇹🇳On 30 June 2025, the OIAD attended #SoniaDahmani's hearing. The court rejected the objections raised by the defence without opening the proceedings or examining the evidence. Sonia Dahmani was sentenced to two years' imprisonment.
#TUNISIE 🇹🇳Le 30 juin 2025, l’OIAD a assisté à l’audience de #SoniaDahmani. La cour a rejeté les exceptions soulevées par la défense, sans ouverture des débats ni examen de preuves. Sonia Dahmani a été condamnée à 2 ans de prison.
July 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
#TUNISIE 🇹🇳Le 30 juin 2025, l’OIAD a assisté à l’audience de #SoniaDahmani. La cour a rejeté les exceptions soulevées par la défense, sans ouverture des débats ni examen de preuves. Sonia Dahmani a été condamnée à 2 ans de prison.
🌐 Asamblea General 2025: la OIAD cita a sus miembros el 26 de junio en Madrid para una jornada de intercambio y compromiso en favor de la defensa de los abogados en todo el mundo ⚖️
🔗 Información práctica: protect-lawyers.org/es/asamblea-...
#ProtectLawyers
🔗 Información práctica: protect-lawyers.org/es/asamblea-...
#ProtectLawyers
Asamblea General 2025: el Observatorio invita a sus miembros a Madrid el 26 de junio – OIAD
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June 26, 2025 at 7:28 AM
🌐 Asamblea General 2025: la OIAD cita a sus miembros el 26 de junio en Madrid para una jornada de intercambio y compromiso en favor de la defensa de los abogados en todo el mundo ⚖️
🔗 Información práctica: protect-lawyers.org/es/asamblea-...
#ProtectLawyers
🔗 Información práctica: protect-lawyers.org/es/asamblea-...
#ProtectLawyers