Virtual Panel: Egypt’s attacks on lawyers
Join this panel discussion with ICJ, the Tahrir Institute, and the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders, Wednesday 30 September 2020, 13:00. (more…)
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Targeting the last line of defense: Egypt’s attacks against lawyers – new briefing paper
The ICJ and the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP) call on the Egyptian authorities to immediately end their crackdown on lawyers and unconditionally release all lawyers who are detained or convicted solely on the basis of the peaceful exercise of their human rights and/or the legitimate discharge of their professional duties. (more…)
India: FCRA Amendment 2020 will undermine the work of Civil Society
Today the ICJ condemned the adoption by both Houses of Parliament of the Indian Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill 2020 (FCRA 2020). (more…)
Singapore: impending executions must be stopped
Singapore’s authorities should immediately halt the impending executions of Syed Suhail bin Syed Zin (‘Syed’) and Moad Fadzir bin Mostaffa (‘Fadzir’), and should place a moratorium on further executions in the country, said the ICJ today. (more…)
Turkey : drop criminal charges against Chair and Board Members of Istanbul Bar
The ICJ called today on the Public Prosecutor Office of Istanbul to drop criminal charges and investigations against the President and Board Members of the Istanbul Bar Association for having publicly displayed a photograph of lawyer Ebru Timtik, who died following a hunger strike while in detention. (more…)
Human Rights Council: help bridge Yemen’s “acute accountability gap”
States should help pave the way towards credible accountability and redress for the people of Yemen by renewing and strengthening international investigations into war crimes, other serious violations of international humanitarian law, and grave human rights abuses during this 45th Session of the HRC, the ICJ and 23 other organizations said today. (more…)