Campaign announced to project jurists : 144 Judges and lawyers persecuted since January 1988
The ICJ today released a list of 144 judges and lawyers who have been harassed, detained or killed in 31 countries since the beginning of 1988.
Turkey: report on the appeal of Leyla Zana and three other Kurdish former Parliamentarians before the Court of Cassation
In its report on the appeal of Leyla Zana and three other Kurdish former parliamentarians, the ICJ concluded that there was no evidence that the defendants’ right to be presumed innocent was violated during the proceedings.
However, defects emerged regarding the principles of equality of arms between the prosecution and the defence and the independence and impartiality of the tribunal.
Turkey-Leyla Zana appeal-trial observer-report-2004 (full text, PDF)
Turkey-Re-trial of Leyla Zana and others-report-2004 (full text, PDF)
ICJ calls for end to Leyla Zana trial after 10 years of proceedings
On the day it released two reports on the first re-trial and appeal of Leyla Zana and her co-defendants, the ICJ called for the Heavy Penal Court to dismiss the charges against the former parliamentarians.
ICJ welcomes ruling in Anwar appeal
The ICJ welcomed Malaysia’s highest court ruling overturning former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy conviction and sentence of nine years imprisonment and setting him free.
ICJ condemns unfair trial of lawyer
The ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers said today that the trial of Syrian lawyer and human rights activist Akhtam Naisse is deeply flawed.
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