The ICJ’s Center for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers wrote today to the Government of Sudan to express its alarm at the arrest and incommunicado detention of two lawyers by the National Security Agency.
The ICJ’s Center for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers today addressed an intervention to President Khatami of Iran, expressing its concern at the criminal slander and spreading of propaganda charges against an Iranian lawyer, academic and former MP.
Gabriel Shumba (photo), a Zimbabwean lawyer, was arrested without being charged and was tortured for representing an opposition MP. He continues to be threatened by Government officials even though he is out of the country.
The ICJ cautions the Government of Serbia to respect proper procedures regarding the judiciary.
The ICJ expresses its alarm at a series of anonymous death threats made against defence lawyers and other human rights defenders working on the Agua Fría indigenous massacre trial.
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End the judicial persecution of human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha
Tunisia: Conviction of Ebru Timtik Award Laureate Ahmed Souab marks escalating repression of lawyers
ICJ Honored for Championing Refugee and Migrant Justice Worldwide