Lebanese human rights lawyer did not receive fair trial
The ICJ concluded in its report today that the appellate hearings on Lebanese human rights lawyer, Muhamad Mugraby, were not in accordance with international standards.
The ICJ concluded in its report today that the appellate hearings on Lebanese human rights lawyer, Muhamad Mugraby, were not in accordance with international standards.
Le centre pour l’indépendance des juges et avocats (CIMA) de la CIJ exhorte le gouvernement tunisien à cesser le harcèlement de l’éminente avocate de droits de l’homme tunisienne qui a entrepris une grève de la faim pour dénoncer les attaques répétées du gouvernement dont elle fait l’objet.
Radhia Nasraoui, qui en est à son 25ème jour de grève de la faim, représente de nombreux clients dans des cas sensibles de droits de l’homme, y compris des cas de détenus politiques. Ses activités l’ont amenée à subir le harcèlement continu des autorités ces dernières années.
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Tunisia-hunger strike-press release-2003-fra (Communiqué de presse complet en PDF)
The ICJ urges the Tunisian Government to stop the persecution of a distinguished Tunisian human rights lawyer who is on a hunger strike to denounce repeated Government attacks.
The ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers (CIJL) today condemned as manifestly unfair the 15 October appellate hearings on the case of human rights lawyer Dr. Muhamed Mugraby.
In a letter addressed today to the President of Lebanon, the ICJ requested that the Government stop all disciplinary proceedings against two lawyers who represented a well-known human rights lawyer.