Five lawyers in incommunicado detention
Five Sudanese lawyers who have been arbitrarily arrested and detained must be either charged or released, said the Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers of the ICJ.
Sudan: arbitrary arrest and incommunicado detention of human rights lawyer
The ICJ called on the Sudanese authorities to put an end to the incommunicado detention of Mr. Salih Mahmoud Osman and to either charge him with an offence or immediately release him.
Urgent call for ICJ world-wide intervention : arbitrary arrest and detention of Nepalese lawyers
The ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers urged the organization’s network to appeal to the Government of Nepal to immediately release seven lawyers currently in detention or to bring charges against them.
Russia: lawyer tried by military court
The ICJ condemns the trial of a Russian laywer before a Military Court in Moscow.
Russia: trial against lawyer must be monitored
The Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers of the ICJ requested the Russian Government to allow observers to monitor the trial of Mr. Trepashkin, a lawyer whose arrest was based on planted evidence.
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