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.
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.
The ICJ urged the Malaysian Federal Court to deliver its judgment expeditiously in the appeal of Anwar Ibrahim. The former deputy prime minister is in jail on politically motivated charges of corruption and sodomy.
In a letter addressed to President Putin, the ICJ ‘s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Layers condemned the confiscation of documents of two of Yukos’ lawyers and the potential disbarment of one them.
The ICJ called for an independent and impartial investigation into the treatment of detainees and the whole process of arresting and detaining people in Iraq to be swiftly set up by the Coalition Forces.The call came as the first court martial of a US soldier involved in the abuse of Iraqi detainees concluded in Baghdad today.
The CINAT is deeply concerned by the recent reports of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment inflicted on Iraqi detainees by US and UK military forces serving under the Coalition Provisional Authority.