Russian Federation: end harassment of lawyer Ivan Pavlov
The ICJ today condemned the detention, interrogation and searches of premises of lawyer Ivan Pavlov, a prominent lawyer and head of the human rights legal group Team 29. (more…)
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Belarus: stop politically motivated prosecution and disbarment of lawyers
Today, the ICJ called on the Belarus Ministry of Justice and other relevant authorities to end the recent practice of using legal proceedings against lawyers in retaliation for discharging their professional duties and to reinstate those already disbarred. (more…)
Lawyers for Lawyers and the ICJ call for the dropping of baseless charges against Ugandan lawyer Nicholas Opiyo
Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L) and the ICJ condemn the spurious charges under the Anti-Money Laundering brought against Ugandan lawyer and human rights defender Nicholas Opiyo and call for them to be dropped. (more…)
Martin Ennals Award Finalists 2021 shine a light on abuses in authoritarian states
Soltan Achilova, Loujain AlHathloul and Yu Wensheng, three outstanding human rights defenders based in authoritarian states are nominated for the 2021 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders. The ICJ is member of the MEA Jury. (more…)
Zimbabwe: journalist and lawyers detained for exercising their rights to free expression must be released
The ICJ today condemned the arbitrary arrests in recent days of prominent Zimbabwean human rights defenders Hopewell Chin’ono, Fadzayi Mahere and Job Sikhala, who have been critical of the government led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. (more…)
New ICJ report calls for a comprehensive reform of the judiciary in Tajikistan
Today, as it publishes its mission report on the country’s judiciary, the ICJ calls on the Government of Tajikistan to adopt comprehensive measures to reform the judiciary, in order to ensure its independence and enable it to effectively protect human rights. (more…)