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ELDH Statement: On the escalating violations of international law and the threat to Kurdish population in North and East Syria (Rojava)

Download the statement The European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH) expresses its grave concern over the renewed and escalating attacks against Kurdish populations in North and East Syria (Rojava). These attacks constitute serious violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law and place entire communities at imminent risk. …

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DAY OF THE ENDANGERED LAWYER, 24 January 2026 – Solidarity with our colleagues in the US

United States selected as focus country  for the Day of the Endangered Lawyer 2026 The Coalition for the International Day of the Endangered Lawyer has designated the United States of America as the focus country for the 15th edition scheduled for 24 January 2026. The selection reflects serious concerns of escalating attacks against lawyers in 2025, …

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Protest against the detention of lawyer and human rights defender Ayachi Hammami

Tunisia: The international legal community condemns the detention of lawyer and human rights defender Ayachi Hammami 16 December, 2025 The 23 undersigned legal organisations express their deep concern following the arbitrary detention and conviction on 2 December 2025 in Tunisia of lawyer and human rights defender Ayachi Hammami, sentenced to five years in prison solely …

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Urgent Joint Call for the Immediate Release of Lawyer Naim Eminoğlu

Download the statement (in English) (in Turkish) We express our deep concern over the police operation conducted on the morning of 10 December 2026 against the People’s Law Office and the arrest of lawyer Naim Eminoğlu, a board member of the Progressive Lawyers‘ Association – (ÇHD) Istanbul Branch and an active member of the association’s …

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Report – 50 years of Morocco’s occupation of Western Sahara

CODESA – Press Release The Collective of Sahrawi Human Rights Defenders in Western Sahara (CODESA) announces the conclusion of its international campaign organized on the 50th anniversary of the Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara.This campaign aimed to recall and denounce the continued perpetration by the Moroccan occupation force of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and …

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ELDH condemns the US threat to close Venezuelan airspace

The declaration by U.S. President Donald J. Trump purporting to “close” Venezuelan airspace is not merely legally baseless—it is a blatant and unlawful assertion of extraterritorial authority, incompatible with the most fundamental principles of the international legal order. No State, under any circumstance short of a United Nations Security Council mandate or the express consent …

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GUATEMALA: 23 international organizations express concern over the detention of lawyer Ramón Cadena

Download in English – Download in Spanish 14 November, 2025 Lawyers for Lawyers, the International Observatory for Lawyers in Danger (OIAD), Juezas y Jueces para la Democracia, Asociación de Abogadas y Abogados, Jueces y Fiscales de Derechos Humanos de Latinoamérica y el Caribe, and the Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos de España, which make up the …

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