Download the statement ELDH, the European Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights, with members in 22 European countries, is gravely concerned about the trial in Athens against 11 political refugees from Turkey. They have been convicted by the court of first instance in Athens for establishing, managing and acting together with a so-called terrorist organization, …
Joint Statement: Bar Associations and International Lawyers’ Organisations Call for Protection of Lawyers in Iran download the statement The undersigned bar associations and international lawyers’ organisations call for the Islamic Republic of Iran and its agencies to protect, promote, and support the following basic rights: 1) the independence of the legal profession; 2) the principle …
download the statement We are concerned about reports that tear gas shells have been used in northern Iraq. Although tear gas is not included in the list of banned chemicals in the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) annexes, the view that tear gas shells used by the military are covered by the Chemical Weapons Convention finds …
Dear Minister, Abdullah Öcalan, Ömer Hayri Konar, Hamili Yıldırım and Veysi Aktaş, who are detained in the İmralı F-Type High Security Prison, are unlawfully prevented from seeing their lawyers. While Abdullah Öcalan has not been allowed to see his lawyer since August 7, 2019, Veysi Aktaş, Hamili Yıldırım and Ömer Hayri Konar have not been …
On January 1, 2021, with a decree published at midnight, President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan appointed Melih Bulu as the new rector of Boğaziçi University. Melih Bulu was a politician who had ties with the AKP and was the rector of Haliç University. The students, the academic staff, and the alumni of the Boğaziçi …
Introduction ExOPG “Je So’ Pazzo” in Naples, Italy used to be a forensic psychiatric hospital (Ospedale Psichiatrico Giudiziario). In 2015, a group of activists occupied the abandoned building. Although at first, they had the risk of being arrested, after one year of meetings with the prefecture, the police, and the municipality, they got the authorization …
On 4 September 2022, the Chilean people will vote on the draft of a new state constitution. Their choice will be either to approve the entry into force of the new constitution, or to continue to apply the 1980 constitution drafted under military dictator Augusto Pinochet. A vote for the Pinochet constitution of 1980 would …
TO THE OBSERVATOIRE INTERNATIONAL DES AVOCATS EN DANGER (OIAD) The indiscriminate ‚hacking‘ using the PEGASUS spy program that was carried out on pro-independence politicians, has also affected seven lawyers: Gonzalo Boye Tusset, Josep Costa, Jaume Alonso Cuevillas, Andreu Van den Eyden, Joaquim Jubert, Josep Rius and Jordi Domingo, the first one from the Madrid Bar …
Download the statement ELDH condemns the cynical killings and beatings of migrants by both Moroccan and Spanish Border Forces at Melilla on 24 June 2022. They are being used as political pawns. We urge a humanitarian response from the African Union, the EU and its Member States to require both Morocco and Spain to respond …