Download the statement The European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights in the World (ELDH) unequivocally condemns the recent air strikes carried out by the United States and Israel against the territory of Iran. In the current context of escalating regional tensions and repeated unilateral uses of force, these actions constitute a new …
Press Statement Ankara, 27 February 2026 – Today, one year after Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan issued a call for “Peace and a Democratic Society”, a 7-member independent international delegation concludes its first mission to observe legal developments in the ongoing peace process in Türkiye in relation to the Kurdish issue. The Independent …
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The European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH) warmly welcomes the adoption by the National Assembly of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela of the Law of Amnesty for Democratic Coexistence, approved on 19 February 2026. ELDH positively values all efforts aimed at promoting democratic coexistence, the de-judicialisation of political conflicts, and …
Download Turkish version The undersigned international legal and human rights organisations strongly condemn the conviction and sentencing of ten lawyers who are members of the Association of Lawyers for Freedom (Özgürlük İçin Hukukçular Derneği, ÖHD) and of 20 executives and staff of the Prisoners’ Families Solidarity Association (Tutuklu Aileleri ile Dayanışma Derneği, TUAD) by the Istanbul 14th Heavy Penal Court on 28 January 2026. …
11 February 2026 The undersigned organisations strongly condemn the arbitrary arrest and subsequent conviction of Tunisian lawyer Ahmed Souab and call for his immediate release and measures to ensure the conviction is set aside, ahead of the second hearing in his appeal. His prosecution and sentencing constitute a grave violation of his right to freedom …
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Download the statement The European Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights (ELDH) strongly condemns the recent decision adopted by the United States administration under former President Donald Trump intensifying unilateral coercive measures against the Republic of Cuba, including the imposition of sanctions and punitive tariffs with extraterritorial effect targeting third States supplying fuel and energy …
The undersigned organisations strongly condemn the arbitrary arrest and subsequent conviction of Pakistani human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha and call for their immediate release and measures to ensure the conviction is set aside. On 24 January, a District and Sessions Court in Islamabad sentenced the lawyers to 17 years’ imprisonment …