On 17th September 2013 the 8th hearing in the “KCK-Lawyers-Trial” in Silivri (near Istanbul) took place. The 50 defendants, 46 lawyers, 3 employees and a journalist are accused of running …
Civil society statement Over 50 international lawyers, human rights, civil rights and civil society groups and networks say the actions of certain EU member states in response to Snowden’s revelations …
ELDH Statement one year after the judgement of the European Court of Human Rights The European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights (ELDH) is gravely concerned about the …
Seit einigen Wochen ist in der Türkei eine verschärfte, von staatlicher Seite praktizierte, brutale Unterdrückung bürgerlicher Freiheitsrechte – insbesondere auf freie Meinungsäußerung und Versammlungsfreiheit – zu beobachten. Sie überschreitet alle …
“… if there was only injustice and no resistance …” (quoted from the poem of Bertold Brecht “To Posterity”) On occasion of its 40th anniversary VDJ, the German member association …
Statement of the European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights (ELDH) the European Democratic Lawyers (AED-EDL) and the League of Human Rights (Holland) The European Association of Lawyers …
Next hearing in the trial against 46 lawyers The “lawyers’ trial” is one of three mass trials which started in July 2012 in Istanbul. There are many mass trials in …
Strafprozess gegen den Präsidenten der Istanbuler Anwaltskammer und seine VorstandskollegInnen wegen angeblichen Versuchs, die Mitglieder des Gerichts zu beeinflussen, Anklageschrift vom 30.1.2013 Die EJDM ist schwer besorgt über die Strafverfolgung …
7th till 11th March 2013 Press Release Fact-Finding Mission in Turkey A group of 8 lawyers from different European Countries (Germany, Greece, Holland, Italy, Switzerland), from Egypt, and the U.S.A. …
European lawyers demand: Basque lawyers in Spain must enjoy the free exercise of their professional duties During the last two decades more than 20 Basque lawyers in Spain have been …