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 a terrorist organisation (KCK as part of PKK) or of membership in the same organisation. The KCK or Union of Communities in Kurdistan is a …
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 contradict the EU’s stated commitment to democracy, human rights and international law. The refusal of entry into their airspace by certain European states for the …
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 situation of Basque prisoners and detainees in Spain and France. Despite the fact that ETA declared the definitive cessation of its armed activities in 2011, …
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 rechtsstaatlichen Grenzen und verletzt auf grobe Weise türkisches Recht wie auch internationale Verträge, welche von der Türkei ratifiziert wurden. Hunderte Demonstrant_innen, Unbeteiligte, Journalist_innen und Anwält_innen …
“… 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 of ELDH, will award the Hans-Litten-Prize to the English solicitor Gareth Peirce 15th September 2012, 18h30 – 20h00 in the Literaturhaus, Frankfurt (Main), Schöne Ausssicht …
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 for Democracy and Human Rights (ELDH), with members in 18 European countries, the Commission “Défense de la défense” of the European Democratic Lawyers (AED-EDL) and …
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 other Turkish towns, all are related to the “KCK operation” of the Turkish Government with about 8.000 arrests. Turkish Minister of Justice Sadullah Ergin, 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 des Präsidenten der Istanbuler Anwaltskammer, Doz. Dr. Ümit KOCASAKAL, sowie seiner VorstandskollegInnen, wegen des angeblichen Versuchs die Mitglieder des Gerichts zu beeinflussen, Anklageschrift vom 30.1.2013. …
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. are visiting Turkey from 7th till 12th March to investigate the circumstances of the recent wave of arrests of lawyers and trade unionist. The lawyers …
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 kept in pre-trial detention, several of them up to almost 2 years. All the arrested lawyers were charged with terrorist crimes connected with ETA, or …