Declaration / Press release / Letter to the Spanish minister of justice The European Lawyers Associations ELDH and AED-EDL are extremely concerned about the information that on 12th January 2015, at 07h00 in the morning in the Basque Country/Spain and in Madrid 16 people, among them 12 lawyers, were arrested for alleged terrorist crimes. The …
We, members of the European lawyers organisations, ELDH and EDL, would like to denounce the criminalisation and harassment of Human Rights defenders, lawyers and political activists by the Spanish authorities. Despite the fact that since years Basque parties, institutions and civil society are immersed in a process towards a peaceful resolution of the conflict and …
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, …
Basque lawyers under threat – General report – 24th January 2013 Lawyers once again have denounced the situation of the endangered lawyers and protested all over Europe. The III International Day of Endangered Lawyer is in this year 2013 taking the case of the Basque Lawyers. Just few days before the endangered lawyers day 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 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 …
Düsseldorf / London – February 2012 In 2011 ELDH published two statements concerning the legalization of SORTU (1). ELDH stated that it “regards the foundation of the political party SORTU as opening up a real chance for transition to a peaceful and democratic solution of the conflicts in the Basque Country. This new party SORTU …
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ELDH Statement ELDH is deeply concerned that the request of Spanish Government to the state prosecutor to prepare an application to the Supreme Court for the banning of SORTU indicates that the Spanish Government rejects any political solution of the Basque conflict. ELDH expects and demands that the Spanish Government and the Spanish Public Prosecutor …
The European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH) is gravely concerned about the arrest of three well known Basque lawyers who have over many years defended Basque political prisoners. They are Arantza Zulueta, Iker Sarriegi and Jon Enparantza. The work of such lawyers has been subjected to a campaign of criminalization …
Report on the ELDH Human Rights Mission to Basque Country, 25th till 28th March 2010, Donostia ELDH Participants: Professor Bill Bowring (ELDH President), Thomas Schmidt (ELDH General Secretary) Organizer: BEHATOKIA, Iratxe UrizarThis report is the result of a four days visit to the Basque Country. Due to the excellent preparation and organization, including detailed documentation, …