Greek court should not be accomplice for Turkish government
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, …
Protection of Lawyers in Iran
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 …
No prosecution of those demanding disclosure of alleged chemical weapons use in northern Iraq
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 …
The ban on lawyer visits to İmralı Prison (open letter to the Turkish Minister of Justice)
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 …
Report on the Boğaziçi Resistance Lawsuits
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 …
The history and the role of ExOPG “Je So’ Pazzo”, Naples
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 …
ELDH enthusiastically supports a new constitution for Chile
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 OIAD: Information on massive Espionage perpetrated on seven Spanish Lawyers using the Pegasus programme
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 …