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Call for trial observers / 26 June / Murat Çelik’s case

ThSchmidt — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:43:09 +0000

Lawyer Murat Çelik, a former member of the Istanbul Bar Association Executive Board and one of the former presidents of ÇHD, was subjected to torture and detained with reverse handcuffing at ...

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ELDH Statement on Migration

ThSchmidt — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 20:18:03 +0000

Download the statement In recent years, the expansion of racist and xenophobic policies, combined with the increasing dominance of national security rhetoric, has placed the right to migrate and to ...

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Independent legal mission on the PEACE PROCESS in Turkey – post-mission report

ThSchmidt — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:05:43 +0000

The Independent Legal Mission on the Peace Process in Türkiye (the Mission) is an initiative established under the auspices of the European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human ...

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ELDH condemns the harassment of the CODESA President and other human rights defenders in occupied Western Sahara

ThSchmidt — Tue, 26 May 2026 18:59:05 +0000

Download the statement ELDH condemns the ongoing pattern of harassment, intimidation, sieges, arbitrary detention and forced transfers targeting Sahrawi human rights defenders in occupied Western Sahara. The organisation is particularly ...

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On the interception and ill-treatment of members of the Freedom Flotilla in Israel and afterwards on their arrival in Basque Country

ThSchmidt — Mon, 25 May 2026 08:53:53 +0000

The European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH) strongly condemns the interception and ill-treatment of the Freedom Flotilla crew by the Israeli authorities, as well as ...

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Joint statement – On the Arrest of Two Dutch Lawyers During a Peaceful Protest near the Dutch Parliament

ThSchmidt — Thu, 21 May 2026 16:34:50 +0000

The European Democratic Lawyers (AED -EDL), The European Association of Lawyers for Democracy & Human Rights (ELDH) and the Internal Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) express their deep concern regarding ...

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ELDH Statement – Condemning the Intensification of the United States’ Unilateral Coercive Measures against Cuba

ThSchmidt — Thu, 07 May 2026 08:31:43 +0000

The European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH) expresses its grave concern and unequivocal condemnation of the recent measures adopted by the United States of America ...

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Trial observation report – Ruken Gulagaci acquitted

ThSchmidt — Tue, 05 May 2026 10:15:38 +0000

Report on the monitoring of the trial against Ruken Gulagaci, ELDH member of the the Execitive Committee

Urgent call for intervention concerning the renewed arrest of Nasrin Sotoudeh and the continuing detention of Reza Khandan

ThSchmidt — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:27:34 +0000

Dear Madam, Dear Sir, The undersigned organisations of the Coalition for the International Day of the Endangered Lawyer express their gravest concern at the renewed arrest of Nasrin Sotoudeh, one ...

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ELDH Statement: Against the Israeli Death Penalty Law

ThSchmidt — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 16:17:39 +0000

Download the statement The European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH) expresses its grave concern regarding the recent legislative measures adopted by the Knesset expanding the ...

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