2008
CENTRAFRICAN REPUBLIC - 1st July 2008 : Harassment acts against Ms. Carine Bapita and Ongoing campaign of denigration against FIDH and its organisations
(French)
INDIA - 30 June 2008 : Attempted assassination of human rights defender Advocate Parvez Imroz Prize Winner of International Ludovic Trarieux Award 2006
TUNISIA - 29 June 2008 : Police harassment of human rights defenders Anouar Kousri and Samir Dilou. Anouar Kousri is a board member of the Ligue tunisienne des droits de l'Homme – LTDH (Tunisian Human Rights League) and Samir Dilou is a board member of the Association internationale de soutien aux prisonniers politiques en Tunisie – AISPP (International Association for the Support of Political Prisoners).French
SOUTH KOREA- 26 June 2008 : Police assault Lee Joon-Hyung a lawyer providing legal advice during protests.English
MALAYSIA - 25 June 2008 - Delay in proceedings in the case of human rights defender and lawyer, Uthayakumar Ponnusamy , who continues to be deprived of his required prescription medication for diabetes.
CENTRAFRICAN REPUBLIC - 17 June 2008 : Threats against Mr Nganatouwa Goungaye Wanfiyo, a lawyer and Chairman of Ligue centrafricaine des droits de l’Homme (LCDH).
(French)
IRAN - 13 June 2008 : Nasrin Sotoodeh, a women's rights lawyer and eight other women's rights defenders, arrested on occasion of a peaceful meeting to celebrate the National Day of Solidarity of Iranian Women in objection to discriminatory laws against women in Iran in Tehran,.
ZIMBABWE - 7 June 2008 : Andrew Makoni, one of Zimbabwe's most prominent human rights lawyers, has fled to South Africa after receiving several credible threats that Zimbabwean security officials have been instructed to kill him.
SUDAN - 14 May 2008 : Lawyer and PCP member
Abdel Shakour Hashim Derar, arrested at his office by a group of plain clothed armed NISS agents. French
TUNISIA - 14 May 2008 : New acts of harassment against Mr. Abderraouf Ayadi .French
NEPAL - 11 May 2008 : Sushil Kumar Lakhe is a well known human rights lawyer in the area as well as the regional coordinator of the Nepalgunj office of Advocacy Forum, a prominent human rights organization in Nepal was victim of an illegal house search by the police in Banke district 2
RUSSIA - 9 May 2008 : Death threats and harassment against human rights defender Larisa Dorogova death threats and that her son, Khadzimurat Dorogov, a human rights lawyer who has worked to defend the rights of the Muslim community in Russia since 2003 , and her son .
ZIMBABWE - 7 May 2008 : Arrest of leading human rights lawyer Harrison Nkomo. UPDATE 12 05 08 : released on bail on 12 May - Next court appearance on May 23
ZIMBABWE - 2 May 2008 : Confiscation of documents carried by human rights lawyer Dzimbabwe Chimbgaat Harare International Airport.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (RDC) - 29 April 2008 - Defence lawyers in Serge Maheshe murder case, Charles Cubaka et Jean-Claude Mubalama, received death threats. French
PAKISTAN - 25 April 2008 : New attack against the vehicle carrying Parvez Aslam Choudhry,and members of Legal Aid for the Destitute and Settlement (LADS).
COLOMBIA - 23 April 2008 : New death threats against lawyer and human rights defender José Humberto Torres, who works with Fundación Comité de Solidaridad con los Presos Políticos – FCSPP (Political Prisoners Solidarity Committee).
See also French
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
(RDC) - 19 April 2008 : Threats against Jean Bedel Kaniki, a lawyer of the Congolese Institute for Justice and Peace (ICJP) and other independent observers who are monitoring the appeal hearings of four people convicted of the June 2007 murder of journalist Serge Maheshe in the eastern city Bukavu.
See also French
TUNISIA - 18 April 2008 : Harassment acts against Mr. Taoufik Ben Brik and Mrs. Radhia Nasraoui .Français
ALGERIA - 13 April 2008 : Amine Sidhoum Abderramane, a lawyer and member of the NGO SOS Disappeared (SOS Disparu(e)s), condamned to a conditionnal 6 months jail sentence and a fine of 20 000 dinars the Court of Sidi M’Hamed
MALAYSIA - 8 April 2008 : Ponnusamy Uthayakumar, held without trial since 13 December 2007, hospitalised due to a worsening diabetic condition.
See also French
PAKISTAN - April 8, 2008 : Pakistan: Attack and death threats against lawyer Parvez Aslam Choudhry.English only
IRAN - 5 April 2008 : Death threats against Shirin Ebadi.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC) - 3 avril 2008 : Threats against Georges Kapiamba, a lawyer who works with the organization Association Africaine de DÈfense des Droits de l'Homme - Katanga (ASADHO/Katanga), African Association for the Defence of Human Rights.Anglais seulement
CAMEROON - 28 mars 2008 : Threats against Abdoulaye MATH, human rights lawyer and President of the MDDHL .
French
ETHIOPIA – 28 March 2008 : Daniel Bekele and Netsanet Demissie released after presidential pardon.
Released in the following days.
BELARUS - March 26th 2008 : Arbitrary detention of Pavel Levinov, a human rights lawyer and a member of the Helsinki Committee in Belarus, Female Centre "Adliga" and the Youth Centre "Seventh Side", by KGB agents. French
UZBEKISTAN - 18 March 2008 : Threats by the prison governor against human rights lawyer Ruhiddin Kamilov.
CHINA - 18 March 2008 : Lawyers Li Fangping and Li Jingsong, only allowed twenty minutes to speak, before being interrupted by the judge during the hearing of Mr. Hu Jia.
FRANCE - 11 March 2008 : Me Fatimata MBAYE, Vice Chairman FIDH and a member of Nouakchott Bar Association, arrested in Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport during 20h. French
CHINA - 7 March 2008 : Lawyer Teng Biao abducted by Beijing Public Security agents and detained for two days.
IRAN – February 2008 : Shadi Sadr, a journalist and lawyer, is facing possible imprisonment for defending women on trial for organizing a demonstration in June 2006 calling for an end to legal discrimination against women in Iran
French
THAILANDE - February 2008 : Angkhana Neelaphaijit , the wife of SOMCHAI Neelapaijit, no longer receive protection. Her life is at risk.
MEXICO - 22 February 2008 : Death threats against Jesús Manuel Grijalva Mejía and Gilberto Hernández Santiago
CHINA - 19 February 2008 : New arbitrary arrest of Zheng Enchong,.
CHAD - 15 February 2008 : Recent threats against Jean-Bernard Padaré, a lawyer and a member of the League for Human Rights in Chad (LTDH) .French only
TURKEY - February 2008 : Orhan Kemal Cengiz lawyer and human rights defender threatened and intimidated because of his legal work without receiving bodyguard to protect him.
CHAD - February 6, 2008 : Serious threats against human rights defenders' safety concerning human rights lawyers Jacqueline Moudeïna, Delphine Kemneloum Djiraibe, leaders for Association tchadienne pour la promotion et la défense des droits de l'Homme (ATPDH), Jean-Bernard Padaré, deputy president for Ligue tchadienne des droits de l'Homme (LTDH) menacés.French only
PAKISTAN - February 2, 2008 The "Stop Crackdown on Lawyers in Pakistan !" Campaign : Aitzaz Ahsan, Ali Ahmed Kurd, and Tariq Mahmood rearrested two days after after thay have been released from detention of three months on January 31, 2008
.English only
KENYA - January 30, 2008 : Haroun Ndubi , human rights lawyer, member of Kenya Domestic Observers Forumreceived a number of anonymous threats, including death threats .
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES - 25 January 2008 : Nicole Sylvester, President of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Human Rights Association (SVGHRA), Kay Bacchus-Browne, a lawyer and member of the SVGHRA, threatened and intimidated,.
BRAZIL - 19 January 2008: Assassination attempt made against lawyer Joao Tancredo. Joao Tancredo ex-president of the Human Rights Commission of the Brazilian Bar Association.
Français seulement
RUSSIA - January 16, 2008 : Vassili Georgievitch Alexanian in a hearing at the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation against the extension of his pre-trial detention.
CHINA - January 10, 2008 :Li Jinsong, was placed under house arrest for a few hours in a Beijing hotel, after inviting foreign journalists .
PAKISTAN - January 2, 2008 The "Stop Crackdown on Lawyers in Pakistan !"Campaign : The two daughters of well known lawyer, Asma Jahangir, assaulted and threatened by gunmen of the ruling party
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CUBA - January 1, 2008 : prisoner of conscience Rolando Jiménez Pozada widly stroken in El Guayabo prison
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