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CUBA
Rolando Jiménez Pozada

SYRIA
Anwar al-Bunni

CHINA
CHEN Guangcheng

CUBA
José Manuel de la Rosa Pérez

TURKEY
Filiz Kalayci











VIETNAM
Nguyen Van Dai

VIETNAM
Le Thi Cong Nhan

VIETNAM
Lê Công Dinh

CHINA
Gao Zhisheng

BELARUS
Emanuel ZELTSER


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    2008
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    2001

    IRAN : MOHAMMAD MOSTAFAEI BEST KNOWN FOR HIS CAMPAIGNING AGAINST THE EXECUTION IN IRAN ARRESTED.     TUNISIA - LAWYERS RADHIA NASRAOUI, RAOUF AYADI AND ABDELWAHAB MAATAR, BEATEN AND SUBJECTED TO A FULL BODY SEARCH ON THEIR RETURN TO THE COUNTRY     CHINA – ZHENG ENCHONG BEATEN, STRIPPED BY POLICE DURING A NINE-HOUR DETENTION     VIETNAM - HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER LE CONG DINH ARRESTED AT HIS OFFICE IN HO CHI MINH CITY     IRAN : HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER ABDOLFATTAH SOLTANI ARRESTED DURING A MASS ARREST AFTER HE CALLED ON THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT TO RECOUNT ALL THE VOTES.     VIETNAM : CRITICAL STATE OF HEALTH FOR JAILED LAWYER LE THI CONG NHAN.     MEXICO : LAWYERS ROMMEL CAIN CHACAN PALE MATILDE PEREZ ROMERO, WHO WORK FOR A LOCAL HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION RECEIVED A TELEPHONE DEATH THREAT.     TURKEY : HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER FILIZ KALAYCI, ARRESTED AND JAILED .    

    2009


             IRAN - 25 June 2009 : Human rights lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei best known for his campaigning against the execution in Iran arrested. Freed on bail on 1st July after paying 1 billion Rials (about $100,000 USD)

            TUNISIA - 23 June 2009 : Lawyers Radhia Nasraoui, Raouf Ayadi and Abdelwahab Maatar, beaten and subjected to a full body and luggage search on their return to the country.Français

            CHINA – 17 June 2009 - Zheng Enchong beaten, stripped by police during a nine-hour detention .

             IRAN - 16 June 2009 : Human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani arrested during a mass arrest after he called on the Iranian government to recount all the votes.

            VIETNAM - 13 June 2009 : Human rights lawyer Le Cong Dinh was arrested at his office in Ho Chi Minh City.

            VIETNAM- 6 June 2009 : Critical state of health for jailed lawyer Lê Thi Công Nhân. French

            MEXICO - 5 June 2009 : lawyers Rommel Cain Chacan Pale Matilde Pérez Romero, who work for a local human rights organization received a telephone death threat.  Español

             TURKEY - 27 May 2009 : Human rights lawyer Filiz Kalayci, arrested and jailed .

             BURMA - 15 May 2009 : Lawyers U Khin Maung Shein and U Aung Thein, disbarred from practice as lawyers. . English

             ZIMBABWE - 14 May 2009 : Alec Muchadehama, Zimbabwean prominent human rights lawyer arrested . freed on bail May 15 2009

             CUBA – 13 may 2009 : threats and acts of harassment against Juan Carlos González Leiva.   Español

            GUATÉMALA - 10 May 2009 :Guatemalan attorney Rodrigo Rosenberg assassinated. .

             MALAYSIA - 7 May 2009 : Lawyers from the Kuala Lumpur Legal Aid Centre — Fadiah Nadwa Fikri, Murnie Hidayah Anuar, Puspawati Rosman, Ravinder Singh Dhalilwal and Syuhaini Safwan — arrested after denied access to detainees by the police.

            MEXICO - 7 May 2009 : Jaime Lopez Vela arrested and physically assaulted by police.

            MEXICO - 25 April 2009 : Threats against three lawyers: Alba Cruz Ramos, Yesica Sanchez Maya and Beatriz Casas Arellanes.

             TUNISIA - 25 April 2009 - Acts of harassment against Radhia Nasraoui.French

             BURMA - 10 APRIL 2009 : Kyi Win , the lawyer of imprisoned opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi , prevented to meet his client.

            PAKISTAN – 9 April 2009 : Kachkol Ali, Balochi lawyer, in life danger, after he witnessed the abduction of three clients, shortly before they were found murdered in Balochistan province. Anglais

            SYRIA – 2 April 2009: Judicial harassment against Mr. Khalil Maatuq, an active lawyer defending prisoners of conscience and expression.English

             GUINEA-BISSAU - 1st April 2009 : Luís Vaz Martins, lawyer and president of the Human Rights League of Guinea-Bissau received threats from an armed individual. French

            COLOMBIA - 26 March 2009 : New threats against Ms. Irene López and Ms. Claudia Erazo, attorney for Corporación Jurídica Yira Castro (CJYC).

            GUATEMALA - 25 March 2009 : Gladys Monterroso Velásquez, lawyer and university professor, kidnapped and beaten in Ciudad de Guatemala.

             BURMA - 17 March 2009 : Lawyer Pho Phyu, arrested in January and charged under the Illegal Association Act, received 4 years Jail Sentence by a special court in central Myanmar.

            PAKISTAN – 11 March 2009 : police raided at night lawyer Parvez Aslam Choudhry house in Lahore for the arrest of advocate..Anglais

            COLOMBIA - 10 March 2009 : Criminal proceedings renewes against Elkin Ramírez, a lawyer for the human rights NGO Corporación Jurídica Libertad.

             TUNISIA - 6 March 2009 : For the seventh time since his release from prison in July 2007 Mohamed Abbou denied permission to leave Tunisia.French

            KENYA - 5 March 2009 : Assassination of Oscar Kamau Kingara , a lawyer and Chairman of Oscar Foundation Free Legal Aid Clinic Kenya (OFFLACK). .          BURMA - 6 March 2009 : Rights lawyers Supreme Court advocates U Aung Thein and U Khin Maung Shein released after serving time for contempt of court.

             COLOMBIA - 2 March 2009 : Chilling threats against Lina Paola Malagón Díaz, member of the Colombian Commission of Jurists.

            CHINA - 28 February 2009 : Human rights lawyer Wei Liangyue and his wife arrested. UPDATE : RELEASED March 30, 2009

             GUINEA - 15 February 2009 : Joachim Bilimou, an attorney in the country's appeals court,beaten by soldiers for failing to yield in traffic.

             ZIMBABWE - 10 February 2009 : Lawyers Roselyn Hanzi and Tawanda Zhuwarara, from the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) were arrested at the Harare Central Police Station where they had gone to enquire about the detained WOZA members.

             THAILANDE - 8 February 2009 : Search on offices of the Working Group on Justice and Peace (WGJP) headed up by Angkhana Neelaphaijit, wife of human rights lawyer Somchai Neelaphaijit, disappeared on 12 March 2004 .

             COLOMBIA - 4 February 2009: Death threats against Blanca Irene López y Claudia Erazo, lawyers and activists for Corporación Jurídica Yira Castro (CJYC) .

            BURMA- 2 February 2009: Arrest warrants issued for Kyaw Ho, Myint Thaung, Maung Maung Latt, Aung Than Myint, Khin Htay Kywe, and Nyi Nyi Hlaing, six defence lawyers who have been involved in cases defending political activists. English

           nigeria INDIA - 30th January 2009: Lawyer Babar Jan Qadri severely thrashed in the varsity campus by the police personnel of the Kashmir University (KU).

             SRI LANKA- 27 January 2009 : The office of Amitha Ariyaratne, Human rights lawyer burnt down.

            CHINA - 18 January : Gao Zhisheng re-arrested.

             RUSSIA - 19 January 2009 : Stanislav Markelov, Russian Lawyer In Prominent Chechnya Cases Shot Dead .

             ZIMBABWE - 19 January 2009 : Kucaca Phulu a lawyer of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, threatened .

             IRAN - 1st January 2009 : Shirin Ebadi threatened at her home - her home vandalized

            ETHIOPIA - December 28, 2008 -A "New" IDHAE "FREE BIRTUKAN MIDEKSA !" CAMPAIGN" : Released July 20th 2007 after "presidential pardon" Lawyer and former judge, Birtukan Mideksa, re-arrested and reimposed original life sentence. TAKE ACTION !

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    These attorneys are fighting for human rights all around the world

    for human rights advocacy at the risk of their liberty and their lives :

    Mohamed Abbou

    Birtukan Mideksa

    Vera Stremkovskaya

    Arnold Tsunga

    Radhia Nasraoui

    Parvez Aslam Choudhry

    Juan Carlos Gonzales Leiva

    Abdolfattah Soltani

    Jeetman Basnet

    Salih Mahmoud Osman

    Nasser Zarafchan

    Zheng Enchong

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