2006
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CHINE - December 22, 2006 : Gao Zhisheng, condemned to a three years jail sentence by Beijing’s No. 1 People’s Intermediate Court Condemned to three years jail but the sentence was postponed for 5 years.
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MEXICO - December 15, 2006 : Yesica Sánchez Maya , a lawyer and human rights defender, threatened to be arrested
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HONDURAS
- December 4th , 2006 : Dionisio Díaz García,
a lawyer working for human rights organisation Asociacion para una Sociedad más Justa (ASJ), Association for a More Just Society killed in Tegucigalpa.
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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC) - November 21st 2006 : Marie-Thérèse Nlandu Mpolo-Nene, a lawyer at the Supreme Court of Justice and leader of the Paix au Congo
(Congo-Pax) arrested in Kinshasa by agents of the Special Services police.
Acquitted April 30th, 2007
CUBA - 6 November 2006 : ”The Free René Gómez Manzano Campaign !" : A request in Habeas corpus for René Gomez Manzano
VIETNAM - November 2nd 2006 The "Stop Crackdown on Lawyers in Vietnam !"Campaign : Lawyer Bui Thi Kim Thanh detained against her will in a mental hospital
Released July 27th, 2007. STOP APPEALS APPEL THANKS !
CUBA - November 2nd , 2006 : Harassment and intimidation against human rights defenders and lawyer Juan Carlos Gonzalez Leiva
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC) - October 31st 2006 : Threats against N'Sii Luanda Shandwe president
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ETHIOPIA October 19, 2006 : Lawyer Yalemzewd Bekele, a lawyer working for the Commission Delegation in Addis Ababa arrested.
Released on October 27 2006- STOP APPEAL - THANK YOU
INDIA - September 2006 :
Denial of a passport for Parvez Imroz, to come and receive in France the prestigious human rights Prize for a lawyer "Ludovic Trarieux" on
INDONESIA - September 2006 : Four lawyers and three human rights defenders involved in the trials of 23 men
arrested following violence in March in Papua province intimidated
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INDIA - 24 August 2006 : Arbitrary detention of Mr. Leitanthem Umakanta Meitei, a human rights lawyer
GUATEMALA - 24 August 2006 : Human rights lawyer, Maynor Roberto Berganza Bethancourt has received a series of death threats
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - 23 August 2006 : Mohamed ‘Abdullah al-Roken, a lawyer, human rights activist and former president of the UAE’s Jurists’ Association, arrested at his office in Dubai
ALGÉRIE - 23 août 2006 : Judicial harassement against Lawyer Amine Sidhoum
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CHINE - 15 August 2006 : Human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng detained in Shandong Province on 15 August by police officers from Beijing.
CHINA - August 2006
Harassment and Indimidation against Zheng Enchong since his release from Prison
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SUDAN - 29 July 2006 : Criminal proceedings against Mossaad Mohamed Ali, Rasha Souraj, Ebtisam Alsemani and Najat DafaAlla four lawyers of the of the Amel Centre for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture in Nyala. English Only
CUBA - 13 July 2006 : René Gomez Manzano on hunger strike.
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MOLDOVA - June 28, 2005 - Ana Ursachi and Roman Zadoinov, two Moldovan lawyers, face criminal prosecution for spreading false information about human rights violations in Moldova for having worked with Amnesty International to issue Urgent Actions on torture cases.
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - 17 June 2006 : Arrest warrant against Mohamed al-Mansoori, a lawyer, human rights activist and President of the independent Jurists’ Association, accused of “insulting the Public Prosecutor”. French only
IRAN - June 15, 2006 - Forced disappearance of Azeri Turkish lawyer Saleh Kamrani, human rights defender
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (RCD ) - 15 June 2006 : Attacks against Michel-Innocent Mpinga Tshibasu, avocat, former President of Mbuji-Mayi Bar Association and president of National Human Rights Observatory in DRC
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CHINA - June 5th, 2006
Zheng Enchong's Release from Prison
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SYRIA - 17 May 2006 : human-rights lawyer Anwar al-Bunni, arrested by Security Forces
SUDAN - 15 May 2006 - Arrestation and Incommunicado detention of Mossaad Mohamed Ali and Adam Mohammed Sharief, member of the Amel Network of Lawyers for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture in Nyala
Released 20 May 2006
ALGÉRIE - 12 May 2006 : Threats against Amine Sidhoum Abderramane, algerian lawyer and a member og NGO "SOS Disparus"
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TUNISIA - Mai 11, 2006 : Attacks agains lawyers Ayachi Hammami, Abderraouf Ayadi, and Abderrazak Kilani.
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MEXIQUE - April 19 2006 : Death threats against Lawyer Israel Ochoa Lara
LEBANON - April 15, 2006: All charges against human rights defender and lawyer Dr. Muhamad Mugraby dropped by higher military court on.
GAMBIA - April 6, 2006 : Lawyer Mariam Denton arrested and taken to the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) headquarters in the capital, Banjul
BRAZIL - March 31, 2006 : Maria Aparecida Denadai, a lawyer working in the state of EspÌrito Santo, in grave danger after protection being provided for her by the Federal Police was withdrawn without explanation.
GAMBIA - March 27, 2006 : Lawyer Antouman A. B. Gaye arrested by the security forces at the High Court in Banjul on 27 March.
CHINA - March 12, 2006
Chen Guangcheng, who has been under a
form of house arrest since 6 September 2005, detained by police on the
night of 11 March along with his cousin.
TUNISIA - March 6, 2006 -THE IDHAE "FREE MOHAMMED ABBOU !" CAMPAIGN" : Imprisoned "freedom lawyer" Mohammed Abbou begins hunger strike
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IRAN - March 6, 2005 -
THE IDHAE "FREE ABDOLFATTAH SOLTANI !" CAMPAIGN"
: Abdolfattah Soltani released on bail on March 6, 2006
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MEXICO - February 23, 2006 Attempt to intimidate lawyer Erica Serrano Farías representing environmentalist groupscampaigning against the construction of a tourist development in the municipality of Zihuatanejo, Guerrero State.
CUBA - February 21, 2006 - Continuous harassment of Juan Carlos González Leiva, blind activist and president of the Cuban foundation for human rights .
ETHIOPIA Febuary 19, 2006 : Lawyer Behane Mogese arrested at his home on 19 February 2006 by security forces
ZIMBABWE - February 14, 2006 : Tafadzwa Mugabe a lawyer at Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights arrested
CHINA - February 8, 2006
Yang Maodong, detained on 8 February by the police, released on 9 February and currently kept him under "residential surveillance".
NORTHERN IRELAND - January 31st 2006 : Manmohan Sandhu , a solicitor based in Limavady arrested after police secretly taped conversations between him and his clients
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PAKISTAN - January 26, 2006 : Lawyer Parvez Choudhry has been threatened in connection with his defence of a Christian charged for having made derogatory remarks about the Prophet Mohammed at a religious service
MEXICO - January 26, 2006 : Human rights lawyer Dante Almaraz shot dead by unknown men in the centre of Ciudad Juarez
ZIMBABWE - January 24, 2006 : Arnold Tsunga, Acting Secretary of the Law Society of Zimbabwe, the chairperson of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) threatened and arrested.
BRAZIL - January 2006 : Maria Aparecida Denadai, a lawyer working in the state of Espirito Santo, threatened in relation with the killing of her brother lawyer Marcelo Denadai in 2002
CHINA - January 17, 2006 : Activist lawyer Gao Zhisheng survived an apparent attempt on his life which he believes was instigated by the authorities.
LEBANON - January 9th 2006 : Human rights lawyer Dr Muhamad Mugraby is due to appear before the Military Court in Beirut on 9 January charged with slandering the “military establishment and its officers”.
ETHIOPIA December 21, 2005 -THE IDHAE "FREE BIRTUKAN MIDEKSA !" CAMPAIGN" : Birtukan Mideksa, lawyer, former judge and Vice president of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) charged by the High Court in Addis Ababa with a range of criminal offences, most of which are punishable by death.
These attorneys are fighting for human rights all around the world
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Nasser Zarafchan Zheng Enchong
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