2009

        UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) - - 28 December 2009 : Mohammed al-Mansoori was dismissed from his position as a legal advisor after he criticised the lack of freedom of speech in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). French

         TURKEY - 24 December 2009 : Arrest of Muharrem Erbey, General Vice Chairperson of the Human Rights Association (Insan Haklari Dernegi – IHD) in Diyarbakir Province for belonging to an “illegal organization”.

        CHINA - 13 December 2009 Beijing lawyer, Li Zhuang, arrested and criminally detained on suspicion of “falsification of evidence” and “obstruction of justice” after he visited his client Gong Gangmo in Chongqing.

        SYRIA – 12 December 2009 : Kurdish lawyer Mustafa Ismail detained and held incommunicado since then. Anglais

         SUDAN - 8 december 2009 : Three lawyers, Butheina Omar Al Sadiq, Randa Yousif and Nafisa Al-Nur Hajar were arrested for posting fliers urging lawyers to renew their membership at the Bar Association arrested by the National Intelligence Security Service of Sudan (NISS) . Released, on December 8, 2009, at 6:30 pm

        CHINA - 27 November 2009 : Wang Yonghang sentenced to 7 years imprisonment for working as a defence lawyer for Falun Gong practitioners. .

        COLOMBIA - 27 November 2009 : Surveillance and intimidation of human rights lawyer Jorge Eliecer Molano Rodriguez.   Español

        PHILIPPINES - 23 November 2009 : Cynthia Oquendo and Coception "Connie" Brizuela, lawyers of the National Union of People's Lawyers killed in a massacre (46 in all) in Maguindanao .

        CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (CAR) - 23 November 2009 : Serious threats against human rights lawyer Mathias Morouba who has been assisting the ICC to compile evidence of crimes carried out by Mr Bemba's soldiers. French

        ARGENTINA - 21 november 2009 : Arbitrary detention and subsequent release of Mario Bosch, a lawyer for the victims families of notorious human rights abuses committed by Argentina's military dictatorship.   Español Released 21/11/2009

        CHINA – 19 November 2009 : Jiang Tianyong Arrested and His Wife Beaten in Front of Their Daughter- Li Xiongbing , Li Fangping and Li Heping under House Arrest during US President Obama’s Trip to China. .

        FRANCE – 16 November 2009 : French lawyer Caroline Wassermann, released after spending 9 hours in police custody.Anglais

        SYRIA - 10 november 2009 : Muhannad Al-Hassani, a prominent lawyer and human rights defender, definitely disbarred for life at disciplinary trial by the Syrian Bar Association.Anglais

        DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC)- 3 November 2009 : Lawyers Emmanuel Mukendi and Pierre Tshibangu, working in Droits Humains Sans Frontières – DHSF's Lawyers Legal Aid Clinic, attacked and injured in Kinshasa. French.

         ZIMBABWE - 2nd November 2009: Human rights and media lawyer, Mordecai Mahlangu arretsd for allegedly writing a letter to Attorney General .

        NICARAGUA - 30 October 2009 : Police harassment and detention of lawyer Ana Eveling Orozco and members of el Movimiento Autónomo de Mujeres de Nicaragua – MAM.

        TUNISIA – 20 0ctober 2009 : Radhia Nasraoui denied permission to leave Tunisia for a meeting in European Parliament in Strasbourg.French

        GUATEMALA - 18 October 2009 : Fausto Leonel Otzín Poyón, a leading human rights lawyer and defender of the Mayan community assassinated.

        MEXICO - 15 October 2009 : Gustavo de la Rosa Hickerson, human rights lawyer, threatened with death, seeks political asylum in Texas for his safety. released October 21

        SYRIA - 14 October 2009 : Haytham al-Maleh, an elderly Syrian Qrrested by Syrian Political Security personnel lawyer qnd held incommunicado .Anglais

         ZIMBABWE - 14 October 2009: Opening of the trial of Alec Muchadehama, The trial of prominent lawyer for contempt of court. Postponed 17/11/2009

        GEORGIA – 11 October 2009 : Lawyer Lia Mukhashavria fined by the Tbilisi City Court in Georgia for “minor hooliganism” .

        IRAN - 2nd October 2009 : passport seizure of Abdolfattah Soltani, a lawyer at the Bar of Tehran.

        DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC)- 26 Septembre 2009 : arrest of Firmin Yangambi, the president of an NGO called “Peace on Earth”, which is based in Kisangani, Orientale province. French.

        MEXICO - 18 September 2009 : Lawyer Ricardo Lagunes Gasca, ambushed by a group of sixty people armed.  Español

        REPUBLIC OF KOREA – 14 September 2009 : Defamation Suit for 200 million won (KRW) in damages against Park Won-soon, human rights lawyer and executive director of "the Hope Institute".

        PERU - 1st September 2009 : 1er Septembre 2009 - Judicial harassment against Mr. Santos Octavio Esparza . Français

        CHINA – 29 July 2009 : Xu Zhiyong, a prominent Beijing human rights lawyer, arrested for so called "tax evasion" nearly three weeks after he was detained. Released on 23 August 2009.

        SYRIA - 28 July 2009 : Muhannad Al-Hassani, laywer and Chairman of Syrian Human Rights Organisation, (SHRO) arrested.Anglais

        IRAN - 17 July 2009 : Shadi Sadr, a lawyer and prominent women's rights activist, beaten, arrested and disappeared.Released from jail on July 28th

        CHINA – 17 July 2009 : Chinese authorities in Beijing cancel lawyers licenses of Jiang Tianyong, Li Fangping and 51 other lawyers .

        CHINA – 8 July 2009 : Three lawyers, Liu Ruiping, Wang Yonghang and Wang Ping , previously harassed because of their work defending Falun Gong practitioners, arrested in Shandong and Liaoning Provinces.

        IRAN – 8 July 2009 : Arrest and incommunicado detention of Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, Sara Sabaghian, Bahareh Davallou, Amir Raîsian, lawyers and members of the Defenders of Human Rights Centre (DHRC).

        CAMBODIA – 7 July 2009 : Lawyer Kong Sam Onn, lawyer in a defamation case against Prime Minister, obliged to write a letter of apology and to withdraw from representation after being disciplined by the Bar Association and disbarred from practising laws.

         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.French

        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. On August 26, 2009, Abdolfattah Soltani was released on bail

        PHILIPPINES - 16 June 2009 : Human rights lawyers, Carlos Zarate, Angela Librado-Trinidad, Beverly Musni and Lilibeth Ladaga, included in the list of targets in a leaked document reportedly created by the military, sought judicial protection. August 15, 2009 - Court denied temporary judicial protection via a Writ of Amparo petition

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

        PHILIPPINES - 9 June 2009 - Crispin Perez, a pro-peasant lawyer and radio broadcaster, shot dead by an unidentified attacker .August 2, 2009 - A policeman was slapped with murder charges for the killing.

        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

        CHINA – 13 May 2009 : Li Chunfu and Zhang Kai, two Beijing lawyers beaten for representing Re-education Through Labour Camp death case.

        GUATEMALA - 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

        CHINA – 13 April 2009 : Beijing lawyer Cheng Hai attacked and beaten while on his way to meet with a detained Falun Gong practitioner in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. .

         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.

        SYRIA - 20 March 2009 : Ongoing travel ban on Atktham Naisse .Anglais

         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.

         COLOMBIA - 7 March 2009 : Darley Moreno Torres, a lawyer and former president of the public sector workers’ union SINTRADIAN, was forced into a vehicle by two men.

         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

        CAMEROON - 23 February 2008 : Defence lawyer Benjamin Enow, and twenty-four Southern Cameroons National Council (SCNC) activists, arrested in Mutengene. . Released same day.

         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

        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 !