The European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH) and the European Democratic Lawyers (AED-EDL) are gravely concerned about the news that the Vice President of CHD – Çağdaş Hukukçular Derneği – (Progressive Lawyers Association), lawyer Münip Ermiş was taken into custody this morning. His house and his office were searched. His is the one […]
Category archives: Endangered lawyer
Lawyers in Danger in Honduras
Read the report on Honduras here
Attentats au Pakistan, les talibans font un carnage parmi les avocats.
Rassemblés devant les urgences de l’hôpital pour rendre un ultime homage au Baronnier Bilal Answar Kasi, assassiné la veille, les avocats de la ville de Quéta dans la province du Baloutchistan, l’une des plus violentes du pays, ont été pris pour cible par un kamikaze qui s’est fait explosé au milieu de la foule. Le […]
Update on Trials in Turkey
A colleague in Istanbul, the lawyer Elvan Olkun, has sent us an update of the trials taking place in Turkey at the moment: 1. Trial of the members of ÖHD (ÖZGÜRLÜKÇÜ HUKUKÇULAR DERNEĞI – ASSOCIATION OF LAWYERS FOR FREEDOM) 12 lawyers, members of ÖHD (Özgürlükçü Hukukçular Derneği – Association of Lawyers for Freedom) are being tried […]
Letters to Turkey
The AED has sent some letters and is now waiting for an answer! Here is the text of the letter, addressed to the minister of Justice, the President of the Bar association, the ambassador of France in Turkey and the French minister of foreign affairs: Le 16 mars 2016, à l’aube, neuf avocats turcs ont […]
Support group for Istanbul imprisoned lawyers
A new Facebook site informs of the situation of Ayse Acinikli and Ramazan Demir in prison since the 16th of March.
Report: Lawyer’s Delegation to Kurdistan (jan.2016)
From 21 to 24 of January 2016, a delegation of 10 lawyers from Austria, Belgium, Germany and Italy visited Diyarbakır, Turkey. The mission was coordinated by two European lawyers’ organizations—the European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights (ELDH) and European Democratic Lawyers (EDL)—and the Unione delle Camere Penali Italiane. It was supported by […]
Turkish Lawyers detained
AED Statement concerning the detention of the lawyers Ramazan Demir, İrfan Arasan, Ayşe Acinikli, Hüseyin Boğatekin, Şefik Çelik, Adem Çalışçı, Ayşe Başar, Tamer Doğan and Mustafa Ruzgar (16th of March 2016, Istanbul) and previously the detention of the “Academics for peace”. Amongst the different cases related to human rights that AED/EDL (Avocats Européens Démocrates/Europeans Democratic Lawyers) […]
Report on a visit to Kurdistan- January 2016
A delegation with members of the AED visited Kurdistan last January, here is the report of the Italian members. To read here.
