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Human Rights Watch (Bangkok) – Myanmar’s security forces have recently arbitrarily arrested at least six lawyers defending political prisoners, violating both the lawyers’ rights and those of their clients, Human Rights Watch said today. The arrests deprive defendants of their counsel of choice and the right to a fair trial and undermine the principle of the independence of the legal profession. “The Myanmar junta’s wrongful arrest and prosecution of lawyers sends a chilling message...

Myanmar: Security Forces Arrest Defense Lawyers Wrongful Prosecutions Violate Rights to Counsel, Fair Trial of Accused A police truck is seen on a street during the military coup demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar on February 24, 2021. © 2021 Santosh Krl / SOPA Images/Sipa USA (Bangkok) – Myanmar’s security forces have recently arbitrarily arrested at least six lawyers defending political prisoners, violating both the lawyers’ rights and those of their ...

Myanmar arrests lawyers defending political prisoners: HRW 2 minutes read Bangkok, Jul 2 (EFE).- The Myanmar junta has arrested at least six lawyers representing political prisoners, which is a violation of the right to a fair trial, nonprofit Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Friday. At least three of the lawyers were arrested while attending court to defend their clients, according to the human rights organization. Others have been arrested at home, on the street, or as they tried to leave the ...

New President, Lawmakers Should Promptly Adopt Laws, Regulations Ecuadors newly sworn-in President Guillermo Lasso leaves the National Assembly after his inauguration ceremony in Quito, Ecuador on May 24, 2021. © 2021 Jonatan Rosas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (Washington, DC) – The newly elected President of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, who took office on May 24, 2021, and the Ecuadorean National Assembly should prioritize implementing Constitutional Cour...

Falana Writes US President, Biden Over Detained Venezuelan Envoy The regional court had ordered the immediate release of the envoy from prison and placed him under house arrest for health reasons. by SaharaReporters, New York May 17, 2021 Femi Falana (SAN), human rights lawyer and counsel for Alex Saab, special envoy of the Venezuelan government, says the continued detention of his client by the Cape Verdean authorities is illegal. Saab was arrested on June 12, 2020 after his private jet made a...

LCA and ABA pair up to condemn violence towards Myanmar lawyers By Emma Ryan|14 April 2021 The Law Council of Australia (LCA) and the Australian Bar Association (ABA) have issued a joint statement following ongoing reports of violence towards lawyers and judges by Myanmar’s military. Since what’s being described as an “unlawful coup d’état” on 1 February 2021, there have been a number of reports relating to intimidation, harassment, arbitrary arrest and incommunicado detention of law...

The International Bar Association has strongly condemned the systematic destruction by the junta in Myanmar of people’s legal protections, including the right to life, freedom of expression, assembly, association, privacy, legal representation of one’s choice and a fair trial. The IBA called for the restoration of citizens’ rights, and for the release of detained protestors and defence Lawyers. In a statement the global body of Lawyers said: ‘The arrests of legal professionals attemptin...

Published March 17, 2021, 4:42 PM The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has expressed deep concern on the “red-tagging” of a Mandaluyong City regional trial court (RTC) judge who dismissed the illegal possession of firearms and explosives charges filed against journalist Lady Ann Salem and trade unionist Rodrigo Esparago. (Photo courtesy of Rep. Ferdinand Gaite) A tarpaulin posted along EDSA showed the photograph of RTC Judge Monique Quisumbing-Ignacio. Also printed in the tarpaulin was the ...

Introduction A media release of Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari, on 3rd March, 2021 gave marching orders to security agents to shoot-on-sight any civilian found in the forest with an AK-47 weapon. Since then the media has been abuzz with mainly non-legal analyses of the subject, until the President directly corroborated the order on 11th March, 2021 during his meeting with the nation’s traditional rulers on the subject of insecurity in Nigeria. Some ana...

SUMMARY FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION’S INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE KILLING OF MR. NSAMA NSAMA CHIPYOKA AND MR. JOSEPH KAUNDA DELIVERED TO THE MEDIA BY THE HYMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CHAIRPERSON, MR. MUDFORD. Z. MWANDENGA AT THE COMMISSION’S HEAD OFFICE IN LUSAKA ON 4 TH Members of the Press The Commission has invited you to this Press Briefing on the summary findings of its independent investigations to the shooting to death of Mr. Nsama Nsama Chipyoka, former Nation...