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Turkey: Unlawful detention of lawyer Mehmet Pehlivan and escalating repression of the legal profession in Turkey | Joint statement
Turkey: Unlawful detention of lawyer Mehmet Pehlivan and escalating repression of the legal profession in Turkey | Joint statement
Attacks against the International Criminal Court and independent judiciaries globally | Side event at the UN Human Rights Council
Attacks against the International Criminal Court and independent judiciaries globally | Side event at the UN Human Rights Council
Myanmar: Escalating human rights violations and atrocity crimes by junta | Oral video statement to the UN Human Rights Council
Myanmar: Escalating human rights violations and atrocity crimes by junta | Oral video statement to the UN Human Rights Council
China: Ten years since the “709 crackdown” against human rights lawyers | Joint oral video statement to the UN Human Rights Council
China: Ten years since the “709 crackdown” against human rights lawyers | Joint oral video statement to the UN Human Rights Council
United States Chosen as Focus Country for 2026 International Day of the Endangered Lawyer
United States Chosen as Focus Country for 2026 International Day of the Endangered Lawyer
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Turkey: Unlawful detention of lawyer Mehmet Pehlivan and escalating repression of the legal profession in Turkey | Joint statement
Attacks against the International Criminal Court and independent judiciaries globally | Side event at the UN Human Rights Council
Myanmar: Escalating human rights violations and atrocity crimes by junta | Oral video statement to the UN Human Rights Council
China: Ten years since the “709 crackdown” against human rights lawyers | Joint oral video statement to the UN Human Rights Council
United States Chosen as Focus Country for 2026 International Day of the Endangered Lawyer
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Philippines: Duterte arrested for crimes against humanity
Philippines: Duterte arrested for crimes against humanity
Colombia violates right to defend human rights | IACtHR
Colombia violates right to defend human rights | IACtHR
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Thailand: Acquittal in SLAPP against whistleblower Chutima Sidasathian
Global Coalition accepts UN Human Rights Prize
Global Coalition accepts UN Human Rights Prize
Russia: Voted off UN ECOSOC’s Committee on NGOs after 75 years
Russia: Voted off UN ECOSOC’s Committee on NGOs after 75 years
UN General Assembly suspends Russia from Human Rights Council
UN General Assembly suspends Russia from Human Rights Council
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Turkey: Unlawful detention of lawyer Mehmet Pehlivan and escalating repression of the legal profession in Turkey | Joint statement

01/07/2025

Full .pdf joint statement (EN) Avukat Mehmet Pehlivan’ın hukuka aykırı olarak tutuklanması ve … [Read More]

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ACTION NEWS: LRWC Newsletter Spring 2022

30/04/2022

Join or Renew | Support LRWC's work LRWC Action News Spring 2022 Edition (full .pdf) Afghanistan | Belarus | Cambodia | Canada | China  | Colombia | Iran | Myanmar | Philippines | Russia | Saudi … [Read More]