The Law Society expressed concern regarding the safety of human rights lawyer Ali Hussain Aboud who was arrested on 7 May 2014. Mr Aboud has been held in incommunicado detention without charge since his arrest and has not had any access to his family or lawyer.
The Law Society is deeply concerned by the murder of human rights lawyer Samirah Saleh Al-Naimi who was shot dead by masked men – believed to be members of ISIS – on 22 September 2014 in central Mosul.
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Today the Law Society of England and Wales, hosted a joint event in London with the Warsaw Bar Association of Advocates.
The Law Society is concerned about the ongoing judicial harassment of Russian human rights lawyer Mikhail Benyash. We have previously written an intervention letter on his behalf regarding his arrest on 17 December 2018. Mikhail Benyash was violently arrested on 23 September 2018 whilst providing legal ...
