News on the topic: lawyers
31.10.2024 Deterioration of legal profession in Belarus: facts, reasons, assessments
Human rights activists note that the mass prosecution of lawyers in administrative and criminal cases began in the second half of 2022.
12.06.2024 "We are here because our hearts say so": solidarity action with political prisoner and lawyer Maksim Znak
The event was organized by the Lithuanian Bar Council, and supported by Belarusian lawyers, in order to speak about the lawlessness against their Belarusian colleague imprisoned for his professional activities.
27.05.2024 Crackdown on human rights lawyers
Harassment and prosecutions; total state control over legal profession
12.03.2024 Statement by human rights defenders in connection with the crackdown on lawyers
Joint statement by the Belarusian human rights community
01.03.2024 At least 12 detained: what is known about the KGB crackdown on lawyers
Viasna reports what is known about the detentions, and the president of the Belarusian Association of Human Rights Lawyers, Maryia Kolesava-Hudzilina, comments on the persecution of lawyers.
26.01.2024 The UN Working Group recognized violations of the rights of political prisoner and lawyer Vital Brahinets
The complaint was prepared by lawyers of a human rights organization Respect-Protect-Fulfill and the Belarusian Association of Human Rights Lawyers.
11.10.2023 What happened to political prisoners between September 26 and October 10
Viasna provides a weekly overview of the latest news on political prisoners.
10.04.2023 Lawyer Aliaksandr Danilevich sentenced to 10 years in jail for legal services to opposition
Political prisoner pleaded not guilty and insisted that he was performing his duties.
27.10.2021 Belarusian Authorities Retaliate Against Lawyers Defending Human Rights
Four attorneys of Viktar Babaryka, jailed former presidential contender, banned from profession
13.10.2021 Ministry of Justice suspends Tsikhanouski’s key lawyer Natallia Matskevich
Natallia Matskevich, the key lawyer in the trial of opposition activist Siarhei Tsikhanouski, has been suspended by the Ministry of Justice, according to BHC and BAJ.
10.09.2021 Maksim Znak and Liudmila Kazak laureates Lawyers for Lawyers Award 2021
Belarusian lawyers Maksim Znak and Liudmila Kazak will receive the Lawyers for Lawyers Award 2021. The Award will be presented at a ceremony co-hosted by Lawyers for Lawyers and the Amsterdam Bar Association in the Rode Hoed in Amsterdam on 18 November 2021.
02.08.2021 Statement on the mounting repression against Belarusian lawyers and the disbarment of Dmitriy Laevski
More than 50 leading lawyers’ organizations, promoting the standards of rule of law and human rights have signed a joint letter on the continuing repressions against lawyers in Belarus and on the disbarment of Dmitriy Laevski.
30.07.2021 UN Human Rights Committee rules in lawyer Aleh Aheyeu’s 2011 disbarment case
The Committee concluded that the “revocation of the author’s lawyer’s licence and the manner it was done reveal a grave and unjustifiable interference by the State party’s authorities with the fundamental principle of the independence of the legal profession.”
12.05.2021 Human rights defenders call to end violations of the right to defense and the presumption of innocence
Statement of human rights organizations in connection with numerous violations of procedural rights and guarantees of defendants and their lawyers in politically motivated criminal cases
30.10.2020 Harassment and intimidation of lawyers is of great concern and must end
The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) has expressed grave concern over ongoing attacks and intimidation tactics deployed against lawyers in Belarus for carrying out their professional roles.
