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The Netherlands – The Hague


Protest across the world

Austria: Vienna
Belgium: Brussels, Antwerp
Canada: Toronto, Vancouver
France: Lyon, Montpellier, Paris
Germany: Berlin, Nürnberg
Greece: Athens
Hong Kong
India: Mumbai
Italy: Rome, Milan
New Zealand: Wellington
Taiwan: Taipei
The Netherlands: The Hague
The Philippines: Manila
Spain: Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid
Switzerland: Bern
Turkey: Adana, Alanya, Ankara, Antalya, Bursa, Diyarbakır, Istanbul, İzmir
United Kingdom: London

More than 50 lawyers killed in attack

In August 2016 Taliban in Quetta, capital of Baluchistan province in Pakistan, performed a suicide attack in which at least 70 people were killed and 120 wounded. Among the dead were certainly 54 lawyers who could be identified. Possibly the total of them is 63. More information can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/zgxgfn3.

 UIA World Congress

On October 30th, 2015 the International Association of Lawyers (UIA) hosted a world congress in the city of Valencia. Human rights and continuing threats made against lawyers were at the center of attention. Amongst the speakers was Hans Gaasbeek, representing European Democratic Lawyers (EDL) and European Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH). A copy of the speech is available here.
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