This week, the CCBE letters has sent letters in support of endangered lawyers in:
Angola: Threats against lawyer Zola Ferreira Bambi;
Bangladesh: Reported assault, arrest and detention of lawyer Abul Bashar;
Belarus: Sentencing of lawyer Dmitri Laevski, recipient of the 2021 CCBE Human Rights Award;
Chile: Surveillance and harassment of lawyer Karina Riquelme Viveros;
Russia: Escalation of charges, detention and interference with the defence of lawyer Maria Bontsler;
Togo: Burglary of the law office of lawyer Assiom Kossi Bokodjin;
Find more information on the monitoring work of the CCBE Human Rights Committee here, on the dedicated webpage.
