Lawyers across Serbia suspended work for a month in solidarity with mass anti-government protests, demanding greater transparency and justice reform. Their unprecedented strike sent a clear message: the legal profession will not stay silent as …
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Lawyers in Pakistan’s capital strike to protest ‘unfair’ transfer of judges
Lawyers across Pakistan’s capital launched a strike to protest President Asif Ali Zardari’s decision to transfer three judges from provincial high courts to the Islamabad High Court (IHC). The transfers—carried out despite opposition from five …
Lawyers face growing global threats
Across the world, lawyers are increasingly facing intimidation, surveillance, cyberattacks, detention, and even imprisonment — often for defending human rights or politically unpopular clients. A recent global report highlighted Belarus, where over 130 lawyers have …
‘Did Not Push Hard Enough’: Navalny Lawyer Speaks of Regrets
In a powerful and emotional interview with The Moscow Times, Olga Mikhailova, longtime lawyer of the late Alexei Navalny, reflects on her regrets and the devastating aftermath of his decision to return to Russia in …
Two Iranian supreme court judges shot dead
On January 18, 2025, two senior Iranian Supreme Court judges, Ali Razini and Mohammad Moghiseh, were shot dead in a premeditated assassination inside the Supreme Court building in Tehran. The attacker also killed himself while …
Russian court jails three of Navalny’s former lawyers for ‘extremist’ activity
In a chilling escalation of its crackdown on dissent, a Russian court has sentenced three of Alexei Navalny’s former lawyers — Vadim Kobzev, Alexei Liptser, and Igor Sergunin — to multiple years in prison for …
Judges vs spies: Pakistan’s jurists accuse intel agency ISI of intimidation
In a rare and bold move, six senior judges from Pakistan’s Islamabad High Court have publicly accused the country’s powerful intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), of interfering in judicial affairs. Their open letter details …
Defending Human Rights in Russia Feels Hopeless. But I Still Do It
In this deeply personal piece for The Moscow Times, journalist and researcher Dan Storyev reflects on the emotional toll and moral imperative of working for OVD-Info, a leading Russian human rights watchdog. Amid a tightening …
I Am Navalny’s Lawyer. I Won’t Let Fear Stop My Work
In this Moscow Times opinion piece, Russian lawyer Leonid Solovyov shares his personal account of defending Alexei Navalny amidst an increasingly repressive legal climate. Following the arrest of three of Navalny’s lawyers and the exile …
Open Letter to my Russian Friends: Ukraine is Not Crimea
On EJIL:Talk!, Alain Pellet reflects on his resignation as counsel for Russia before the International Court of Justice, prompted by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. While distinguishing the 2014 Crimea situation—where he believes the population …