Auteur/autrice : Benoit Titran

Présentation

Avocat généraliste, je revendique cette appellation qui illustre une approche holistique des clients et des problématiques qu’ils se posent.

Les personnes, les entreprises, les associations, les collectivités sollicitent un avocat à des moments compliqués de leur existence.

Que ces moments soient douloureux ou au contraire enthousiasmants, qu’ils s’agisse de faire face à une situation contentieuse ou de créer, développer, restructurer une activité quelle qu’elle soit, ils sont toujours sources de stress et d’incertitudes.

Dans tous les cas, la charge émotionnelle est forte et le besoin d’apaisement réel, ne serait ce que pour mieux discerner les meilleures options, les bonnes directions.

A cet égard, l’accompagnement de l’avocat dépasse nécessairement la fourniture de simples prestations techniques.

En éclairant les champs des possibles juridiques, l’avocat contribue en effet à enrichir la conscience du lien entre le client, son entourage, ses partenaires, ses adversaires, la société etc…ce qui permet de mieux identifier les directions à prendre, les choix à opérer, et l’ensemble de leurs conséquences.

Fort de mon expérience acquise grâce à mes clients, j’ai développé une approche des problématiques par la recherche de sens qui favorise la prise des meilleures décisions.

 J’interviens tant en conseil qu’en contentieux, dans une démarche d’accompagnement global visant en premier lieu à replacer la problématique amenée par les clients qui me consultent dans leur environnement personnel, familial, économique ou social.

Cette première étape permet de vérifier ensemble les objectifs attendus ou imaginés, de discerner ceux susceptibles d’être les plus élevés pour les clients et leur environnement relationnel, ainsi que les moyens les plus efficaces d’y parvenir.

Ceci permet le plus souvent de diminuer la charge émotionnelle par une meilleure compréhension de la situation et de son contexte juridique ou judiciaire et d’identifier de nouvelles opportunités ou de nouvelles occasions de rebondir.

Au gré du déroulement de l’affaire, il n’est pas rare en effet de pouvoir dessiner de nouvelles perspectives de reconstruction du lien par la négociation et le dialogue, ou d’envisager de nouvelles voies de co-construction de projets, de nouveaux partenariats, plus riches et plus efficaces.

En effet, loin d’être réduit à un simple prestataire technique, l’avocat apporte à ses clients une expertise unique qu’il tire en creux de sa connaissance précieuse des ressorts fonctionnels, techniques et émotionnels des conflits.

Fort de cette expertise, l’avocat peut utilement contribuer à les prévenir en les anticipant, ou en dénouer les intrications parfois subtiles qui peuvent en constituer le moteur invisible.

Ma valeur ajoutée

A rebours des logiques dominantes de spécialisation technique, je cherche au contraire à relier, associer, croiser des données, des informations, des situations perçues comme sans rapport les unes aux autres.

Je vais m’intéresser aux liens entre mon client et le monde.

Cette approche s’impose de plus en plus dans un monde en mouvement et sujet à de profonds changements dans les rapports économiques et sociaux, mais aussi de valeurs, qui font émerger des objectifs personnels, collectifs et communs nouveaux.

Portée dans la sphère du droit, elle permet d’élargir l’horizon de l’environnement juridique de la personne, de l’entité économique, associative ou publique qui me consulte.

En mobilisant des règles de droit en apparence étrangères à la situation, il est possible en contentieux de surprendre l’adversaire et d’ouvrir de nouveaux rapprochements, ou de permettre au juge de rendre des décisions plus créatrices.

En conseil, ce travail favorise la construction d’un environnement juridique plus résilient.

Décloisonner les raisonnements pour innover, envisager des stratégies globales fondées sur une vision d’ensemble favorise l’élaboration d’une réponse plus efficace comprenant la résolution de la problématique et la prévention de sa survenance ultérieure.

Le premier rendez vous

Je prends le temps qu’il faut lors du premier rendez-vous pour rencontrer la personne qui me sollicite.

Ce premier rendez-vous qui peut durer plus d’une heure est essentiel et a d’abord pour but de vérifier si l’intervention d’un avocat s’impose.

Pour un certain nombre de sollicitations en effet, le plus souvent de nature technique ou informationnelle, l’intervention d’un avocat ne se justifie pas forcément.

Personnellement je prends aussi beaucoup de plaisir à donner à mes clients les moyens de gagner en autonomie et partager avec eux la satisfaction qu’ils en retirent.

Dans mon expérience, le traitement de l’affaire que les clients apportent à l’avocat ne peut être isolé du reste de leur trajectoire de vie. Les clients sont parfois surpris que notre discussion se déporte en apparence sur d’autres aspects de leur histoire, mais comprennent rapidement l’intérêt d’une approche plus globale de la personne dans une logique de recherche de sens qui favorise l’émergence des choix stratégiques les plus pertinents à poser.

L’objectif est aussi de décrypter tous les aspects de l’environnement juridique de la situation pour mieux identifier les choix possibles et leurs conséquences, ainsi que les leviers d’action pour parvenir aux objectifs.

Il n’est pas rare que l’orientation choisie à l’issue de ce premier rendez-vous soit très différente de la demande initiale du client.

Le suivi de votre dossier

Le mode de communication de premier niveau est le mail, à partir d’une solution Exchange sécurisée mise en œuvre sur des serveurs dédiés situés en Europe.

Il est toujours possible, au gré du développement de l’affaire, de fixer des rendez vous de mise au point physiques au cabinet, téléphonique ou en visio.

Mon fonctionnement n’est pas calé sur les temps ordinaires travail-semaine/repos-week end.

Cette organisation permet à la fois une plus grande disponibilité aux clients, et une plus grande souplesse d’organisation quotidienne pour moi-même et ma famille.

Une organisation pour demeurer au plus proche des clients.

J’ai structuré mon cabinet pour me donner la liberté de limiter le nombre de dossiers en cours, favoriser son accessibilité au plus grand nombre, contribuer à des actions d’intérêt général.

Je ne poursuis aucun objectif de croissance économique et je privilégie le lien client.

Mon premier objectif est de demeurer au plus proche de mes clients et pleinement disponible pour les accompagner.

Cette proximité me donne l’opportunité d’être à la fois l’avocat du quartier en toute confidentialité, et celui de groupes internationaux.

La structuration originale de mon cabinet me permet aussi de m’engager gracieusement sur certains dossiers qui présentent un intérêt social, collectif ou civilisationnel.

Il s’agit enfin de veiller à limiter l’impact environnemental du fonctionnement de mon cabinet.

J’ai donc réduit depuis longtemps la plupart des charges de fonctionnement de mon cabinet pour gagner en souplesse et en accessibilité, et je m’appuie sur une dématérialisation très poussée de ma production.

En revanche, je ne lésine pas sur les dépenses de documentation juridique pour offrir à mes clients une analyse juridique pointue, fournie et à jour de l’état du droit présent ou prévisible.

Et dans le domaine de la famille ?

L’intérêt bien compris de l’enfant est primordial, mais dans le contexte contentieux qui occupe ses parents, ces derniers peuvent avoir du mal à le discerner lucidement.

En matière de séparation parentale et particulièrement en présence d’enfants mineurs, je postule que le plus urgent est de bâtir un lien parental nouveau intégrant la situation de séparation, mais fondé sur une nécessaire reconnaissance mutuelle et la restauration urgente d’un minimum de confiance.

D’une part en effet, les enfants ont besoin de retrouver dans les yeux de leurs parents la pleine reconnaissance de qui ils sont, ce qui suppose la pleine reconnaissance mutuelle de leurs ascendants.

D’autre part, les parents qui s’engagent dans une procédure contentieuse quelque soit son objet (droit de visite, pension alimentaire, partage patrimonial) vont y mobiliser une partie importante de leur énergie et entretenir un regard biaisé sur l’autre parent, souvent au détriment de la disponibilité de chacun d’entre eux à leurs enfants.

Concrètement, un contentieux avec recours en appel peut durer le temps d’une scolarité en collège, soit du point de vue de l’enfant, un tiers de sa vie vécue.

Il m’arrive de recevoir des sollicitations dans  ce domaine, mais les conseils que je prodigue, de nature disruptive et centrés sur la recherche d’une reconnaissance mutuelle de la qualité de parents au-delà de la séparation est souvent mal comprise.

Il est donc courant que les personnes qui me sollicitent dans ce domaine ne me confient pas leur dossier.

Pourtant, les quelques fois où les clients adhèrent à mes propositions, nous parvenons le plus souvent à bâtir des solutions rapides et efficaces et à matérialiser des résultats pérennes pour un coût mieux maitrisé.

Exemple d’éphéméride – 2018

1. UKRAINE – 1 January 2018: Iryna Nozdrovskaya, found dead in a river near Kiev, after being threatened for seeking justice on behalf of a s killed sister.

2. TURKEY – 2 January 2018: Aysel Tueluk, sentenced to one year and six months’ imprisonment in the Kandra court for opposing the law on meetings and demonstrations.

3. TURKEY – 5 January 2018: Metin Yucel, sentenced to 8 years and 9 months imprisonment by the Criminal Chamber of the Bilecik Court.

4. MEXICO CITY – January 8, 2018: Two lawyers riddled with bullets after a hearing in the court of the Northern Prison in Tlalnepantla.

5. TURKEY – 9 January 2018: Mehmet Akif Canpolat, sentenced to six years and three months in prison in Malatya for using ByLock.

6. SOUDAN – 10 January 2018: Osman Hassan Salih, arrested during a peaceful demonstration against the increase in basic necessities.

7. MEXICO CITY – January 10, 2018: José Antonio Muiz Sanchez, shot dead in his office on Guillermo Prieto Street, Salvatierra.

8. THAILAND – January 10, 2018: Anon Nampa, brought before the Police Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) for violating cybercrime laws under the Computer Crimes Act.

9. MEXICO CITY – January 12, 2018: Everardo Romero Rancao, shot dead in his office at 27 Reforma Street in Chalco, Mexico State.

10. TURKEY – 12 January 2018: Ramazan Demir, sentenced 11 months and 20 days in prison in Istanbul for insulting President Erdogan.

11. ARGENTINE – January 14, 2018: Nelson Alberto Spirito shot in the head at his home in Adrogué, Buenos Aires.

12. IRAN – 15 January 2018: Mohammad Najafi, arrested for revealing that his client who died at a police station in Arak had not committed suicide.

13. RUSSIA – 16 January 2018: Sergey Leonov, the former lawyer for Bashkiria senator Igor Izmestyev, sentenced to five years in prison for asking for money to file an appeal with the Supreme Court.

14. TURKEY – 17 January 2018: Osman Yengil, Sedat Alp and Adnan Taakun, sentenced to six years and 10 months in prison, ‘Mer Binali and Ersan Satelmo, sentenced to six years and three months in prison in Antalya.

15. TURKEY – January 17, 2018: Can Tombul, lawyer for the Libertarian Lawyers’ Platform (ezg-ll-kç-Hukukçular Platformu -yesi) and the Law Firm of the Oppressed (Ezilenlerin Hukuk Borosu), arrested in Diyarbakir.

16. SOUDAN – 17 January 2018: Mohamed Abdallah al-Doma, president of the Darfur Bar (DBA) and co-vice-president of the National Umma Party, arrested in Omdurman.

17. INDIA – 18 January 2018: Kanwar Bhan Arya, murdered near Punjabi Mohalla on his way to court.

18. TURKEY – 19 January 2018: Serhat Doan, former president of the Nizam lawyers’ association, sentenced to 9 years’ imprisonment for « membership of an armed terrorist organization ».

19. COTE D’IVOIRE – January 19, 2018: Laeticia Segui, attacked in the night by a village chief in Bingerville.

20. CHINA – January 19, 2018: Yu Wensheng, arrested while accompanying his son to school.

21. RUSSIA – 20 January 2018: Petr Zaikin, lawyer for the head of the Memorial Human Rights Centre in Grozny, who has been the victim of intimidation.

22. COLOMBIA – 22 January 2018: Freddy Gomez Sanclemente, murdered in the El Porvenir district of Quibdo.

23. AZERBA-DJAN – 22 January 2018: Fakhraddin Mehdiyev, suspended for one year by the Presidium of the Azerbaijan Bar, for allegedly leaking the documents of the charge against one of his clients to the media.

24. CHINA – January 23, 2018: Sui Muqing’s lawyer’s license was cancelled by the Guangdong Provincial authorities.

25. AUSTRALIA – January 23, 2018: Ho Ledinh, shot dead while having coffee at the Happy Cup in Sydney.

NIGERIA – 23 January 2018: Chiamaka Nwangwu accuses police of beating her, undressing and detained her at a police station where she was assisting a client in Onitsha.

26. TURKEY – 24 January 2018: Deniz Kurto-lu, one of Gaziantep’s leading lawyers, arrested for sharing a cartoon insulting President Erdogan.

27. BOLIVIA – 24 January 2018: Julio César Herrera, shot three times in the head and 16 stab wounds, in his office in Santa Cruz.

28. TURKEY – 25 January 2018: Serkan Ulufer, founder of the Adana-based Nizam Lawyers Association, sentenced to 9 years in prison for « membership of an armed terrorist organization ».

29. TURKEY – 26 January 2018: Aydin bar lawyer Yalçon Kayaalt, sentenced to 9 years in prison by the Aydin Criminal Court.

30. RUSSIA – 30 January 2018: Valentin Karelin attacked by three masked unknowns near the « Krylatskoe » metro station in Moscow.

31. TURKEY – 31 January 2018: Bekir Seddok Oelik, O’uz Holat and Hakan Ozbek, sentenced to six years and three months in prison, and Ahmet Kemal Gonc, to eight years and nine months in prison by the Kayseri Criminal Court for « membership of an armed terrorist organization ».

32. SOUDAN – 31 January 2018: Hanan Hassan Khalifa, arrested in Khartoum Bahri at a police/NISS checkpoint while visiting detainees at Kobar prison.

February

33. SOUDAN – February 1, 2018: Saleh Mahmoud Osman, Vice-President of the Darfur Bar and member of the Central Committee of the Sudanese Communist Party, arrested at his office in Khartoum.

34. SOUDAN – 1 February 2018: Mohammed Al-Hafiz, arrested by security forces at a meeting of opposition leaders in the Almanshia neighbourhood of Khartoum.

35. TURKEY – 1 February 2018: Mustafa Babayi-it, former president of the central district of the AKP, sentenced to six years and nine months for membership of an armed terrorist organization, Mikail and Osman Karata, sentenced to six years and three months by the court in Korkkale.

36. VENEZUELA – February 2, 2018: Enrique Aristeguieta Gramcko, one of the founders of Venezuelan democracy abducted from his home in Caracas by security forces.

37. TURKEY – February 2, 2018: Search at the office of Kemal Aytac, host of the weekly « Justice Watch » protests.

38. KENYA – February 2, 2018: Miguna Miguna is arrested and deported to Canada.

39. MEXICO – February 4, 2018: The body of José Jairo Garcia Oliver, missing since 30 January, found dismembered in a ravine in San Francisco Tlaloc, Tlalancaleca.

40. PAKISTAN – February 5, 2018: Murder of Muhammad Idrees, in southern Waziristan

41. CHINA – February 5, 2018: The Beijing Justice Office cancels the license of Cheng Hai’s law firm, claiming that the firm did not submit to the annual assessment on time.

42. PAKISTAN – February 7, 2018: Pervez Akhtar Cheema shot dead in his car on his way to a hearing in Sheikhupura

43. MAROC – February 8, 2018: Abdessadek el Bouchtaoui, Hirak’s lawyer, sentenced to 20 months in prison by the Al Hoceima Magistrates’ Court.

44. TURKEY – 8 February 2018: S-leyman and his wife, Sibel Gorkok, sentenced respectively to 8 years and 9 months and 6 years and 3 months’ imprisonment for « membership of an armed terrorist organization » and 8 years and 9 months in prison.

45. PAKISTAN – February 9, 2018: Rizvam, severely attacked for defending a blasphemy accused.

46. PHILIPPINES – February 13, 2018: Argel Joseph Cabatbat attacked by three gunmen on motorcycles in Quezon City

47. HONDURAS – February 16, 2018: Carlos Ivon Ordoez, shot dead 100 metres from the Armed Forces General Staff of Comayag-ela.

48. PHILIPPINES – February 19, 2018: John Ungab, Kerwin Espinosa’s lawyer, shot dead just yards from the Cebu courthouse.

49. INDIA – February 20, 2018: Upendra Nayak, arrested by Paralakhemundi police.

50. TURKEY – 20 February 2018: Ekrem Horozo-lu, lawyer for Kayseri and the Association of Anatolian Lawyers (closed under the state of emergency), sentenced to three years and four months’ imprisonment by the Kayseri court for « membership of an armed terrorist organization ».

51. PAKISTAN – February 20, 2018: Rana Ishtiaq and Owais Talib, killed during a hearing at the courthouse in Lahore.

52. COSTA RICA – February 21, 2018: Eduardo Enrique Lobo Madrigal, shot dead in front of his wife in Jiménez de Pococ, Limon, a few hours before a trial.

53. AZERBA-DJAN – February 21, 2018: Yalchin Imanov challenges in the Ganja Administrative Court the decision of the presidium of the Azerbaijani Bar Association, which disbarred him from the bar.

54. CHINA – February 26, 2018: Li Boguang’s mysterious death in Nanjing.

55. COLOMBIA – 26 February 2018: Soneyda Figueroa Duarte, lawyer and People’s Advocate of the city of Putumayo, shot dead in her home in Puerto Ass.

56. TURKEY – 27 February 2018: Ali Osman Turgut, member of the Kayseri Bar and the Anatolian Lawyers Association (closed under the state of emergency), sentenced to three years and one month’s imprisonment by the 2nd Criminal Chamber of kayseri Court for « membership of an armed terrorist organisation ».

57. TURKEY – 27 February 2018: The victim of violence in Tekirda prison, S.A. Gokten.

58. COLOMBIA – February 28, 2018: Cesar Augusto Maya Gomez, Cartago’s lawyer, killed in broad daylight on Circunvalar Avenue in Pereira, after an appointment for divorce proceedings.

59. MOLDAVIE – 28 February 2018: Judgement of arrest of the Court of Criuleni against Ion Cretu, one of Veaceslav Plato’s lawyers.

March

60. EGYPT – March 1, 2018: Ezzat Ghoneim, Executive Director of the Egyptian Coordination for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF), and Azzouz Mahgoub, arrested by State Security in Cairo.

61. HONDURAS – March 1, 2018: Saddie Karina Araque Machado, murdered in the San Marton district of Puerto Cortés.

62. MEXICO CITY – March 2, 2018: Luis Alberto Casta-eda Yaez, shot dead while inside a vehicle with another lawyer, Dario Ramarez Salazar, who was injured in Cuernavaca.

63. TURKEY – 3 March 2018: Kemal Uçar, arrested while defending soldiers accused of attempted coup and banned from intervening in cases relating to the coup.

64. TURKEY – 6 March 2018: Fatma ‘eyeem ‘mero-lu, sentenced to two years and six months’ imprisonment for « membership of an armed terrorist organization », in Adana.

65. TUNISIA – 7 March 2018: Najet Laabidi, victim of intimidation and verbal assaults by National Guard officers at Ben Arous police station.

66. SOUDAN – March 8, 2018: Mohamed Abdallah al-Doma, prevented from taking a flight to Cairo for medical treatment.

67. MEXICO CITY – March 9, 2018: Javier Huacuja Domunez, a law professor at the Pan American University, who was assassinated after allegedly trying to resist an attack in the Benito Juarez de México deleacion.

68. ARGENTINE – March 9, 2018: Gustavo de la Fuente, threatened with death by a former Federal Court instructor imprisoned for drug theft.

69. NICARAGUA – 10 March 2018: Harold Contreras Rivera, murdered in Managua

70. SALVADOR – 11 March 2018: Juan José Zelaya Rodriguez, murdered when he closed the door of his house in Usuluton.

71. BRESIL – March 14, 2018: Marcelino Aguiar da Cunha, who was shot three times while talking to a customer outside his home in Manacapuru ,west of Manaus).

72. MEXICO CITY – March 15, 2018: Servando Njera ‘vila, lawyer for social conflicts, shot dead in the District of La Virgen, Durango.

73. TURKEY – 16 March 2018: Aysel Tueluk, sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment for « directing a terrorist organization ».

74. MALDIVES – 17 March 2018: Nazim Sattar, arrested for publishing statements by his client implicating President Abdulla Yameen.

75. MEXICO CITY – March 20, 2018: Ramon Arturo Morales Muro, shot dead in the vicinity of the Swap Meet « Carpas Carrousel » in Tijuana.

76. NIGER – 25 March 2018: Lirwana Abdourahmane, lawyer and member of the MPC arrested.

77. KENYA – 26 March 2018: Miguna is re-arrested on arrival at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport with forcible eviction to Dubai 2 days later.

78. CHINA – March 27, 2018: Beijing law firm Xinqiao forced by the authorities to dismiss Zhang Kai.

79. TURKEY – 29 March 2018: Ayse Batumlu, sentenced to five months in prison for « terrorist propaganda ».

80. TURKEY – 29 March 2018: Eren Keskin, sentenced to seven and a half years in prison for publishing articles considered to have « denigrated » the Turkish nation and « insulted » President Erdogan.

81. PAKISTAN – 30 March 2018: Zainullah Khan, a member of the district bar association, shot dead in Swabi.

82. PARAGUAY – 31 March 2018: Hudson Silva Polvora, Brazilian lawyer, shot in the head in the ‘andej’a puente district of Amambay department.

April

83. BRAZIL – April 3, 2018: José Fernando Cabral de Lima, killed by ball in a exchange office of the Ivone Mendes gallery, in the Ponta Verde district of Macei.

84. VIETNAM – 5 April 2018: Nguy -Nguy – NV-Nà i, sentencedto 15 years in prison and 5 years of summons formen »aimed at overthrowing the administration of the people ».

85. SOUTH AFRICA – 5 April 2018: Thamsanqa Wilson Ndwandwe shot dead outside his home in Durban.

86. TURKEY – 9 April 2018: Burcu ‘elik ‘ezkan, lawyer and HDP MP, has his sentence increased to 7 years, 3 months and 10 days in prison for « membership and propaganda in favour of an armed terrorist organization » and « death threats » by the Erzurum Regional Criminal Court.

87. MEXICO CITY – April 10, 2018: Emmanuel Vilchis, shot dead in the Cumbria district of central Cuautitlon Izcalli, Mexico State.

88. HONDURAS – April 10, 2018: Carlos Hernandez, shot dead in his office in Tela.

89. MEXICO CITY – April 10, 2018: Gerardo Romo Muoz, shot in the chest inside his office in Aguascalientes.

90. TURKEY – 11 April 2018: Suna Bilgin, Secretary General of the Dersim branch of the HD, sentenced to six years and three months in prison for « membership of an armed terrorist organization » in Tunceli.

91. CHINA – April 11, 2018: Wang Quanzhang’s wife, Li Wenzu, under house arrest seven days after the start of her protest march towards Tianjin Detention Centre No. 2.

92. MEXICO CITY – April 11, 2018: Omar Tejeda Flores and his wife, shot dead in Iz-car de Matamoros.

93. CAMEROUN – April 13, 2018: Death threats against Elvis Brown Luma Mukuna, lawyer for OFFGO, a farmers’ organization in favour of organic farming and against land grabbing, in Mbengwi.

94. INDE-16 April 2018: Deepika Singh Rajawat, placed under police protection after receiving death threats.

95. MEXICO CITY – April 16, 2018: Ricardo Timshel Barlon Gonzalez, executed in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas State

96. CHINA – 19 April 2018: Yu Wensheng, officially arrested for « inciting subversion of state power » and « obstructing public service » after being held incommunicado since his arrest.

97. ARGENTINE – April 21, 2018: Pedro « Pilico » Cortez, the lawyer and former legal adviser Justicilaista Formosao was shot dead on his way to his home in Ingeniero Juarez.

98. PHILIPPINES – 22 April 2018: Henry Joseph Herrera, killed in front of his wife and two children, in an ambush in Atimonan, Quezon

99. AZERBA-DJAN – 23 April 2018: Asabali Mustafayev and Nemet Karimli, suspended for one year by decision of the Presidium of the Azerbaijan Bar.

100. RUSSIA – April 24, 2018: The Moscow Bar Association withdraws Mark Feygin’s lawyer’s license for his comments on social media.

101. CHINA – April 25, 2018: The Beijing Bureau of Justice revokes Li Heping’s lawyer’s license.

102. TURKEY – 25 April 2018: Akon Atalay, Mustafa Kemal Gongur and Benent Utku, Chairman and Board of Directors along with lawyers of the Cumhuriyet Foundation, sentenced to terrorism by the Istanbul court to 7 years and 3 months, 3 years and 9 months and 2 years respectively.

103. TURKEY – 25 April 2018: Fidel Okan, sentenced to 16 months and 20 days in prison for humiliating a civil servant by the Istanbul Criminal Court.

104. TURKEY – 25 April 2018: Necati Co-kun and Brahim Bakar, accused of belonging to the Association of Anatolian Jurists (AHUDER), sentenced to 6 years 3 months and 2 years and 1 month for « membership of an armed terrorist organization », in Kayseri.

105. CHINA – April 26, 2018: Cheng Hai and Lin Qilei, questioned as « witnesses » against their clients by Tianjin police, after being prevented from seeing Wang Quanzhang in prison.

106. BRAZIL – April 26, 2018: Jonatas Fernando Venturini da Silva, murdered by two men on a motorcycle as he leaves his home in Atibaia, Sao Paulo.

107. QATAR – 28 April 2018: Najib al-Nuaimi, subject to a travel ban.

108. INDE-28 April 2018: Kirit Joshi, stabbed to death by two men outside his office atTown Hall Road in Jamnagar.

109. USA – April 29, 2018: Allegra Love, forced to leave her home in Santa Fe, after death threats related to her work for immigrants.

110. MEXICO – April 30, 2018: Edgar Neptal-Bustamante Padilla, shot dead in Miahuatlon by Porfirio Daaz.

111. INDIA – April 30, 2018: Ashish Kumar Dubey, lawyer in Garhwa, who was attacked by police officers protecting him.

May

112. MEXICO CITY – May 1, 2018: José Antonio Vergara Hernandez, murdered in Bosques de Manzanilla.

113. EGYPT – 2 May 2018: The Cairo Criminal Court renews Ibrahim Metwally’s detention for 45 days during the investigation.

114. BRAZIL – May 4, 2018: Armando de Oliveira Freitas, shot dead in his law firm in Manaus.

115. TURKEY – 4 May 2018: Mehmet Cemal Acar, former Siirt bar staff member, sentenced to 8 years 1 month and 15 days for « membership of an armed terrorist organization » in Siirt.

116. PHILIPPINES – 4 May 2018: Ramy Tagnong, a lawyer serving as head of the Calabarzon Police Legal Affairs Office, killed in Antipolo City.

117. CONGO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC – 8 May 2018: Evariste Kalala Kwete, abducted in Kinshasa.

118. MEXICO CITY – May 8, 2018: Oscar Manuel Rocha Rivera, found dead inside a suitcase in the streets of Colonia Francisco Zarco in Durango.

119. TURKEY – 9 May 2018: Sibel Sevinç Deveci, arrested in Istanbul for feT propaganda on his Twitter account.

120. TURKEY – 9 May 2018: Muhammed ‘kbal’, Emre Karci, Muammer Goler and ‘Zcan Aksoy, sentenced to 7 years and 6 months’ imprisonment, Yusuf Yulmaz, M’dayi Kaplan, H-dayi Kayhan and Mustafa Maskan to 6 years and 3 months in prison in Denizli.

121. BRESIL – 10 May 2018: Rivelino Zarpellon, victim of harassment and threats.

122. INDE – May 10, 2018: Rajesh Kumar Srivastava, shot dead in Allahabad.

123. KAZAKHSTAN: 11 May 2018: Requests to be delisted from the Ministry of Justice against Valeriy and Raissa Yakubenko, a barrister from Aktyuk, Vladimir Zolotov, Pavlodar’s staff member, and Sergey Sizintsev, director of the National Bar Association.

124. MEXICO CITY – May 12, 2018: Jorge Ivon Leyva Loya, murdered in the city of Samalayuca.

125. INDE/KASHMIR – 12 May 2018: Arrest of Shabir Ahmad Bukhari by Jammu and Kashmir State Police.

126. ARABIE SAOUDITE – 15 May 2018: Ibrahim al-Modeimigh, arrested at the same time as his client, a women’s right activist.

127. CHINA – 16 May 2018: Xie Yanyi, victim of violence by the police during his appearance in the procedure to revoke his licence.

128. PANAMA – May 16, 2018: Leida Montero Ruedas, murdered at her home in the San Mateo neighborhood of San José de David, Chiriqui province.

129. VENEZUELA – May 16, 2018: Orlando Gonzalez and Oscar Rios of Foro Penal, arrested in Chira.

130. TURKEY – 16 May 2018: Fevzi Cem ‘enocak,sentenced to 10 years and 6 months, Yusuf Zotluo-lu at 7 years and 6 months, Mustafa Kemal Açoc, Zekeriya Albayrak, Serdar Kutlu, Nee Yeld-zo-lu and Fatma at 6 years and 3 months, Serdar ‘enocak, Kemal Yeldz, Serdar Baskon, Elmas Aatar, Dilek Kot-kç and Recep Bae at 1 year 6 months and 22 days by the Tribunal Correction of Samun.

131. SOUDAN – 16 May 2018: Adil Mohamed Al-Imam, the lawyer for a teenage girl who killed her rapist who was intimidated by the security services.

132. HONDURAS – May 17, 2018: Joshua Isaac Rodroguez Hernandez, shot dead in a mechanics workshop in Monterrey.

133. INDIA – 17 May 2018: Sangeeta Sharma and Vinod Tyagi, detained and beaten at Ghaziabad police station.

134. EGYPT – May 17, 2018: Haitham Mohamedain, abducted from his home on the night of Thursday to Friday, for belonging to an illegal group.

135. MOLDAVIE – May 18, 2018: Vitalie Taulean, physically assaulted by two police officers, who hit her head against the ground and took her to the Chisinau prosecutor’s office for questioning.

136. VENEZUELA – May 19, 2018: Jairo Finol, murdered in the area of La Retirada, Zulia State, two kilometres from the Bolivarian University of Venezuela (UBV).

137. TURKEY – 22 May 2018: Cengiz Ayyildiz, a staff member of the Balkesir Bar, sentenced to 6 years and 3 months’ imprisonment in Balkesir for « membership of an armed terrorist organisation ».

138. PHILIPPINES – May 22, 2018 – Geronimo S. Marabe Jr., a former prosecutor in the city of Ozamiz who became a private lawyer, was shot dead while in his car in Ozamiz.

139. MEXICO CITY – May 22, 2018: Victor Guerrero Terrazas Olivas, « kidnapped » with his 15-year-old son, and found dead in a parral-Chihuahua road while the teenager was released.

140. TCHAD – 22 May 2018: Doumra Manassé, a lawyer in Doba, who was shot by gendarmes on his car while carrying three relaxed clients.

141. PARAGUAY – 22 May 2018: Lucilo Nicols Cardozo Salina, abducted and then shot, cremated and buried in Yaguaron.

142. NICARAGUA – 23 May 2018: Violence against Erick Rivera Calderon by government paramilitary forces.

143. IRAK – 26 May 2018: Three lawyers defending Members of Isis in the Nineveh Criminal Court arrested in Qayyarah, south of Mosul, on terrorism charges and charged with involvement in the Islamic State

144. MEXICO CITY – May 27, 2018: Miguel Angel Cerpas Torres, shot dead on the Apatzingon-Buenavista road.

145. TURKEY – 28 May 2018: MD sentenced to seven years and six months’ imprisonment for « membership of an armed terrorist organization » reduced to 1 year 6 months 22 days, under the provisions of effective repentance by the Adana Court.

146. INDIA – May 28, 2018: The residence of the President of the Shahdara Bar Association, Pramod Nagar, in Bhajanpura, northeast of Delhi, attacked by several dozen people with weapons, including pistols and lathis.

147. AZERBA-DJAN – 29 May 2018: Samad Rahimli, Azerbaijani lawyer and human rights defender, refused by the admission committee of the Presidium of Azerbaijan Lawyers.

148. TURKEY – 29 May 2018: A sentenced to seven years and six months’ imprisonment for « membership of an armed terrorist organization » reduced to 1 year 6 months 22 days by the 11th criminal section of the Adana Court under the provisions of effective repentance.

149. TURKEY – 29 May 2018: Erol Altuntas, former member of the bolu Bar Association Council, sentenced to 8 years and 9 months in prison by the Bolu court.

150. LETTON – May 30, 2018: Martins Bunkus, shot dead at the wheel of his car in the suburbs of Riga.

151. CHINA – May 31, 2018: Yu Wensheng’s wife, Xu Yan, followed from her apartment by police officers who had prevented her from leaving in a taxi, telling the drivers not to take her.

152. PAKISTAN – 31 May 2018: Sanam Umrani shot dead at his home in Jacobabad district.

153. HONDURAS – 31 May 2018: Jorge Alberto Topete Vasquez, shot dead while leaving Ilama prison, Santa Barbara, carrying three alleged gang members released on parole.

June

154. AZERBA-DJAN – 4 June 2018: Emin Aslan, forced into a vehicle of the Ministry of the Interior’s organised crime unit and sentenced to 30 days’ detention.

155. INDIA – June 4, 2018: the father of Sampathkumar, a lawyer in Pulianthope who was providing information to the police against a gang, shot dead in Chennai.

156. PANAMA – June 5, 2018: Miguel Guevara Ruiz, murdered with a machete on a farm in the Potrero Grande sector, El Coco, La Chorrera.

157. HONDURAS – June 5, 2018: Norma Sarao Romero Zeydel, shot dead on her way to work with family members.

158. INDIA – June 6, 2018: Surendra Gadling, arrested at his home in Bheem Chowk, north of Nagpur.

159. PAKISTAN – 6 June 2018: Zamin Khan Kakar, abducted and found dead in the Ziarat Cross area of Quetta, Balochistan.

160. CHINA – June 6, 2018: Wen Donghai’s lawyer’s license revoked by hunan’s Justice Bureau

161. VIETNAM – June 7, 2018: Nguy-n V- n-ed,released and expelled from the country. 

162. INDIA – June 10, 2018: Ravi Prasad Tewari shot dead while intervening in a real estate dispute in Mukundpur in southern Uttar Pradesh state.

163. AZERBA-DJAN – June 11, 2018: Irada Javadova, disbarred by the Presidium of the Bar Association.

164. IRAN – 13 June 2018: Nasrin Sotoudeh, arrested and taken to Evin prison to serve a prison sentence to which she was reportedly sentenced in her absence.

165. BRAZIL – June 13, 2018: Nilson Aparecido Carreira Mônico, shot dead in his office in Presidente Venceslau, west of Sao Paulo.

166. IRAN – 19 June 2018: Zeinab Taheri, arrested and brought before the Court of Culture and Media for « spreading propaganda against the regime », « publishing lies » and « disturbing public order », after defending a client executed the day before and announcing that he had evidence that he was innocent.

167. BRAZIL – June 20, 2018: Kléber Martins de Ara-jo, shot dead in his office in Campos do Jordo (SP).

168. USA – June 20, 2018: Antonio B. Mari, shot dead in his office in Cartersville, Georgia, by his client’s opponent.

169. INDIA – June 20, 2018: S. Vanchinathan and K. Hariragavan, arrested by Chennai police for defending protesters fighting the extension of a copper smelter.

170. PHILIPPINES – June 21, 2018: Joey Galit, shot dead in his car with his security guard in Cainta, Rizal province.

171. RUSSIA – 22 June 2018: Viktor Fedorchenko, sentenced to four years in prison for asking for money to file an appeal to the Supreme Court.

172. MALAISIA – June 24, 2018: Siti Kassim arrested.

173. HONDURAS – June 25, 2018: Daniel Torres Herrera, shot three times while parking his vehicle outside his office in Tegucigalpa.

174. INDIA – June 25, 2018: Bachan Lal Soni shot dead by an opponent of one of his clients on his way to court.

175. BRASIL – June 27, 2018: Silvia da Silva Carvalho, kidnapped with her secretary, and murdered in Feira de Santana,

176. THAILAND – June 27, 2018: Prawet Prapanukul, lawyer and political activist sentenced to 16 months in prison.

177. AUSTRALIA – June 28, 2018: Bernard Collaery, charged with violating the Intelligence Act in a brief written in defence of a client.

July

178. SOUDAN – 1 July 2018: Mohamed Abdallah al-Doma and three other lawyers, Gibril Hamid Hassabu, Rehab Assadiq Sharif and Rashida Al Ansari, are re-arrested.

179. PHILIPPINES – 2 July 2018: Salvador Solima and his wife shot dead in their home in Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu.

180. MEXICO CITY – July 3, 2018: Joaquin Morales Sanchez, former president of the Institute of Transparency and Access to Information of the State of Guerrero, murdered at his home in Tlapa de Comonfort.

181. TURKEY – July 4, 2018: Hanifi Baro, arrested for his social media posts.

182. INDIA – 4 July 2018: Sudha Bhardwaj, a lawyer with the Chattisgarh High Court, victim of a campaign of false information and defamatory accusations by the media.

171. RUSSIA – 22 June 2018: Viktor Fedorchenko, sentenced to four years in prison for asking for money to file an appeal to the Supreme Court.

172. MALAISIA – June 24, 2018: Siti Kassim arrested.

173. HONDURAS – June 25, 2018: Daniel Torres Herrera, shot three times while parking his vehicle outside his office in Tegucigalpa.

174. INDIA – June 25, 2018: Bachan Lal Soni shot dead by an opponent of one of his clients on his way to court.

175. BRAZIL – June 27, 2018: Silvia da Silva Carvalho, kidnapped with her secretary, and murdered in Feira de Santana,

176. THAILAND – June 27, 2018: Prawet Prapanukul, lawyer and political activist sentenced to 16 months in prison.

177. AUSTRALIA – June 28, 2018: Bernard Collaery, charged with violating the Intelligence Act in a brief written in defence of a client.

July

178. SOUDAN – 1 July 2018: Mohamed Abdallah al-Doma and three other lawyers, Gibril Hamid Hassabu, Rehab Assadiq Sharif and Rashida Al Ansari, are re-arrested.

179. PHILIPPINES – 2 July 2018: Salvador Solima and his wife shot dead in their home in Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu.

180. MEXICO CITY – July 3, 2018: Joaquin Morales Sanchez, former president of the Institute of Transparency and Access to Information of the State of Guerrero, murdered at his home in Tlapa de Comonfort.

181. TURKEY – July 4, 2018: Hanifi Baro, arrested for his social media posts.

182. INDIA – 4 July 2018: Sudha Bhardwaj, a lawyer with the Chattisgarh High Court, victim of a campaign of false information and defamatory accusations by the media.

183. COLOMBIA – 4 July 2018: Luis Fernando Medina Mendoza, shot dead in Villavicencio a few days after being threatened by a client.

184. IRAN – July 6, 2018: Hossein Ahmadiniaz, summoned to appear before the Revolutionary Court in Sanandaj, capital of Kurdistan Province, after signing an open letter with 154 other lawyers criticizing the judicial system.

185. IRAN – July 8, 2018: Arrest of Mostafa Daneshjou, who defends members of Iran’s persecuted Gonabadi dervish minority.

186. BRASIL – July 10, 2018: Francisco Erivaldo Rodrigues, shot dead by three men in his office in Caucaia.

187. USA – July 10, 2018: Steven Donziger, suspended after having oil giant Chevron Corp convicted of pollution in the Amazon rainforest.

188. HONDURAS – July 12, 2018: Rafael Humberto Gonzalez, shot dead in the colonia of The Hebitat.

189. BRAZIL – July 12, 2018: André Ambrosio Ribeiro da Silva, murdered in front of his daughter in Caruaru, Pernambuco state.

190. MEXICO 14 July 2018: Ervey Gutiérrez Ochoa, shot dead in Ciudad Obregon, Sonora.

191. MEXICO CITY – July 15, 2018: Salvador Renter-a Renteria, shot dead by the community police of the United Front for Security and Development of the State of Guerrero (FUSDEG) in Tierra Colorada.

192. TURKEY – 17 July 2018: Ali Aksoy, sentenced to 19 years and nine months’ imprisonment for belonging to an armed terrorist organization, insulting the President of the Republic, threats and insults against the prosecutor by the Izmir court.

193. BRAZIL – July 17, 2018: Sérgio Beze Prates, shot dead while driving in his car with a customer in the Sào Judas Tadeu district of Goiânia.

194. BRAZIL – July 17, 2018: Renato Jorge Rocha Rezerra Fini, found with his hands tied, with traces of gunfire in Caucaia.

195. PEROU – July 18, 2018: Ernesto Castro Rios, shot dead outside the door of his home in Huaral.

196. TURKEY – 20 July 2018: Elif Hendekçij sentenced to 7 years and 11 months in prison for « membership of an armed terrorist organization » for using ByLock.

197. BRAZIL – July 21, 2018: Emerson Vieira shot dead in front of his 8- and 12-year-old daughters in Vila Velha.

198. KAZAKHSTAN – 24 July 2018: Investigation by the Prosecutor General’s Office against Bauyrzhan Azanov for spreading false information about alleged corruption in the judicial system.

199. IRAN – 26 July 2018: Mostafa Tork Hamadani, brought before the Culture and Media Court for criticising the ban on lawyers defending environmentalists arrested by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

200. IRAN – 27 July 2018: Mohammad Najafi, sentenced to 3 years in prison and 74 lashes by the second chamber of the criminal court in Arak, Markazi province, for « disturbing public order with slogans » and « publishing false information to disrupt public opinion ».

201. KENYA – July 27, 2018: Stephen Kariuki Mburu, drugged and then poisoned in Nairobi.

202. INDIA – 27 July 2018: Ajit Nayak, environmental activist turned lawyer in Dandeli, killed on his way back to Uttara Kannada in Karnataka

203. SERBIE – 28 July 2018: Dragoslav Ognjanovic, the lawyer who defended Serbian warlord Slobodan Milosevic, murdered outside his home in Belgrade.

204. MEXICO CITY – July 30, 2018: Adrion José Chavarràa Castillo, a lawyer for the Tlohuac cartel and close to the organization’s leader, Felipe de Jess Pérez Luna, « El Ojos » shot dead in the La Turba settlement.

205. INDE/KASHMIR – 31 July 2018: Talib Hussain, the main witness in the rape case followed by murder of a girl from the nomadic Bakerwal community in Kathua, arrested in Tral.

206. TURKEY – 31 July 2018: Can Tombul, lawyer for the Law Firm of the Oppressed (Ezilenlerin Hukuk Borosu), arrested in Istanbul.

August

207. COLOMBIA – 1 August 2018: Death threats against Abelardo de la Espriella, linked to his criticism of the Special Justice for The Peace (JEP) created as part of the negotiations between the government and the FARC.

208. COLOMBIA – 3 August 2018: Death threats against Ivon Cancino, after his criticism of the Peace Agreement.

209. HONDURAS – August 7, 2018: Rubén Darao Mateo Galon, lawyer and sports executive, former chairman of the disciplinary committee of the Football Federation, shot dead in his office in San Pedro Sula.

210. TURKEY – 8 August 2018: Mustafa Ezber, sentenced to 8 years and 9 months’ imprisonment in Balkesir for « membership of an armed terrorist organization ».

211. CHINA – August 9, 2018: The Beijing Justice Bureau has decided to revoke Cheng Hai’s lawyer’s license.

212. MEXICO CITY – August 12, 2018: Oscar Carrasco Coronel, shot dead in La Joya.

213. PAKISTAN – 13 August 2018: Yasir Zikyria shot dead by unknown assailants in Dera Ismail Khan.

214. BRAZIL – August 13, 2018: Joacir Montagna, shot dead in his own office in downtown Guaraciaba, west of Santa Catarina.

215. BRAZIL – August 14, 2018: Carlos Roberto Binelli, former president of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB), in Esperito Santo do Pinhal, killed inside his home.

216. TURKEY – 14 August 2018: Burak Keskin, sentenced to six years and 15 days’ imprisonment by the second criminal section of the Zonguldak Court.

217. NICARAGUA – August 14, 2018: Threats against Amy Garcia Curtis, lawyer for the suspects prosecuted for the murder of journalist Angel Eduardo Gahona Lopez.

218. USA – August 15, 2018: Tracy Edward Page, lawyer for Thiros and Thiros in Merrillville, shot and killed in her Hobart, Indiana home.

219. PHILIPPINES – 16 August 2018: Jan Vincent Soliven, Lenie Rocel Rocha and Romulo Bernard Alarkon, of Desierto and Desierto, arrested while attending a search of a client’s home in Manila.

220. KAZAKHSTAN – 17 August 2018: Vadim Kuramshin, paroled from a penal colony in Oskemen, a town in northeastern Kazakhstan, after serving more than six and a half years in prison.

221. IRAN – 18 August 2018: Arash Keykhosravi, Ghassem Sholeh-Sadi and Masoud Javadieh, arrested by security forces during a peaceful demonstration in favour of a free, fair and transparent vote.

222. ZIMBABWE – 20 August 2018: Unite Saize, severely beaten, accompanying a senior MDC Alliance official who was trying to take refuge in Zambia.

223. PHILIPPINES – 23 August 2018: Rafael Atotubo shot dead outside his house in Bacolod.

224. TADJIKISTAN – 24 August 2018: Shukhrat Kudratov, released after spending nearly four years behind bars for defending an opposition politician.

225. INDIA – 28 August 2018: Arun Ferreira, arrested in Mumbai and accused of being part of the « urban naxals ».

226. INDIA – 28 August 2018: Debi Prasanna Pattnaik, assaulted and beaten by police officers in Shastri Nagar, Nuabazar district of Cuttack.

227. NICARAGUA – 29 August 2018: Threats against Nelson Cortez and Boanerges Fornos, lawyers for the suspects prosecuted for the murder of journalist Angel Eduardo Gahona Lopez.

228. IRAN – 31 August 2018: Payam Derafshan and Farokh Forouzan, arrested while at the home of another recently imprisoned lawyer, Arash Keykhosravi, in Karaj.

September

229. IRAN – 1 September 2018: Hoda Amid, a human rights activist and women’s rights activist, arrested following the arrests of Payam Derafshan and Farokh Forouzan.

230. EGYPT – September 4, 2018: Ezzat Ghoneim and Azzouz Mahgoub, released on parole, without being released.

231. AZERBA-DJAN – September 5, 2018: New disciplinary proceedings against Elchin Sadigov, prevented from defending his client by the Attorney General and brought before the presidium of the bar.

232. TURKEY – 7 September 2018: Selahattin Demirta, sentenced to four years and eight months’ imprisonment for speeches given during a Kurdish New Year’s celebration (Newroz) during the 2013 peace process.

233. ARGENTINE – September 8, 2018: Andres Lamboy, riddled with bullets in Rosario, as he left his children at school.

234. RUSSIA – 9 September 2018: Mikhail Benyash, arrested, beaten and taken into police custody after meeting a client who had taken part in a peaceful demonstration in Krasnodar charged with rebellion.

235. BRESIL – 10 September 2018: Valeria Lucia dos Santos, handcuffed at a hearing in the state of Rio de Janeiro.

236. MEXICO CITY – September 10, 2018: Iracema Yasmon D’az Gutiérrez, shot dead in the Colonia Benito Juarez.

237. NIGERIA – 12 September 2018: Olukoya Ogungbeje, arrested and taken by police officers outside the Federal High Court in Lagos.

238. INDIA – 12 September 2018: Ashutosh Shrotiya, shot near New Agra police station.

239. ARGENTINE – 13 September 2018: Alizia Beatriz Arzadum, murdered on her way to a hearing in Santa Fe.

240. INDE – September 13, 2018: Subhrakant Satpathy, beaten by police at Baleswar station.

241. TURKEY – 14 September 2018: The 37th Criminal Chamber of the Istanbul Court orders the conditional release of Barkin Timitk, Ebru Timtik, Yilmaz, Behiç Asçi, Skriye Erden, Selcuk Kozagacli, Engin Gokoglu, Aytac ‘nsal, S-leyman Gokten, Aycan ‘Içek, Naciye Demir, Ezgi ‘kir, Yaprak Turkmen, Aysegel Aagaagatay,Yagmur Ereren and Didem Baydar ‘nsal, Zehra ‘zdemir’ and Ahmet Mandaci.

242. TURKEY – 15 September 2018: The 37th Criminal Chamber of the Istanbul Court decides after appeal by the Prosecutor’s Office, remanding 12 of the 17 lawyers released because of the prosecutor’s appeal: Selçuk Koza-açl. Lawyers Behic Asci, Ahmet Mandaci, Aytaç ‘nsal, Aycan ‘Içek’ and Engin Goko-lu were brought to the detention cell of the Istanbul courthouse.

243. SOUTH AFRICA – 16 September 2018: Mongezi Gqoboka, found dead with three bullets to the head and neck in his car in Dundee.

244. TURKEY – 17 September 2018: Court orders detention of Selçuk Koza-açl.

245. VENEZUELA – September 19, 2018: Mario Sanchez, shot dead and Mario Meleon wounded, during an attack, in Cabimas.

246. EGYPT – September 19, 2018: Khaled Ali, sentenced on appeal to three months in prison suspended.

247. MALDIVES – 20 September 2018: Moosa Siraj, arrested after publishing statements by his client implicating President Abdulla Yameen.

248. CHINA – 20 September 2018: Sun Shihua, victim of ill-treatment at a Guangzhou police station, where she was defending a client.

249. PORTO RICO – September 21, 2018: Carlos Cotto Cartagena, witness to the murder of businessman Adam Anhang, found dead in Miramar, San Juan.

250. SYRIA – 22 September 2018: Yasser Al-Salim, arrested in Kafr Nabl, Idlib governorate.

251. SOUTH AFRICA – September 23, 2018: arrest of Richard Spoor, the lawyer defending the Xolobeni community against a mining project.

252. PHILIPPINES – 24 September 2018: Connie del Rio Villamor, shot dead in Davao del Norte, Tagum City.

253. COLOMBIA – 24 September 2018: Jaime Guapi Riascos shot dead in Quintas de Salomia, north of Cali.

254. TURKEY – 25 September 2018: Shotgun attack and hate graffiti attack on the office of Heval Yildz Karasu in Eskisehir.

255. INDIA – 26 September 2018: Sudha Bharadwaj, a lawyer and civil rights activist in Chattisgarh placed under house arrest at her home in Badarpur, Haryana State.

256. PHILIPPINES – 26 September 2018: Wilmer Donasco, victim of a shooting attack outside the Davao City courthouse.

257. HONDURAS – September 27, 2018: Louis Rivera Valladares, shot dead at a law firm in El Progreso, Yoro.

258. PHILIPPINES – 28 September 2018: Edel Julio Romero, shot dead in Iloilo.

259. BIRMANIA/MYANMAR – 28 September 2018: Khin Khin Kyaw, sentenced to six months in prison by the Minhla court, for disturbing a courtroom during his argument on behalf of imprisoned students.

260. PHILIPPINES – September 29, 2018: Jason Bader Perera, shot outside his office in Laoag City.

261. ZAMBIE – 29 September 2018: Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba, turned away at Lusaka airport where a lecture on Sino-African relations was to be given.

262. ISRAEL/PALESTINE – 30 September 2018: Salah Hamouri, a French-Palestinian lawyer, released from prison after more than a year in administrative detention.

October

263. MEXICO CITY – October 1, 2018: Rubén N…., shot dead in the streets of San Pablito Chiconcuac while he was with a customer.

264. THAILAND – October 2, 2018: New lawsuits for « insulting the court before the Bangkok military court against Anon Nampa, who works for Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR).

265. MEXICO CITY – 2 October 2018: Claudia Ivet, victim of death threats accompanied by a deposit of human remains, in front of her office in Yautepec.

266. NICARAGUA – October 2, 2018: Julio Montenegro, publicly denigrated at the hearing by the president of the Managua Criminal Court of First Instance, and threatened with a complaint to the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ).

267. KAZAKHSTAN- October 2, 2018: Sergey Sizintsev, executive director of the National Order of Lawyers, removed from office following the resignation of the President of the National Order, at odds with the ministry over the reform of the powers of the bars in relation to judicial assistance.

268. HAITI – October 4, 2018: Jerry Pétiote and Réginald Févry, assaulted and humiliated by police officers in Gerald-Bataille, then locked up and beaten at Delmas 33 police station.

269. HAITI – October 4, 2018: Cisrismond Mauril, Junior Cherette and Sylvie Jean Marie, subject of death threats with the start of execution by a CIMO agent.

270. EGYPT – October 4, 2018: Travel ban imposed on Khaled Ali in the 173/2011 case, where he acted only as counsel for the accused.

271. ARGENTINE – 4 October 2018: Antonio Francisco Parrellada, shot dead in Cruz del Cordoba, Cruz del Eje, after acting in rent recovery.

272. TURKEY – 5 October 2018: Omer Kavili, lawyer for the Yorum group arrested for contempt of court, at the hearing where he defended his clients.

273. NICARAGUA – October 7, 2018: Oscar Noel Herrera Blandon, member of the Liberal Constitutionalist Party (PLC) and legal adviser to the commune, shot dead in Wiwil, Jinotega.

274. TURKEY – 8 October 2018: Emin Baran, a member of the Council of the Sanliurfa Bar Association, sentenced to one year and nine months in prison for aiding and abetting terrorism for the detention in his office of a pro-Gelenist newspaper and a pro-Kurdish magazine.

275. TURKEY – 8 October 2018: Afyonkarahisar bar member Y-cel Akdao sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment by the Afyon court for « membership of an armed terrorist organization ».

276. TURKEY – 8 October 2018: Kahraman, sentenced to 1 year, 6 months and 22 days’ imprisonment, was released at the sentencing.

277. HAITI: October 9, 2018: Elijah Diepst Augustin, slapped by a police officer in the grounds of the Public Prosecutor’s Office during the interrogation of a client.

278. RUSSIA – 10 October 2018: Krasnodar Regional Court upholds the administrative court’s 40-hour sentence of hard labour against Mikhail Benyash.

279. TURKEY – 11 October 2018: Selamet On, sentenced to six years and three months in prison by the Ankara court for « membership of an armed terrorist organisation ».

280. PEROU 13 October 2018: Jenny Nolasco Tomus, shot dead in her car outside her office after receiving eight months of death threats.

281. RUSSIA – 16 October 2018: Vyacheslav Gimadi and Alexander Golovach, two lawyers from the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) arrested by the FSO.

282. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – October 17, 2018: Santos Cedeo Del Rosario, shot dead in La Romana.

283. NIGERIA – October 17, 2018: Luqman Bello, beaten and stripped by police officers while trying to secure his client’s bail.

284. TURKEY – 17 October 2018: 11 convicted in Manisa for « founding and managing an armed terrorist organisation »: Haluk Bedel, Gorhan Onat, Sadettin Yulmaz: 7 years and six months in prison, Ali ‘Zcel, ‘sa Koar, Besim Yucel: 6 years and 10 months, Gokhan ‘elik, Kadir ‘elik, Huseyin Azman, Yalçon Cabar: 6 years and 3 months, Zeynel Balkz, bar staffman of Manisa , 2 years and 1 month.

285. CHINA – 18 October 2018: preliminary hearing in the trial of Li Yuhan who complains of ill-treatment in Shenyang prison.

286. CHINA – 18 October 2018: disciplinary proceedings against Liu Zhengqing, for non-compliance with Mianyang prison regulations, during a visit to a client.

287. COLOMBIA – 19 October 2018: Pedro Amorocho Barragon, shot dead by hitmen in downtown Armenia.

288. EGYPT – October 20, 2018: Arrest warrants issued against Ezzat Ghoneim and Azzouz Mahgoub for « failure to comply with probation conditions ».

289. IRAN – 21 October 2018: Farshid Hakki, lawyer and economist, defender of homeless miners and murdered political opponents.

290. INDIA – 22 October 2018: Dayanand Ratnakar Dhokne, seriously injured on his way home from the Shivajinagar court where he had met a client in Pune.

291. BANGLADESH – 22 October 2018: Mainul Hosein, lawyer and publisher of the opposition-led daily The Daily New Nation, arrested in Dakha for defamation.

292. BRAZIL – October 22, 2018: Nelson José Castro, shot dead in Vigori Geral, in the northern area of Rio de Janeiro.

293. COLOMBIA – 23 October 2018 – Jairo Mosquera, murdered outside the door of his home in Ciudad 2000, southeast of Cali.

294. BRAZIL – October 25, 2018: José Atansio Lemes Neto, former adviser to Jardim, shot dead in Bela Vista.

295. CAMEROUN – 27 October 2018: Michèle Ndoki, Vice-President of the Women of the Movement for the Rebirth of Cameroon (MRC), arrested in Douala.

296. RUSSIA / CRIME – 27 October 2018: Lilya Hemedzhy and Edem Semedlayev, two Crimean tartar lawyers, receive a « warning » from Russian security forces at a Crimean Solidarity meeting in Simferopol.

297. BRAZIL – October 27, 2018: Wellington da Costa Souza shot dead in a bar in Anicuns, in the centre of Gois.

298. IRAN – 28 October 2018: Mohammad Najafi, arrested and taken to Arak prison to serve his sentence: 3 years imprisonment and 74 lashes.

299. INDIA – 28 October 2018: Sudha Bharadwaj, civil rights lawyer in Chattisgarh detained.

300. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – October 30, 2018: Rafael Leonidas Ovalles Santana, lawyer and social activist, shot dead in San Pedro de Macorus.

301. TURKEY – 30 October 2018: Efkan Bolaç, sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for spreading terrorist propaganda for his statement on a television programme broadcast in 2015.

302. SOUTH AFRICA – October 30, 2018: Pete Mihalik, shot dead in Cape Town while dropping off his 9-year-old son at school.

303. MEXICO CITY – 31 October 2018: Mauricio Ochoa Rojas, secretary of the Apatzingon City Council, murdered in Uruapan.

304. MEXICO CITY – October 31, 2018: Jonathan N., killed in the downtown district of Progreso, near Mercado Central, Acapulco.

305. MEXICO CITY – October 31, 2018: Héctor Israel Pérez, executed with 10 bullets on the Forton-Orizaba road.

November

306. EGYPT – 1 November 2018: Huda Abd al-Moneim, former member of the National Human Rights Council (Hukoomi) under President Morsi, and Mohamed Abu Hurayrah, arrested at their home in Nasr City, east of Cairo.

307. BRAZIL – November 3, 2018: Marleni Fantinel Ata’de Reis, murdered with her husband, by an opponent dissatisfied with losing a trial in Perube. south coast of Sao Paulo.

308. PAKISTAN – November 3, 2018: Saif-ul-Mulook, Asia Bibi’s lawyer who became a target after the acquittal of his client, forced to leave Pakistan under the threat of his own colleagues.

309. CAMEROUN – November 6, 2018: Maurice Kamto, former MRC presidential candidate, and Emmanuel Simh, one of the vice-presidents of the MRC detained during the swearing-in of Paul Biya.

310. PHILIPPINES – November 6, 2019: Benjamin Tarug Ramos, founding member of the National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL), shot dead in Kabankalan, Negros Occidental.

311. COLOMBIA – 9 November 2018: Dignoris Pérez Nio, victim of an assassination attempt in Barranquilla.

312. CHINA- November 9, 2018: Liu Xiaoyuan, Zhou Lixin, Wang Yu and her husband, Bao Longjun, threatened with criminal licenses after Fengrui’s license was abolished.

313. PARAGUAY – 12 November 2018: Laura Marcela Casuso, murdered in Pedro Juan Caballero, on the border with Mato Grosso do Sul.

314. OUGANDA – November 16, 2018: Wilbert Muhereza, admitted to hospital after being shot by a security guard in his office in Kampala.

315. NIGÉRIA – 17 November 2018: Adeola Adebayo, secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ikole Ekiti section, kidnapped in Erio, Ekiti state, found dead.

316. SALVADOR – November 20, 2018: Luis Eleno Lazo Hernandez, shot dead at the wheel of his vehicle in Santa Rosa de Lima, Department of La Union.

317. TURKEY – November 20, 2018: Faruk Tosun, sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison in Gazantiep.

318. IRAN – 20 November 2018: Amirsalar Davoudi, arrested by judicial security agents.

319. TURKEY – 20 November 2018: Fatma Saadet Yulmazer and Rabia Fitnat Yulmazer, sentenced to 7 years and 6 months’ imprisonment for « membership of an armed terrorist organization » by the Istanbul Court.

320. CHINA – November 20, 2018: Extension of the ongoing criminal proceedings against Yu Wensheng.

321. MEXICO CITY – November 21, 2018: Francisco Osorio Puga, lawyer for the Oaxaca wind company « Acciona », killed by several gunshots while driving in the isthma of Tehuantepec.

322. FRANCE – November 21, 2018: Frank Berton, disciplinaryly convicted of refusing an official commission of the president of the court whose impartiality he challenged.

323. TURKEY – November 22, 2018: Filiz ‘lmeez, sentenced to 15 months in prison and 9,000 LT fine for filing a complaint against the police officer who beat her in Cizre.

324. RUSSIA – November 26, 2018: Threats against Ramil Akhmetgaliyev.

325. TURKEY – 26 November 2018: Arrest of Emrah Oner in Ankara and many HDP members for « propaganda in favour of an armed terrorist organization ».

326. TURKEY – 26 November 2018: Mehmet ‘K’, Hilmi Sari, Bu’ra Bey-keren, Mustafa Goleç, Mustafa Canbaz, Okan Gokalp, Mustafa Yelbey, Mehmet Sonmez, members of the Bursa Bar, sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison. Ali Hasdemir and Cagatay Aygun at 1 year and 7 months seven months for « membership of an armed terrorist organization ».

327. CAMEROUN – November 27, 2018: Suh Fuh Ben, abducted in Bamenda on his return from the General Assembly of the Cameroonian Bar in Douala.

328. NIGÉRIA – November 30, 2018: Adesina Okeya, beaten to death by a self-defence group, the day after being called to the bar.

329. CHINA – 30 November 2018: Huang Sha, a Guangzhou lawyer defending Guangdong trade union activists, arrested by police.

330. COLOMBIA – November 30, 2018: New threats against Daniel Ernesto Prado Albarracon, the lawyer for the victims of the « The 12 Apostles » group.

December

331. MADAGASCAR – December 1, 2018: Aly Roman Aliarivelo, beaten by three people including an army.

332. HONDURAS – December 3, 2018: Reynaldo Barahona, shot dead in front of the Supreme Court of Justice in Tegucigalpa.

333. MEXICO CITY – December 3, 2018: Horacio Garcia Vallejo, former lawyer for Florence Cassez, shot dead in the Coyoacon area of Mexico City.

334. MEXICO CITY – December 3, 2018: Federico Nava Mundo, shot dead outside the prosecutor’s office, in the Los Angeles district of Chilapa, Guerrero.

335. TURKEY – December 3, 2018: Izmir’s barrister, ezkan Yucel, who was beaten in the middle of a hearing by a gendarme during the resumption of the trial of the Association of Progressive Lawyers (HD).

336. TURKEY – 4 December 2018: Ismail Taetan, a staff member of the regional bar in Gomhane-Bayburt, sentenced to 1 year, 10 months and 15 days’ imprisonment for « membership of an armed terrorist organization » after benefiting from the provisions on « effective repentance ».

337. INDIA – December 5, 2018: Jitendra Kumar Singh, a Lawyer for the Supreme Court of Patna, shot dead near his home in Rajvanshi Nagar (Patna).

338. PHILIPPINES – December 5, 2018: Nasser M. Laban, shot dead on the road to Cotabato City.

339. MEXICO – December 5, 2018: Jonathon Guadalupe Romero Gil, missing on the coast of Miguel Alecon in Acapulco.

340. TURKEY – 5 December 2018: Halil ‘brahim Akka’, the former president of the Association of Anatolian Lawyers (AHUDER), sentenced to 6 years and 3 months’ imprisonment for « membership of an armed terrorist organization ».

341. IRAN – 7 December 2018: Mostafa Daneshju (aka Daneshjoo) sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment: five years for « gathering and colluding against national security », two years for « disturbing public opinion » and one year for « spreading propaganda against the system ».

342. TURKEY – 7 December 2018: Raziye Aktao, sentenced to six years and three months in prison for « membership of an armed terrorist organization », by the Ankara court.

343. RUSSIA/Crimea – 18 December 2018: Emil Kurbedinov sentenced to five days in administrative detention under Russia’s « extremism » law and threatened with disbarment

344. IRAN – 9 December 2018: Arash Keykhosravi and Ghassem Sholeh-Sadi, sentenced to five years in prison for « gathering and colluding » and one year’s imprisonment for « spreading propaganda against the state » by the 15th chamber of the Tehran Revolutionary Court.

345. EGYPT – 10 December 2018: Mohamed Ramadan arrested and detained for a fortnight after posting a photo on his Facebook page showing him wearing a yellow vest.

346. IRAN – 11 December 2018: Mohammad Najafi, sentenced to 13 years in prison for « collaborating with enemy states in interviews » (10 years), « propaganda against the state » (2 years) and « insulting the government » and the supreme leader (1 year) by the first chamber of the Revolutionary Court of Arak.

347. TURKEY – 12 December 2018: Nuri Polat, sentenced to 6 years and 3 months imprisonment for « membership of an armed terrorist organization » by the Istanbul court.

348. RUSSIA – 12 December 2018: Mikhail Benyash, indicted by the Investigation Section of the Western District in Krasnodar for « using violence against a representative of the authority ».

349. VENEZUELA – December 14, 2018: Elion Alejandro Rojas Cabrera, shot dead in Barcelona.

350. IRAN – 15 December 2018: Mohammad Najafi, sentenced to one year in prison by Chamber 102 of the Shazand Criminal Court for « publishing lies in cyberspace using a telephone and a computer with the intention of disturbing public opinion ».

351. KAZAKHSTAN – 16 December 2018: Gulnara Zhuaspaeva, arrested in Almaty.

352. RUSSIA/Crimea – 18 December 2018: The Russian Ministry of Justice asks the Crimean Central Bar to remove Emil Kurbedinov from the list of Crimean lawyers.

353. FRANCE – December 20, 2018: Threats of death and rape against Marjane Ghaem, lawyer at the Mayotte bar.

354. PHILIPPINES – 21 December 2018: Erfe del Castillo, wounded in an ambush in Talisay, Western Negros, while his driver was killed.

355. SOUDAN – 21 December 2018: Samia Argawi of the Alliance of Democratic Lawyers was arrested at the Northern Police Station in Khartoum, where she was assisting student protesters.

356. SOUDAN – 22 December 2018: Wagdi Salih Abdu, National Consensus Forces (NCF), arrested in Khartoum.

357. PHILIPPINES – 22 December 2018: Rodel Batocabe, lawyer in Albay and MP shot dead in Albay.

358. PAKISTAN – 24 December 2018: The secretary general of the local Tank Bar, Syed Azam Kundi, shot dead by assailants at the Imamkhel Bazaar.

359. SOUDAN – 24 December 2018: Osman Hassan Salih is re-arrested for six months in al-Obeid.

360. TURKEY – 24 December 2018: Hasan Gonaydon, a member of the Istanbul Bar and lawyer of the disbanded Zaman Daily, sentenced to 7 years and 6 months’ imprisonment.

361. TURKEY – 24 December 2018: Death threats and intimidation against Erdogan.

362. SOUDAN – 25 December 2018, Mohamed Bagan, arrested and held incommunicado for three months in Eldien, East Darfur.

363. CHINA – December 26, 2018: closed trial for Wang Quanzhang.

364. IRAN – 30 December 2018: Nasrin Sotoudeh, tried in absentia in Tehran before the 28th chamber of the Revolutionary Court presided over by Judge Mohammad Moghiseh.

365. SOUDAN – 31 December 2018: Bakari Gerbil, Alhadi Alfar, Mohamed Qurashi, Hatim Oushi, Mohamed Almustafa, Isamael Hassan and the lawyers, Manal Khogali, Haram Othman, Iqbal Mohamed Ali, Laila Bashar, Huwida Mursal and Muna Altigani, arrested in Khartoum.