By Claudia Blume Hong Kong 13 May 2008 The former president of Pakistan's Supreme Court Bar Association says lawyers will continue to protest until the country's judiciary is restored. Claudia Blume reports from Hong Kong. Muneer Malik says Pakistan'...
By Luis Ramirez Bangkok 17 March 2008 A lawyer for alleged international arms trafficker Viktor Bout says Thai tried to force Bout to go to the United States, following his arrest in Thailand, earlier this month. VOA's Luis Ramirez reports from Bangk...
By Ravi Khanna Washington 06 March 2008 As Pakistan's two main political parties try to form a coalition government, lawyers continue to protest, pressing for the reinstatement of judges ousted by President Pervez Musharraf. Some prominent lawyers in...
By David Gollust State Department 10 December 2007 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice marked International Human Rights Day Monday by honoring a Zimbabwe lawyers group that has defended democracy activists in that country. Rice also met with leaders...
By Jade Heilmann Dakar 10 December 2007 A lawyer involved in the case of the six French charity workers detained in Chad on suspicion of trying to illegally fly 103 children to Europe, has said they will be tried in a criminal court in Chad. Several...
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 29 November 2007 Lawyers in Guinea are on strike, protesting the arrest and rough treatment of a lawyer last month. Lawyers and human rights activists in Guinea say the military and police continue to abuse their position, desp...
By Meredith Buel Washington 14 November 2007 Hundreds of lawyers have marched past the United States Supreme Court in a show of solidarity with attorneys in Pakistan who have been arrested while protesting President Pervez Musharraf's decision to imp...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 12 July 2007 An American lawyer has tapped medical experts in India to help with legal cases in the United States. Mike O'Sullivan reports, it is part of a growing trend in the outsourcing of professional services. Doro...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 07 May 2007 A Nigerian defense lawyer is demanding urgent medical treatment for detained Nigerian separatist leader Mujahid Dokubo-Asari. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports for VOA that Dokubo's deteriorating health could lea...
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 08 June 2006 The lawyer for a Pakistani who disappeared in South Africa says he will bring to court government leaders he says were involved in the abduction, or rendition of his client. The South African government s...