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24 November 2021
Issue: 7958 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , International justice
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Afghan lawyers at risk

Solicitors have urged the government to open a planned resettlement scheme for Afghans at risk, following pleas for help from judges, lawyers and prosecutors in fear for their lives under Taliban rule

Law Society president I Stephanie Boyce said it was ‘unacceptable’ the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme was still not open for applications more than three months after Kabul fell.

‘We have received scores of desperate messages from people who dedicated their lives to building Afghanistan’s justice system and upholding the rule of law and are now in hiding with their families,’ Boyce said.

‘Judges, lawyers, prosecutors and others who worked in the justice system tell us they are receiving death threats from the Taliban and prisoners they helped convict―many of them terrorists―who are now roaming the country seeking revenge on those who brought them to justice.’

The Resettlement Scheme was launched to protect up to 5,000 people at risk in the first year, prioritising those who assisted UK efforts and stood up for values such as the rule of law, as well as vulnerable people.

Issue: 7958 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , International justice
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