25 January 2023
The legal profession marked the Day of the Endangered Lawyer this week, this year focusing on Afghanistan.
Tragic stories have emerged from Afghanistan since the capture of Kabul by the Taliban in 2021.
Law Society president Lubna Shuja said: ‘Many lawyers and judges cannot carry out their profession anymore, nor can any prosecutors or female lawyers. Those who were the beating heart of the previous justice system now find themselves at terrible risk, receiving death threats and having to move around or stay in hiding, without any means to support themselves and their families.’
Read more about the Lawyers at Risk programme here.
