1.0Amnesty Internationalhttps://www.amnesty.org/enrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="PzgL0v8RC4"><a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/11/equatorial-guinea-human-rights-lawyer/">Suspension: the price to pay in Equatorial Guinea for being a human rights lawyer</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/11/equatorial-guinea-human-rights-lawyer/embed/#?secret=PzgL0v8RC4" width="600" height="338" title="“Suspension: the price to pay in Equatorial Guinea for being a human rights lawyer” — Amnesty International" data-secret="PzgL0v8RC4" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1168614075-1024x768.jpg1024768For lawyers, being a member of the national Bar Association is a condition for practicing their profession. In Equatorial Guinea, however, political interference in the Bar Association is endangering access to justice, the rule of law and effective protection of human rights. Over recent months, the institution has been misused to target two human rights […]