“Jessica Finelle told the BBC Mr Ghosn’s “arbitrary detention” violated his right to a fair trial and says a complaint has been filed with the UN.
She said the standard of his treatment did not meet international norms.”
François Zimeray, Matthias Fekl and Jessica Finelle submitted an allegation letter to the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of freedom of expression to decry Alaa al-Aswany’s fate in Egypt.
Lawyer Jessica Finelle told The Associated Press in Paris that the family is “extremely shocked” that Tokyo prosecutors arrested Ghosn for a fourth time Thursday. He denies wrongdoing.Finelle accused Japanese authorities of trying to “shut him up,” because Ghosn was arrested just after he announced plans for a news conference […]
Saudi justice called a new hearing on Sunday in the trial of Saudi dissident religious Salman al-Aoudah, who faces the death penalty “for a tweet” over the crisis with Qatar, according to his French lawyers.
“The conditions of Carlos Ghosn’s imprisonment in Japan illustrate how much the Japanese justice system ignores the presumption of innocence, argues François Zimeray, a lawyer at the Paris Bar and the International Criminal Court (…)”.
“Saif-ul-Mulook has been targeted by death threats since his the spectacular acquittal of his client Asia Bibi, a labourer from central Punjab province on death row since 2010.
“He is hoping that people will take into account his heroic actions in defending Ms Bibi, given the current circumstances in Pakistan, which led him to exchange his freedom for hers,” Mulook’s lawyer Francois Zimeray told AFP (…)”.
Intervention of François Zimeray on BFM TV.
“The legitimacy of a government is not only based on strict compliance with its constitutional texts, but also on the recognition of other nations,” says François Zimeray, former French ambassador for human rights and mandated by the Venezuelan National Assembly’s Political Committee to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Lawyers for the Commission of internal political affairs of the Venezuelan Parliament, François Zimeray and Jessica Finelle have filed an urgent communication before UN Special Rapporteurs, asking them to urge Nicolas Maduro to end the bloody repression of peaceful demonstrators.