JUSTICE ABROAD — In the Media

Coverage of Justice Abroad's cases and comment from its Director, Michael Polak, in national and international press, broadcast and online media. Links open the original articles.

2022

Counsel Magazine · 5 Dec 2022
Young Bar: home and away

South China Morning Post (Reuters) · 17 Nov 2022
Greek court acquits activists over 2021 protest against Beijing Olympics

Horn Observer · 22 Oct 2022
Somali Journalist Syndicate Secretary General Abdalle Mumin Detained for Press Freedom Work: Submission to UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Made Today

Cyprus Mail · 28 Sep 2022
Lawyer fighting to secure justice abroad

Voice of America · 26 Aug 2022
Criminal Case Filed in Argentina Over China's Treatment of Uyghurs

Radio Free Asia · 17 Aug 2022
Uyghur rights groups file criminal case in Argentina against China

Horn Observer · 15 Aug 2022
UN declares the arrest and detention of journalist Kilwe Adan Farah in Somalia's Puntland a human rights violation

BreakingNews.ie (AP) · 16 Jun 2022
Cyprus trial of UK man accused of murdering sick wife starts

Cyprus Mail · 14 Jun 2022
British woman's rape case to be taken to ECHR

The Independent (via inkl) · Jun 2022
Ayia Napa: British woman takes gang rape case to European Court of Human Rights

Counsel Magazine · 12 May 2022
A plan of action for the Young Bar

Daily Mail · 24 Feb 2022
I forgive Dad for killing Mum, it was an act of love (interview with David Hunter's daughter)

The Times of Israel · 16 Feb 2022
The long arc: 3 years on, the Cyprus gang rape case begins to bend the other way

Counsel Magazine · 11 Feb 2022
Chair of the Young Bar's New Year message

The Guardian · 5 Feb 2022
Trial of protesters against Beijing Olympics postponed in Greece

The Times of Israel (AFP) · 2 Feb 2022
Cyprus police to reexamine UK woman’s gang rape claim against Israelis

Olympia News (Greece) · Feb 2022
Postponement in the case of the Tibetan activists

The Independent (PA, via inkl) · Feb 2022
Trial over Olympic protest delayed to avoid embarrassing China, claims activist

Euronews (AP) · 31 Jan 2022
Cyprus court overturns UK woman's conviction for lying about gang rape

JURIST · 31 Jan 2022
Cyprus Supreme Court overturns controversial conviction of British national on alleged false rape claims

RTÉ News (AFP) · 31 Jan 2022
UK woman cleared by Cyprus court of making up gang rape

The Guardian (via inkl) · 31 Jan 2022
Cypriot police urged to reinvestigate gang rape of British woman

The Independent (via inkl) · 31 Jan 2022
Ayia Napa: British woman wants fresh investigation after court rules she didn’t make up gang rape claims

The Jewish Chronicle · 31 Jan 2022
British tourist charged with lying about Cyprus gang rape has conviction overturned

Arrested Lawyers Initiative · 1 Jan 2022
TUHRAP Press Meeting | Journalist Owen Bowcott & the UK Barrister Michael Polak

Northumberland News Guardian · 2022
Lawyer says Ashington man accused of murdering wife is keen to defend charge2021

Associated Press (via CBC, Boston Globe, AOL, The Week India) · 14 Dec 2021
As Olympics open, Uyghurs set to take rights case to court

elDiario.es · Nov 2021
How authoritarian governments use Interpol to hunt political opponents abroad

The New Arab · 17 Sep 2021
Lawyers 'hopeful' of overturning Briton's 'false gang-rape claim' conviction in Cyprus

Free Malaysia Today (AFP) · 16 Sep 2021
Briton’s false rape conviction in Cyprus ‘unjust’, lawyer says

The Guardian (via The Irish Times) · 16 Sep 2021
English woman appeals conviction in Cyprus for fabricating gang rape claim

The Independent (via Yahoo) · 16 Sep 2021
Cyprus rape case: Police forced British teen to ‘retract’ attack claim, says lawyer

The Telegraph · 13 Sep 2021
British woman convicted of lying about Cyprus gang rape to launch appeal

MailOnline · 10 Sep 2021
British teen jailed in Cyprus for 'crying rape' aged 18 reveals nightmares she suffers

Antigua Observer · 14 Jun 2021
Choksi ‘abduction’ an ‘embarrassment’ to Antigua and Dominica

The Week (India) · 14 Jun 2021
Choksi's family might petition UN on his alleged kidnapping

The Statesman (IANS) · 10 Jun 2021
Mehul Choksi was unlawfully renditioned from Antigua to Dominica: Lawyer

The Week (India) · 8 Jun 2021
London lawyer complains to Scotland Yard about 4 UK residents who allegedly kidnapped Mehul Choksi

The Hindu (via inkl) · Jun 2021
Probe sought into Mehul Choksi’s abduction to Dominica

Turkish Minute · 18 May 2021
‘Neutrality helps the oppressor’: Turkish officials face sanctions in UK over torture allegations

Cyprus Mail · 26 Apr 2021
Justice Abroad seeks apology for woman arrested for critcising community leader

LawFuel · 27 Mar 2021
Leading Barrister Describes China Sanction Against Barristers “Disgraceful”

2020

The Guardian (via Yahoo) · 22 Oct 2020
Rights group seeks to use UK sanctions to stop abuse of Turkish lawyers

Scottish Legal News · 29 May 2020
Barrister Michael Polak features in latest SYLA podcast

TelecomsTech News · 18 May 2020
UK gov faces human rights lawsuit for granting Huawei 5G role

ITV (documentary) · 14 Apr 2020
Believe Me: The Cyprus Rape Case

Baywatch Spain magazine (print) · Apr 2020
Justice Abroad and the Kirsty Maxwell case

The Guardian (via Yahoo News) · 17 Jan 2020
British woman's false rape claim appeal a 'critical moment' for Cyprus

ITV News · 16 Jan 2020
Cyprus gang-rape case teenager launches appeal against conviction

TIME · 5 Jan 2020
“Our Broken System Has Been Exposed.” How a British Woman’s Rape Case in Cyprus Has Become a Rallying Cry for Activists

Greek Herald (Australia) · 4 Jan 2020
UK authorities urged to get involved in “fake” Cyprus gang rape case

The Guardian (via Yahoo News) · 4 Jan 2020
Appeal by Cyprus rape claim teenager may take three years

Grazia · Jan 2020
The British 19-Year-Old In The Ayia Napa Rape Has Launched An Appeal Against Her Conviction

2019

BBC Two – Victoria Derbyshire (via YouTube) · 9 Oct 2019
Victoria Derbyshire interview

BBC Radio Ulster – The Stephen Nolan Show (BBC Sounds) · 7 Oct 2019
Stephen Nolan interview

The Times of Israel · 2 Oct 2019
Cyprus trial opens for UK tourist who recanted rape accusation against Israelis

The Washington Post (AP) · 2 Oct 2019
Cyprus trial of Brit accused of making up rape claim starts

Sky News · Sep 2019
Rape and sexual assault reports by holidaymakers rise sharply

New York Post · 27 Aug 2019
British teen accused of faking gang rape claim pleads not guilty

Cyprus Mail · 5 Aug 2019
Woman in Napa rape case says she recanted under duress

BreakingNews.ie · Aug 2019
Cyprus false rape claim: Briton says retraction was coerced, defence team says

Haaretz · Aug 2019
Cyprus police releases U.K. tourist arrested for false gang rape claims

In-Cyprus (Philenews) · Aug 2019
British teen pleads not guilty to public mischief charge, trial to start on October 2

LBC · Aug 2019
British teenager denies false rape claims in Cyprus

MailOnline · Aug 2019
British woman accused of lying about gang rape attack by 12 Israelis freed on bail

Sky News · Aug 2019
Cyprus false rape claim: British teenager pleads not guilty to lying about attack

Thaivisa News · Aug 2019
Island mystery: How did my son die in Thailand?

2018

Counsel Magazine · 14 Aug 2018
Barrister abducted without trace: two years

Al Jazeera · 6 Jun 2018
Without a trace: Enforced disappearances in Bangladesh

2017

The Guardian · 4 Dec 2017
Why will Tulip Siddiq not speak out on Bangladesh’s ‘disappeared’ innocents?

The Guardian (Letters) · 28 Jun 2017
Bangladesh must act on its ‘disappeared’

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