Disbarred Lawyers

BURMA: Prominent rights lawyer’s licence reissued

(Hong Kong, November 20, 2012) A prominent human rights lawyer who had lost his licence for political reasons among 32 on whose behalf the Asian Human Rights Commission has been campaigning for three years has been informed that he can now again practice law. In a letter dated November 11, the Supreme Court informed U […]

BURMA: Rights lawyer’s passport confiscated, AHRC writes to govt

(Hong Kong, August 23, 2012) The Asian Human Rights Commission on Thursday wrote to the government of Burma calling for a human rights lawyer to have his confiscated passport returned. In a letter to home affairs minister U Hla Min, the AHRC executive director Wong Kai Shing said that U Aung Thein had had his […]

BURMA: Human rights lawyer gets licence back

(Hong Kong, July 19, 2012) A lawyer who had lost his licence for political reasons among 32 on whose behalf the Asian Human Rights Commission has been campaigning since last year has been informed that he can now again practice law.  In a letter dated July 9, the Supreme Court informed U Robert Sann Aung […]

BURMA: Lawyers can get revoked licences back, govt says

(Hong Kong, May 25, 2012) Lawyers and other professionals who have lost their licences for prior involvement in politics can now apply to get them back, according to copies of documents obtained by the Asian Human Rights Commission this month.   In a written reply dated April 24 to a question submitted by an MP […]