Shahid Azmi

Death of the Shahid Azmi,

According to news sources that Shahid Azmi, a lawyer who represents the accused 26/11 Fahim Ansari, had been killed after the attackers stormed his office and shot him twice from a blank space. The attackers is still unknown, and we should not rush to conclusions about who they are or the intent behind the murder. However, it is not unlikely that the motive was related to the defense of his defense Fahim Ansari and other prominent former terrorist suspects. 26/11 accused beautiful Kassab initial lawyer Anjali Waghmare had threatened before it in the end have been removed from the case. KB Pawar, Kassab lawyer present, has been providing tight security for fear of safety through a lawyer. We will have to wait to see whether the Martyr Azmi provided any similar security, and, if so, what failure occurred.

Concerns about the safety of a lawyer is not only in spite of the trials 26/11. In Uttar Pradesh, in 2008, was beaten Mohammad Shoaib, a lawyer who had dealt with a state of terror and was accused by his fellow lawyers. Similar attacks or threatened attacks on lawyers have been reported in cases of terrorism across the country, along with co-counsel in the defense of the accused or Naxalites involved in acts of sectarian violence. It is clear that emotions run high in these cases, and entire communities to invest in their results. However, you must, regardless of what we think the accused should have the right to defense lawyers, to be free to defend them without any fear for personal safety. Anything less would be a blow to the democratic institutions, which fought a lot of hard to create and protection.

Lawyers for bonds – the bond that unites prosecutors and defense lawyers, lawyers, which combines a small town with the name of the greatest defenders of the Supreme Court. It bonds to invest with us in solidarity with the plight of lawyers who go to the streets in Pakistan, or advocates who find themselves behind bars in China – and extends across the oceans. We lawyers are all united by a dedication to solving our societies’ problems, not through the barrel of a gun or twisted logic of revenge, but through the rule of law. We will have to wait to see how events unfold in the coming days. Still, this night, it seems not only to kill a man, but also a lawyer.