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10.04.2021

Press Release: Lawyers for Parent of Abducted Girl in Volgemut Case Say Ottawa Police ‘Failed’ to Protect Child and Ignored Court Orders in Case Involving Parental Rights of Russian Citizen

The following press release was distributed to media outlets today. To download a copy of the letter sent by Amsterdam & Partners LLP to the Ottawa police, click here. On…

09.20.2021

Amsterdam & Partners LLP to Advocate on Behalf of Tanzanian Political Prisoner Freeman Mbowe

Freeman Mbowe, a Tanzanian opposition politician and chairman of the Chadema party who was arrested in nighttime police raid this past July, will be represented by international lawyer Robert Amsterdam,…

09.21.2020

Maurice Kamto and Cameroon Renaissance Movement Retain Amsterdam & Partners LLP

The following press release was circulated to media today: WASHINGTON, DC 21 September 2020 – Professor Maurice Kamto, President of the Cameroon Renaissance Movement (CRM), the main opposition party in…

07.24.2020

Amsterdam & Partners LLP Issues Open Letter on Tundu Lissu's Return to Tanzania

The following press release was issued to media today: Tanzanian Officials Warned of Potential Sanctions Applications Ahead of Tundu Lissu’s Return, According to Open Letter from Lawyer Robert Amsterdam WASHINGTON,…

02.10.2020

Inter-Parliamentary Union to Investigate Tanzania’s Alleged Violations of Human Rights against Opposition Leader Tundu Lissu

Multilateral body accepts application from the former MP, highlights concerns over alleged abuses and proposes that an IPU Committee delegation accompany him upon return to Tanzania LONDON, 10 February 2020…

01.22.2020

Former Prime Minister of Mongolia Retains Amsterdam & Partners LLP to Defend against Politically Motivated Charges

"Judicial independence and rule of law are under attack by the current Government of Mongolia," says lawyer Robert Amsterdam The following press release was distributed to media today: Chimediin Saikhanbileg,…

11.18.2019

South Sudan Must Deliver Full Justice in the Murder of Dr. Ding Col Dau Ding, says Robert Amsterdam

WASHINGTON DC, 18 November 2019 - For several years now the Government of South Sudan has abjectly failed in its duty under both local and international law to deliver justice…

09.27.2019

Tanzanian Opposition Leader Tundu Lissu Enlists International Law Firm Amsterdam & Partners LLP

WASHINGTON, DC 27 September 2019 – Tundu Lissu, the Tanzanian opposition figure, Member of Parliament, and chief whip for the CHADEMA party, has retained the international law firm of Amsterdam…

07.22.2019

Once a Model of Anti-Corruption, Brazil Has Become a Warning, Robert Amsterdam Writes in the Hill

For several years, the crusading Brazilian judge Sergio Moro was considered a hero in the global anti-corruption field for his admirable accomplishments in the Lava Jato cases. But then the…

05.03.2019

BBC Radio Interviews Robert Amsterdam on Bobi Wine Case

Two days after his most recent arrest on trumped up charges for staging an allegedly unlawful demonstration last year, opposition MP Bobi Wine has been released on bail. What lies…