«A diplomatic note was sent to the State Department in Washington, asking them to tell us what happened — how come consular access was refused and how come the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations was left aside, although Mr. Baloch had requested consular access and was
denied access to legal counsel,» he said in an interview on Tuesday.
how come consular access was refused and how come the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations was left aside, although Mr. Baloch had requested consular access and was
denied access to legal counsel,» he said in an interview on Tuesday.
CSW's Chief Executive Mervyn Thomas said, «It is unacceptable that these men have been
denied access to their legal counsel ahead of the court hearing.
As a young lawyer defending poor inmates on Alabama's death row, Stevenson uncovers unconscionable flaws in the criminal justice system — racial bias, abuse of power, excessive punishment,
denied access to legal counsel — concluding that «the opposite of poverty is not wealth; the opposite of poverty is justice.»
Not exact matches
There are many stories of accused students being
denied due process before being deprived of their rights, not being given
access to legal counsel, and treated as guilty without proof.