A Muslim lawyer in India is attacked in High Court for defending terror accused
AS HE headed to work at the High Court on August 12, lawyer Mohammed Shoaib was prepared for trouble. He was already the subject of controversy for representing terror suspects in various courts around Uttar Pradesh, despite pressure from other lawyers across the state to fall in with a blockade against defending them. The pressure intensified after he secured an acquittal for one of his clients this January (the police, red-faced, admitted to a case of mistaken identity). He was even forced to withdraw from a case after an assault on April 5 at the Barabanki court, followed by another at the Faizabad court in May. However, he continued appearing for those on trial at the High Court, and was in the court on the afternoon of August 12 when about 25 lawyers stormed the court house. » Read more