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BHRC deplores imprisonment of Azerbaijani human rights lawyer, Intigam Aliyev

April 29, 2015

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) deplores the sentencing of human rights lawyer Intigam Aliyev to seven and a half years in prison by the Azerbaijani criminal courts.

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Day of the Endangered Lawyer 2021

January 21, 2021

On 24 January the Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC) is proud to be taking part in the 11th annual Day of the Endangered Lawyer (DOTEL). I am an Executive Committee member of BHRC, and the European Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights (ELDH, in 21 countries), of which I am President, has been a co-organiser...

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BHRC signs joint global call for UN mechanisms to monitor human rights violations by China

September 9, 2020

An open letter to: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, UN Member States We, the undersigned organizations, join together to call for an international mechanism to address the Chinese government’s human rights violations, and urge you to take decisive action to achieve this goal. On 26 June 2020, an...

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BHRC signs onto oral statements to Special Rapporteurs on Torture and HRD

March 2, 2018

BHRC has signed onto joint oral statement to the Special Rapparteurs on Torture and Human Rights Defenders made at the 37th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. The statements were delivered by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) on behalf of BHRC, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), Union Internationale des Avocats...