Bangladesh

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) calls for the immediate suspension of the executions of Mr. Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid, a former leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, and Mr. Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, a former leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist party. Both trials were in flagrant breach of international fair trial standards....

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) has released a statement today, 11th November 2014, calling for the immediate suspension of the death sentences handed down against Muhammad Kamaruzzaman and Motiur Rahman Nizami by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT). See the full statement here.

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) releases today, 9th December 2013, a statement calling for an immediate stay to the execution of Abdul Quader Mollah, a senior leader in the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami Party, who was convicted of war crimes by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT).  See the statement here

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) releases today, 26th September 2013, a statement expressing grave concern about the retroactive application of legislation used to impose the death sentence on Abdul Quader Mollah, a senior leader in the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami Party, convicted of war crimes by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) of...

The Bar Human Rights Committee (“BHRC”) expresses its concern at the contempt charges that have been brought against Human Rights Watch (HRW) by the Chief Prosecutor to the Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal (“ICT”). See BHRC statement

The BHRC releases today 17th May 2013 a statement expressing concern for the safety of Shukhoranjan Bali, missing witness in the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in Bangladesh, who has been found in an Indian jail following allegations of abduction by Bangladeshi state authorities. See the BHRC statement here.