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BHRC and ARTICLE 19 to hold series of trainings for lawyers and trainee solicitors in Turkey in international human rights law and mechanisms to reinforce protections for refugee and migrant populations.

March 4, 2022

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (“BHRC”) and ARTICLE 19 are pleased to announce that they will be hosting a second round of four free remote training sessions in the effective use and practice of international human rights law and mechanisms to reinforce protections for refugee and migrant populations in Turkey. By...

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Turkey: BHRC and ARTICLE 19 submit expert opinion in the Saturday Mothers/People case

November 25, 2021

On Monday, 22 November 2021, Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales (BHRC) and ARTICLE 19 submitted an expert opinion in the case of Saturday Mothers/People. The defendants face between six months to three years of detention for their involvement in a peaceful protest on 25 August 2018. The next hearing of the case...

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Expression of interest: BHRC and Article 19 international human rights law training in Turkey

November 10, 2021

Expression of interest: BHRC and Article 19 international human rights law training in Turkey Türkçesi aşağıda The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (“BHRC”) and ARTICLE 19 are pleased to announce that they will be hosting a series of four free remote training sessions in the effective use and practice of international human...

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STATEMENT: Turkey’s continuing detention of political opponents and civil society leaders, in defiance of the rule of law

November 9, 2021

On 2 November 2021 Osman Kavala, a civil society leader and human rights defender, issued a statement on the fourth anniversary of his detention, asserting that the only solace he could take from his experience was that it brought to light the injustices currently being perpetrated against civil society activists, human rights defenders, and others...

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PEN Norway Turkey Indictment Project Report Launch

June 22, 2021

On 22 June 2021, PEN Norway released its final report as part of its Turkey Indictment Project. The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (“BHRC”) provided two legal experts, Kevin Dent QC and Aska Fujita to draft two reports on the indictments in Osman Kavala and others and Cumhuriyet, which are contained in...

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TURKEY: Urgent action letter to the UN Special Rapporteurs on the failure of Turkey to carry out a genuine investigation into the killing of Tahir Elçi

March 2, 2021

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (“BHRC”) joins 47 international organisations in a letter to several UN Special Rapporteurs requesting urgent action ahead of the next hearing in the criminal trial of those accused of killing lawyer Tahir Elçi in 2015. Tahir Elçi was a prominent figure within the international and domestic...

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EVENT: Turkey – Using international mechanisms to protect the right to freedom of expression: challenges and ways forward

December 4, 2020

Date: Tuesday, 8th December Location: Online via Zoom Webinar Time: 15.00 – 16.30 (GMT) | 18.00 – 19.30 (Turkey time) The last decade has seen a dramatic collapse of freedom of expression and the rule of law in Turkey. The shift from a parliamentary to a presidential system in 2017 during the state of emergency...

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TURKEY: Joint statement on the killing of Tahir Elçi and lack of effective investigation into his death

November 27, 2020

The Bar Human Rights Commitee of England and Wales (BHRC) has today joined over 40 bar associations and human rights organisations in a joint statement raising concerns of the lack of effective investigation into the death of human rights lawyer Tahir Elçi in Turkey in 2015. Tahir Elçi was a prominent figure within the international...

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TURKEY: Ahmet Altan marks 1500 days in detention

November 9, 2020

Today, 9 November 2020, marks 1500 days in detention of one of Turkey’s most well-known writers and novellists. In November 2019, Ahmet Altan was re-arrested one week after his release pending appeal on 4 November 2019. At that stage he had in effect served over three years in pre-trial detention. In its previous observations of...

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Turkey’s mass surveillance case: BHRC submits third party intervention to the UN Human Rights Committee

September 18, 2020

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales has submitted a third party intervention in the case of Gençay Bastimar v Turkey CCPR Case No. 3592/2019. The intervention was submitted by BHRC Vice-Chair Stephen Cragg QC from Doughty Street Chambers, and BHRC member Monica Feria-Tinta. Stuart Kerr, from Karis Solicitors, assisted with the draft. This is one...

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