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News Publications Statements and LettersJuly 7, 2018

BHRC to attend Kuwait Court of Cassation to continue monitoring ‘entry to Parliament’ mass trial

BHRC has issued the following statement regarding the ongoing trial observation in Kuwait: The Trial The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) is monitoring the trial of 70 Kuwaiti defendants convicted of public order offences following protests at the Kuwaiti National Assembly in 2011. 13 of those convicted are current or former members of...

News Publications Trial ObservationsJuly 2, 2018

BHRC issues interim report in the trial of Kuwaiti Parliamentarians

BHRC has issued an interim report regarding the case of 70 Kuwaiti defendants convicted of public order offences following protests at the Kuwaiti National Assembly in 2011 and sentenced to prison terms of up to nine years. Weston and Weatherby in the Court of Cessation with the father and lawyer of one of the accused and...

News Publications Trial ObservationsJuly 2, 2018

BHRC raises concern for fair trial rights in Turkey after latest trial observation

BHRC has published its interim trial observation report on the Zaman trial, in which 10 journalists and one lawyer are being tried on terrorism charges in Turkey. Verdicts are due for all 11 defendants this week. Vice Chair Schona Jolly QC observed two tranches of the trial in Istanbul in May and June, 2018. Although this is...

News Publications Statements and LettersJune 29, 2018

BHRC joins statement raising concern for lawyers in Turkey and the judiciary in Poland

Following its recent joint side event in Geneva, BHRC joined 5 other organisations in oral statements at the 38th Session of the Human Rights Council urging the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers to address the situation of the legal profession in Turkey and Poland. The statement, read by a representative...

NewsJune 26, 2018

BHRC launches human rights blog with Manchester School of Law students on the ongoing crisis in Turkey

The Bar Human Rights Committee is proud to partner with Manchester School of Law and congratulates the master and PHD students who have been successful in their selection to write a blog on International Human Rights. The blog’s current focus will be on the human rights breaches in Turkey. The project was devised by BHRC...

NewsJune 25, 2018

Former University of Manchester student Osman Kavala and the implications of his continued detention on the rule of law in post-coup Turkey

Written by: Işıl Aral, Daniel Bramhall, Andrew Stevens, Joseph Lynch-Watson Introduction Osman Kavala has been a prominent figure in Turkish civil society since the 1980s, founding a plethora of cultural and arts-based initiatives. Along with this, he is well known for his role at the head of the Kavala Group companies following his attendance...

NewsJune 18, 2018

ARTICLE 19 and Bar Human Rights Committee join forces to monitor trials in Turkey

In response to the unprecedented threat against the rights to freedom of expression and fair trials, ARTICLE 19 and the Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC) have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on monitoring trials in Turkey. As part of that agreement, ARTICLE 19 and BHRC are monitoring have already monitored two hearings in the trial against...

Events NewsJune 14, 2018

UN Side Event: “State of emergency and attacks to the legal profession in Turkey”

The Bar Human Rights Committee, Law Society and IBA Human Rights Institue co-organised a UN side event at the Palais des Nations in Geneva to discuss the challenges that the Turkish legal profession has been facing since the failed coup in July 2016. The event took place on 21 June 2018 at 15:00-16:00 in Room XXV...

NewsMay 16, 2018

Pressure mounts on Prime Minister to raise barristers’ urgent concerns with Turkey

The Bar Council of England and Wales and the Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC) have written jointly to Prime Minister Theresa May, urging her to voice concerns over Turkey’s ongoing and large-scale prosecution of judges, lawyers, journalists and human rights defenders with the Turkish President when the two meet on Tuesday. The letter, which has...

Events NewsMay 4, 2018

BHRC hosts discussion on 20 Years of the UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement

To mark the 20-year anniversary of the adoption of the UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, the Bar Human Rights Committee hosted a panel discussion on internal displacement and international law. The event looked at the IDP crisis in Nigeria and BHRC’s recent training for Nigerian lawyers working with IDPs in North-Eastern Nigeria. The discuss began with remarks...

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