BHRC and the Bar Council sent a letter to Ayatollah Khamenei calling for the release of lawyers and other persons arrested for their work defending others’ rights. The letter raised particular concern for Abdolfattah Soltani and Narges Mohammadi who have spent their legal careers advocating for the rule of law in Iran. Abdolfattah Soltani, the lawyer and co-founder with...
BHRC has published an open letter to the Prime Minister of Nepal raising concern for the government’s response to the death of 66 people, including 10 police officers in the Terai region of Nepal in 2015 and 2016. The protests began in the final weeks of Nepal’s protracted constitution drafting process. In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake which...
BHRC and the Bar Council have issued a joint statement for the 8th Day of the Endangered Lawyer, standing in solidarity beside lawyers associations in Europe and around the world, with those lawyers in Egypt who face persecution in furtherance of the protection of the rule of law. The joint statement highlights the persecution lawyers in Egypt face,...
Russia’s leading human rights organisation, Memorial, suffers an arson attack on its Ingushetia office just one week after the arrest of its Chechnya director. In the early morning hours of 17 January, masked arsonists destroyed the Ingushetia office of Russia’s leading human rights organisation, Memorial. The Ingushetia office opened in 2000 as people fled Chechnya to escape the...
On BBC World, BHRC co-Vice Char Schona Jolly QC raised serious concern for the situation in Rakhine State, Myanmar and calling for the international community to put pressure on Myanmar to end the violence and to bring the perpetrators to justice. In the interview, Schona laid out the difficulty in proving the intent to commit genocide...
BHRC has released a statement calling for the immediate release of and production of evidence against Li Yuhan, a Chinese lawyer known to have defended numerous human rights cases over 26 years in practice. BHRC also calls upon the Chinese authorities to affirm, enforce and ensure full respect for fundamental rights of human rights defenders...
A report by BHRC produced on behalf of EuroMed Rights on the trial of Aya Hegazy was launched on 28 November at an event hosted by Garden Court Chambers. The launch received a lot of attention online via the FB live and featured on a programme of Al-Araby. The event was chaired by Grainne Mellon...
London, 27 November EuroMed Rights and the Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC) of England and Wales are publishing a new trial observation report on the case of Egyptian woman human rights defender Aya Hegazy. Ms Aya Hegazy, dual US-Egyptian citizen and founder of the Belady Foundation, a charity helping street children, was held in detention for...
BHRC has published an open letter to the King of Bahrain calling for a review of the convictions and sentences against Sayed Nazar Naama Baqqer Ali Yusuf Alwadaei, Hajar Mansoor Hasan and Mahmood Marzooq Mansoor. The defendants are close relatives of Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei, the founder of the London based Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD). Alwadaei...
BHRC has published an addendum to its trial observations in the case of Altan and others in Turkey. The addendum outlines the findings of BHRC trial observer Pete Weatherby QC at the second substantive phase of the trial of seven journalists and media workers charged with involvement in the failed July 2016 coup. The second hearing was due...
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