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News Statements and LettersAugust 14, 2017

On eve of human rights advocate’s trial, BHRC calls on China to release detained lawyers and human rights defenders

BHRC has published a statement raising serious concern over the continued detention of human rights defenders in China and their inability to access defence lawyers of their choosing, particularly Wang Quanzhang, the longest-detained lawyer of the 709 Crackdown, and Wu Gang, an administrative assistant and human rights advocate whose trial is scheduled to begin today. Wang Quanzhang...

News Publications Statements and LettersAugust 4, 2017

BHRC and Bar Council reach out to Mugabe over Zimbabwe’s plans for the judiciary

A joint letter signed by the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales and the Bar Council of England and Wales has been sent to the President of Zimbabwe calling for him to veto a Bill proposing changes to judicial appointments that would threaten the independence of the judiciary and undermine the rule of...

News Publications Statements and LettersAugust 3, 2017

On the Third Anniversary of the Massacre at Sinjar, the Global Justice Center and Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales Call for Justice for the Yazidi Genocide

Today is the third anniversary of the massacre at Mount Sinjar where ISIS fighters murdered thousands of Yazidi men and enslaved thousands of Yazidi women and girls. Despite the fact that the UN and the European Parliament have accepted that crimes committed against the Yazidis constitute genocide, there has not been a single prosecution of...

Events NewsJuly 27, 2017

BHRC to Host Panel on Child Refugees at Annual Bar Conference

BHRC will host a panel discussion on the continuing challenges faced by child refugees of the Syrian crisis and the role of barristers in responding to this ongoing disaster. This discussion will cover everything from the Dubs Amendment in the UK to BHRC’s fact-finding mission to the Jungle camps of Calais as well as broader...

Amicus Curiae Briefs NewsJuly 26, 2017

BHRC welcomes Inter-American Court ruling requiring Honduras to reinstate judges.

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) has found that the Honduran State failed to comply with its previous ruling to reinstate four judges dismissed after the coup in 2009. The Honduran government was forced to reinstate the judges; however, they failed to reinstate three of the judges, claiming that it was impossible to do...

News Publications Statements and LettersJuly 22, 2017

BHRC raises concern over potential changes to the Polish judiciary

21 July 2017 (updated 24 July 2017) BHRC has sent a letter to the President of Poland and released a Statement of Concern to the British Ambassador in Poland, raising serious concern over proposed changes to the Polish judiciary. The changes would give the Polish government substantial influence over the appointment of judges, eroding the independence of...

News Publications Statements and LettersJuly 22, 2017

BHRC calls for the release of Amnesty Turkey director and the Istanbul 10.

BHRC has sent an open letter to the Minister of Justice in Turkey calling for the release Amnesty Turkey director Idel Eser and the “Istanbul 10”. On 5 July, 10 human rights defenders, including the director of Amnesty Turkey Idel Eser, were arrested and accused of ‘committing crimes as part of a terrorist organisation without...

News Trial ObservationsMay 23, 2017

BHRC trial observation reports multiple violations of fair trial rights by Cameroon

A new trial observation report by the Bar Human Rights Committee has revealed numerous violations of international law and fair trial protections during Cameroon’s ongoing prosecution of 28 people. BHRC trial observer Jodie Blackstock attended the hearings of Felix Agbor-Balla, Fontem Neba and Mancho Bibixy in April 2017. Mr Agbor-Balla is a barrister, Mr Neba an...

News Statements and LettersApril 28, 2017

BHRC calls on Russian authorities to uphold religious freedom of Jehovah’s Witnesses

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales has issued a formal statement expressing serious concern over the Russian Supreme Court’s recent ban on Jehovah’s Witnesses. On 20 April 2017, Russia’s Supreme Court upheld an application by Russia’s Ministry of Justice to declare the Jehovah’s Witnesses Administrative Center an extremist organisation and to ban its...

NewsApril 21, 2017

BHRC welcomes Egypt’s long-overdue release of Aya Hegazy

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales has welcomed today’s news that Egyptian-American charity founder Aya Hegazy has been released from prison after being acquitted of the charges against her, following almost three years of detention in Cairo. Ms. Hegazy is the co-founder of the Belady Foundation for street children, along with her...

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