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NewsPublicationsTrial ObservationsJuly 17, 2019

BHRC: The “Gezi Park” trial forms part of a chilling clampdown on human rights defenders and civil society in Turkey.

BHRC has issued a public statement raising serious concern over the “Gezi Park” trial of sixteen leading civil society individuals, including Osman Kavala and Yiğit Aksakoğlu, which resumes tomorrow in Istanbul. BHRC Chair, Schona Jolly QC, observed the opening of the trial in June 2019 and will continue to monitor the trial this week through our...

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NewsPublicationsStatements and LettersJuly 11, 2019

INDIA: BAR HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE EXPRESSES SERIOUS CONCERN THAT THE RAIDS ON INDIRA JAISING AND ANAND GROVER FORM PART OF A PATTERN OF HARASSMENT AND INTIMIDATION DIRECTED AGAINST CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS.

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) writes to express its alarm and concern at the raids conducted by the Indian Central Bureau of Investigation early this morning at the homes and offices of Senior Advocates Indira Jaising and Anand Grover in New Delhi and Mumbai. We understand this follows the filing...

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Hong Kong’s “ill conceived” extradition proposals “fundamentally imperil the operation of the rule of law” say leading international law organisations.
NewsPublicationsReportsJune 14, 2019

Hong Kong’s “ill conceived” extradition proposals “fundamentally imperil the operation of the rule of law” say leading international law organisations.

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales, the Law Society of England & Wales, the Human Rights Committee of the Law Society of England and Wales, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, the Defence Extradition Lawyer’s Forum, the International Forum of Extradition Specialists,  and  Fair Trials  have co-authored observations on the human...

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BHRC Chair & IBAHRI Director Issue Joint Statement raising concern over Hong Kong Fugitive Law for Conference on Extradition and Human Rights
NewsPublicationsStatements and LettersJune 11, 2019

BHRC Chair & IBAHRI Director Issue Joint Statement raising concern over Hong Kong Fugitive Law for Conference on Extradition and Human Rights

BHRC Chair Schona Jolly QC and IBAHRI Director Helena Kennedy QC have issued the following joint statement for the Centre for Comparative and Public Law Conference “Extradition and Human Rights: Does the Hong Kong Government’s Bill Provide Sufficient Safeguard for Our Rights“: The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) and the Human...

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NewsPublicationsStatements and LettersMarch 21, 2019

UK barristers urge Secretary of State Jeremy Hunt to call on Iran to immediately release human rights lawyer

The Bar Council and the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales have sent a public letter to the UK Secretary of State Jeremy Hunt urging him to take action in support of Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh. Sotoudeh was sentenced to 38 years imprisonment and 148 lashes for undertaking her professional obligations to her clients...

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