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News Publications ReportsSeptember 24, 2018

BHRC sends joint submission to Special Rapporteur on Judges and Lawyers regarding the situation of lawyers in Turkey

The Bar Human Rights Committee alongside the Law Society of England and Wales and the International Bar Association Human Rights Institute have sent a joint submission to the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers concerning the independence of the legal profession in Turkey. The submission raised concern for the fair trial rights of lawyers...

News Publications Statements and LettersSeptember 10, 2018

BHRC condemns mass trial and sentencing of 759 individuals in Egypt: 75 receiving the death penalty, 45 life sentences and 5-10 year sentences for remaining

Following a mass trial of 759 individuals, on 8 September 2018, the Cairo Criminal Court from a courthouse attached to the Tora prison complex, handed down 75 death penalties, 45 life sentences and terms of imprisonment ranging 5-15 years for the remaining. The cases against five people who died in prison were dismissed. BHRC joins the...

News Publications ReportsJuly 13, 2018

BHRC submissions to Parliament published on FCO inquiries

BHRC submissions to the Foreign Affairs Committee on two inquiries into the work of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) have been published by the Foreign Affairs Committee. The first inquiry, whose oral hearings took place on 12 June, involved a review of the human rights work of the FCO. In its submission, BHRC raised...

News Publications Statements and LettersJuly 9, 2018

On the anniversary of the Chinese 709 Crackdown, BHRC calls for the release of detained human rights lawyers

BHRC has issued a statement raising concern for the continued detention of human rights lawyers on the third anniversary of the 709 Crackdown, a nationwide programme of arrests beginning on 9 July 2015. During the period of a few weeks, nearly 250 Chinese human rights lawyers, their staff and human rights defenders were arrested and...

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...

News Publications Statements and LettersApril 5, 2018

BHRC joins international legal community in an open letter to Turkish authorities in support of Turkish lawyers on the Day of the Lawyer in Turkey

The Bar Council of England and Wales, the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC), the International Association of Lawyers (UIA), the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), and the Law Society of England and Wales have sent an open letter to Turkish authorities raising concerns over the rising number of cases...

News Publications Trial ObservationsMarch 23, 2018

BHRC publishes trial observation report for Egyptian presidential contender

BHRC, along with its partner EuroMed Rights have published its trial observation report for the appeal case of Khaled Ali, a prominent Egyptian lawyer who was expected to run for President in the election on 26-28 March. Ali was convicted in September 2017 for violating public decency in relation to the “making of an obscene gesture”...

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