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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...

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”...

News Publications Statements and LettersMarch 13, 2018

BHRC calls on UK Foreign Secretary to intervene for Bahraini human rights defender

BHRC has sent a letter to the UK Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, raising concern over the detention, prosecution and treatment of Nabeel Rajab, a human rights defender in Bahrain. Mr Rajab is the president and co-founder of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights. On 21 February 2018 he was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment, to...

News Publications Trial ObservationsMarch 6, 2018

BHRC releases hearing observations for Ahed Tamimi and family

BHRC has released its hearing observation report on the opening of the trial of 17-year-old Ahed Tamimi, her mother Nariman Tamimi and Ahed’s cousin, Nour Tamimi.by co-Vice Chair Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh. Ahed, Nariman and Nour Tamimi are all facing charges relating to an incident on 15 December 2017, the recording of which went viral after being uploaded...

News Publications Statements and LettersMarch 2, 2018

BHRC signs onto oral statements to Special Rapporteurs on Torture and HRD

BHRC has signed onto joint oral statement to the Special Rapparteurs on Torture and Human Rights Defenders made at the 37th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. The statements were delivered by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) on behalf of BHRC, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), Union Internationale des Avocats...

News Publications Statements and LettersJanuary 31, 2018

“Free the lawyers” BHRC and Bar Council sends letter to Iran

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...

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