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News Publications Statements and LettersJanuary 25, 2018

BHRC writes letter to Nepalese PM regarding the death of protestors and police in the Terai region

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...

News Publications Statements and LettersJanuary 24, 2018

BHRC issues joint statement on Day of the Endangered Lawyer

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,...

News Publications Statements and LettersDecember 12, 2017

BHRC calls for release of Li Yuhan as China’s arrest of human rights lawyers continues

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...

Events News Publications Trial ObservationsNovember 29, 2017

Aya Hegazy Trial Observation Report Launch

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...

Events News Publications Trial ObservationsNovember 27, 2017

BHRC and EuroMed Rights Launch Trial Observation Report on Aya Hegazy’s Case

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...

News Publications Statements and LettersNovember 16, 2017

BHRC raises concern for Bahraini activist’s family

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...

News Publications Trial ObservationsNovember 14, 2017

BHRC publishes latest observations from Altan case

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...

News Publications Statements and LettersOctober 25, 2017

BHRC calls for the release of the Istanbul 10

As the trial opens for Amnesty Turkey Director İdil Eser and the other human rights defenders known as the Istanbul 10, BHRC reiterates its condemnation of their continued detention and calls for their release. The Istanbul 10 were arrested on 5 July 2017 and accused of “committing crimes as part of a terrorist organisation without being...

News Publications ReportsOctober 9, 2017

BHRC publishes fact-finding report on Calais and the plight of child refugees

BHRC has released its fact-finding report, “Breakdown: the dismantling of the Calais “Jungle” and of the promises to its unaccompanied children”. BHRC Chair Kirsty Brimelow QC said: “The unaccompanied children of Calais have faced horror, both in their home countries and in France, in “the Jungle” camp. Nearly a year later, the horror continues as children...

Amicus Curiae Briefs News PublicationsOctober 6, 2017

BHRC calls for clemency for two men on death row in Bahrain

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) has submitted an official petition for clemency to the Bahraini Government on behalf of Mohamed Ramadhan and Husain Moosa, two men facing imminent execution in Bahrain. Mr Ramadhan and Mr Moosa were convicted of carrying out a 2014 bombing in Bahrain; both men insist that...

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