Statements and Letters – Page 11 – Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales

News Publications Statements and LettersNovember 21, 2018

BHRC expresses concern at recent arrests of academics and activists in Turkey

BHRC has issued a public statement expressing serious concern at the recent arrests by Turkish authorities of academics and activists. The arrests appear consistent with a sustained attack on dissent as a means of silencing critical voices within Turkey. On 16 November 2018 fourteen high-profile activists and academics were arrested in Turkey. Turkish authorities issued...

News Publications Statements and LettersNovember 15, 2018

BHRC Chair issues joint statement with concern for Asia Bibi’s lawyer, Saif Ul Malook

In response to reports that Asia Bibi’s lawyer, Saif Ul Malook, has received death threats and been granted temporary asylum in the Netherlands, legal leaders in England and Wales have made the following statements. Andrew Walker QC, Chair of the Bar Council, said: “No lawyer, in any jurisdiction, should fear intimidation or violence for doing...

News Publications Statements and LettersOctober 10, 2018

BHRC joins international community for World Day Against the Death Penalty

On the 16th World Day Against the Death Penalty, BHRC has issued a statement raising awareness about conditions of confinement in Bahrain, Egypt, Jamaica and the United States–countries where BHRC has taken an active role in advocating against the death penalty. In its statement, BHRC reaffirms its condemnation of the death penalty in all circumstances and...

News Publications Statements and LettersOctober 1, 2018

BHRC joins international call for Nobel Peace Prize to Human Rights Defenders

The Bar Human Rights Committee has joined over 200 organisations around the world in signing an open letter endorsing the Nobel Peace Prize for the global community of Human Rights Defenders to mark the 20th anniversary of the UN’s Declaration on Human Rights Defenders (HRDs). The open letter, written to the Norwegian Nobel Committee is...

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...

Statements and LettersJuly 15, 2018

BHRC joins statement calling for reunification for immigrants in the United States

The Bar Human Rights Committee has joined a statement by the International Association of Lawyers calling for President Trump to immediately reunite children separated by the United States government from their families who allegedly crossed the border illegally. The letter comes after many recent reports show that hundred, possibly thousands, of children have been separated...

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 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...

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