Statements and Letters – Page 15 – Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales

News Statements and LettersMay 20, 2016

Bar Human Rights Committee condemns increasing attacks against Palestinian human rights defenders

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) has today issued a statement expressing serious concern over ongoing threats and attacks directed at Palestinian human rights defenders. BHRC highlights a pattern of death threats, harassment and violence aimed at curtailing the work of Palestinian human rights defenders and activists. This includes death threats issued...

News Statements and LettersMay 16, 2016

Concerns over detention of Egyptian lawyers

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales have issued a statement today expressing serious concerns over the arrest and arbitrary detention of several Egyptian lawyers, human rights defenders and journalists, as Egyptian security forces continue to silence criticism of the state. BHRC have specifically criticised the sentencing of 152 people on 14 May...

News Statements and LettersMay 6, 2016

Bar Human Rights Committee calls for Bangladesh to halt execution of Motiur Nizami

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) has today called for the government of Bangladesh to halt the ongoing prosecution of Motiur Rahman Nizami, the leader of the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami party facing imminent execution. The Supreme Court of Bangladesh yesterday rejected Nizami’s final petition for a review of his case, and the...

News Statements and LettersMay 5, 2016

BHRC & Law Society call for release of Turkish lawyers Ramazan Demir and Ayse Acinikli

The Bar Human Rights Committee have today issued a joint letter with the Law Society and other human rights groups, calling for the release of two Turkish lawyers unlawfully and arbitrarily detained simply for doing their jobs. The letter was submitted today to five special rapporteurs of the United Nations, including the UN Special Rapporteur...

News Statements and LettersMarch 22, 2016

Serious concerns about fairness of Belady Foundation trial in Egypt

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) and EuroMed Rights express serious concern at the ongoing detention in Egypt of Aya Hegazy, and six other co-defendants from the Belady Foundation for Street Children, ahead of their next hearing on 23 March. Ms Hegazy and her co-defendants (including Hegazy’s husband Mohammed Hassenein) have...

News Statements and LettersMarch 22, 2016

BHRC and Bar Council express deep concern over attacks against lawyers in Turkey

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) and The Bar Council of England and Wales have expressed deep concern over recent attacks against lawyers in Turkey. On 16 March, nine human rights lawyers, known for their work in representing minority groups and people accused of terrorism and crimes against the state, were...

News Statements and LettersFebruary 25, 2016

BHRC calls on Israel to release hunger-striking journalist, Mohamed al-Qiq

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) calls for the immediate release of the hunger-striking Palestinian journalist, Mohamed al-Qiq. Mr al-Qiq has been on hunger-strike for 93 days in protest at his detention without charge by the Israeli authorities and at the torture and cruel and inhuman treatment to which he says...

News Statements and LettersJanuary 5, 2016

Letter of concern sent to Somaliland Supreme Court in response to conviction and death sentence of Mr. Abdullahi Ali

BHRC has sent a letter of concern to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Somaliland calling for the Court to suspend the execution of Mr. Abdullhai Ali and urgently review his case in light of evidence demonstrating serious mental illness. BHRC is deeply concerned that not only has Mr. Ali been denied the...

News Statements and LettersDecember 1, 2015

BHRC and DPI deplore shooting of Tahir Elçi, President of Diyarbakir Bar Association, Turkey

It is with great sadness that the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) and the Democratic Progress Institute (DPI) note the fatal shooting of Tahir Elçi, President of the Diyarbakir Bar Association, in southeast Turkey on Saturday 28th November 2015. Mr Elçi was a fearless human rights defender and consistently principled advocate...

News Statements and LettersNovember 19, 2015

BHRC calls for immediate suspension of executions of Mr. Ali Mujahid and Mr. Salauddin Chowdhury in Bangladesh

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) calls for the immediate suspension of the executions of Mr. Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid, a former leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, and Mr. Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, a former leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist party. Both trials were in flagrant breach of international fair trial standards....

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