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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) expresses serious concern at the arbitrary detention of the Egyptian journalist and leading human rights defender, Mr Hossam Bahgat. Although we welcome his release, announced on Tuesday, the unclear circumstances of his detention, interrogation and the charges brought against him, continue to raise concerns. Mr...
Whilst the UK is focused upon the visit of China’s President, Xi Jinping, to the country this week, the Bar Human Rights Committee calls for attention to be given to China’s detained and threatened Chinese lawyers, staff and human rights defenders. Following a state crackdown in China that started in July this year, around 220...
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