The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) expresses grave concern about the death sentence pronounced against the deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, along with over 100 additional defendants in circumstances that raise critical doubt over the impartiality and fairness of the Egyptian judicial system. In particular, the BHRC is deeply concerned by the continued disregard for the right to life apparent in these mass capital sentences.

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) deplores the sentencing of human rights lawyer Intigam Aliyev to seven and a half years in prison by the Azerbaijani criminal courts.

The Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC) calls on the Government of Bangladesh to take all possible measures to bring about a stay of the imminent execution of Muhammad Kamaruzzaman following the Supreme Court's rejection of his death penalty review petition on 6 April 2015.

Read the Foreign & Commonwealth Office’s response to the BHRC’s letter of concern regarding Raif Badawi here.

The Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC) has written an open letter to the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki Moon, to express its concern at the inhumane conditions being suffered by Iranian Refugees at Camp Liberty in Iraq. The Government of Iraq has repeatedly failed to meet its obligations to respect the humanitarian and human rights of...

The Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC) has written to the UK Foreign Secretary to ask the British Government to do much more to pressure the Saudi authorities to end the flogging and imprisonment of blogger, Raif Badawi. Chair of Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC), Kirsty Brimelow QC said: “These floggings are torture and place Saudi...

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) has released a statement today, 15th December 2014, in response to the arbitrary arrest and continued detention of Dr. Amin Mekki Medani in Sudan.    It is understood that Dr Medani was arrested at his home in Khartoum on 6th December 2014, that no warrant...

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) has released a statement today, 11th November 2014, calling for the immediate suspension of the death sentences handed down against Muhammad Kamaruzzaman and Motiur Rahman Nizami by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT). See the full statement here.

On 6 November 2014, the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) sent an open letter to the Prime Minister of Nepal in response to the arrest and prosecution of Madhesi activist Chandra Kant Raut. On 14 September 2014, Dr Raut was placed under detention and then subsequently charged for allegedly inciting separatism...

On 29 September 2014, the Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC) and the International Senior Lawyers Project UK (ISLP-UK) wrote to the Minister of Peace and Reconstruction in Nepal to express their concerns about the Truth and Reconciliation Act 2014. Whilst the Act seeks to move forward the process of setting up a Truth and Reconciliation...