The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (“BHRC”) has released today, 24th June 2014, a statement expressing grave concern at the verdicts, and accompanying sentences, handed down to foreign and national journalists in Egypt yesterday. In the statement, the BHRC calls for the immediate release of all of the journalists and for the State to take urgent...

The Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA) and the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) release today, 20th May 2014, a statement of concern about recent human rights breaches arising out of blasphemy legislation in Pakistan. The statement can be accessed directly here.

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (“BHRC”) releases today, 16th May 2014, a statement on the sixth anniversary of the arrest of Baha’i leaders in Iran.   As noted in the statement, ‘the BHRC is concerned that the charges are political and that the subsequent trial faced by the seven did not...

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (“BHRC”) releases today, 29th April 2014, a statement expressing concern over the convictions and sentencing of 720 defendants to death by an Egyptian court today. BHRC considers the sentences to conclude a fundamentally flawed trial process which is in breach of international law. See full statement here.

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (“BHRC”) releases today, 4th April 2014, a statement expressing concern over the prosecution and conviction of Malaysian human rights lawyer Karpal Singh for the crime of sedition.     In the statement, the BHRC calls on the Government of Malaysia to support the quashing of the conviction of Karpal...

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (‘BHRC’), Garden Court International, Garden Court Chambers (‘GCI’), Red Lion Chambers (‘RLC’) and Doughty Street Chambers International Criminal Law Team (‘DSC’) release today, 21 March 2014, an Open Letter to Mr. José Antonio Griñán, Chairman of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party, regarding the recent reform to...

The Bar Council and the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) release today, 4th February 2014, a joint statement voicing concerns about the recent demonstrations in Kiev and other regions of Ukraine. See the full statement here.

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) releases today, 9th December 2013, a statement calling for an immediate stay to the execution of Abdul Quader Mollah, a senior leader in the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami Party, who was convicted of war crimes by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT).  See the statement here

The BHRC releases today, 14th October 2013, a statement expressing concern at the annulment of the first round of presidential elections in the Maldives. See the statement here.