The Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC) urges the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, President Hassan Rouhani, to ensure that the new Iranian Charter for Citizens’ Rights (‘the Charter’) unambiguously guarantees access to fundamental rights to all living within the country and acts as a roadmap for legal reform with human rights at its...
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.
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) releases today, 26th September 2013, a statement expressing grave concern about the retroactive application of legislation used to impose the death sentence on Abdul Quader Mollah, a senior leader in the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami Party, convicted of war crimes by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) of...
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (“BHRC”) has today, 20th September, sent a letter to the President of the Republic of Botswana expressing concern about the case of Mr. Gordon Bennett, a barrister instructed to act on behalf of the Bushmen of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR). Mr. Bennett was accused of...
The Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC) releases today a statement strongly condemning the killing of Iranian refugees in Camp Ashraf by the Iraqi army on Sunday, 1 September 2013. See the statement here.
The Bar Human Rights Committee (“BHRC”) expresses its concern at the contempt charges that have been brought against Human Rights Watch (HRW) by the Chief Prosecutor to the Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal (“ICT”). See BHRC statement
The BHRC sends today, 21 August 2013, a public letter to express concern at the recent rejection on 14th August 2013 by the Supreme Court of India of the review petition by Professor Bhullar against his sentence of capital punishment. Reports suggest that his execution now is imminent and may be carried out this week....
The BHRC’s letter from 6th August dominated national TV news on the International Day of Indigenous Peopls in Cameroon. The Minister of Social Affairs said the government welcomes the letter. See the news report here See the BHRC letter here.
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