The BHRC and Solicitors’ International Human Rights Group (“SIHRG”) send today a letter to official authorities with reference to the current decision to annul the criminal proceedings in which General Efrain Rios Montt and Mauricio Rodríguez Sánchez, are being tried on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity In Guatemala. To see the letter in English click...

The BHRC voices serious concern at the murder of lawyer Diego Luis Garcia Gonzales on 21st March 2013 in the western province of Valle de Cauca, Colombia.   This is the sixth lawyer murdered this year.  The increasingly hostile environment for lawyers in the area combined with the callous circumstances surrounding Diego Luis Garcia Gonzales’ shooting have lead to denunciations from...

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) joins the international community in expressing grave concern over the recent arrest of prominent human rights lawyer and former President of the Law Society of Zimbabwe, Beatrice Mtetwa, in Zimbabwe. To see the statement click here

Ms Sharma is the founder of Advocacy Forum in Kathmandu, an organisation set up to provide legal assistance to the victims of human rights violations in Nepal. The threats have arisen after Ms Sharma made a complaint to the Police in the United Kingdom in respect of Colonel Lama – a Nepalese Army Colonel accused of war...

The BHRC expresses grave concern at the verdict in the Sayedee case handed down yesterday by the ICT in which he was found guilty on eight counts out of twenty counts. In respect of two of those counts, Sayedee has been sentenced to capital punishment. The BHRC is opposed to the death penalty in all circumstances....

The BHRC expresses concern at the recent news of the murders of two lawyers in Cali, Western Colombia. To see full statement click here To see full statement in Spanish click here

The Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC) condemns without reservation the recent missile attack on the residents of Camp Liberty, a former US base in Baghdad now housing several thousand former residents of Camp Ashraf. Over one hundred residents of Camp Liberty, unarmed Iranian refugees, suffered injuries during the attack on Saturday 9 February 2013. Some...

The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, and the Bar Human Rights Committee expressed concern at reports that the Saket Bar Association and the Delhi Bar Association have resolved not to represent the men charged with rape and murder of a 23 year old student. To see the full statement click here

The BHRC is extremely concerned by the arrest of a further 15 lawyers in Turkey on the 16th January 2013. The 15 lawyers are human rights lawyers working in Istanbul and across seven provinces in Turkey. To see the statement click here

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) raises grave concerns at the decision of the President of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, to remove the Chief Justice, Shirani Bandaranayake, following an inquiry by a Parliamentary Select Committee which the Supreme Court has held to be unconstitutional. To see the statement click here