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

The BHRC voices concern at the circumstances surrounding the impeachment of the Chief Justice of Sri Lanka, Shirani Bandaranayake, and at reports of attacks against the judiciary and the legal profession within Sri Lanka. To see the full BHRC statement click here

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England Wales (BHRC) expresses its concern that the International Criminal Tribunal in Bangladesh (ICT) is failing to meet international fair trial standards. In particular, the BHRC expresses urgent concern following the alleged abduction of a defence witness, Shukho Ranjon Bali, (“Bali”) in front of the International Crimes Tribunal on Monday 5th November 2012....