China

BHRC has issued a public statement welcoming two recent developments in the international community condemning the treatment of Uighur peoples in Xingiang. It is estimated that over 1 million Uighurs and other Turkic Muslims are being detained in “political education camps”, with millions more subject to restrictions on their liberty. BHRC is deeply concerned that lawyers...

BHRC has published a statement raising serious concern over the continued detention of human rights defenders in China and their inability to access defence lawyers of their choosing, particularly Wang Quanzhang, the longest-detained lawyer of the 709 Crackdown, and Wu Gang, an administrative assistant and human rights  advocate whose trial is scheduled to begin today. Wang Quanzhang...

Whilst the UK is focused upon the visit of China’s President, Xi Jinping, to the country this week, the Bar Human Rights Committee calls for attention to be given to China’s detained and threatened Chinese lawyers, staff and human rights defenders. Following a state crackdown in China that started in July this year, around 220...

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) has sent an open letter to the President of China following the recent wave of arrests of lawyers and human rights defenders in the country. These people are reportedly accused of causing social chaos through open defiance in the courtroom, on the internet and organising...