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EVENT: Shrinking Space: Civil Society under Threat in South Asia

November 10, 2020
Crackdowns on civil society space through funding and registration restrictions, as well as proliferating forms of harassment, including through litigation, have become increasingly common throughout South Asia as a means to silence criticism. At a time when freedom of expression and association are under threat, when transparency and accountability and under pressure, the need for...

The Bar Human Right Committee mourns the loss of Asma Jahangir

February 12, 2018
The Bar Human Right Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) pays tribute to its friend and colleague, international human rights lawyer Asma Jahangir. Asma suffered from cardiac arrest on Sunday 11th February 2018. She passed away in hospital in Lahore the same day. Asma was a fearless advocate who dedicated her life to the rule...

Press release regarding the suspension of the rule of law

November 5, 2007
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC), would like to express its grave concern at the suspension of the rule of law in Pakistan and attacks on and extra-judicial detention of judges, lawyers and human rights activists in Pakistan following the imposition of a state of emergency by General Pervez Musharraf on...