Response received from Foreign & Commonwealth Office re. Raif Badawi
Read the Foreign & Commonwealth Office’s response to the BHRC’s letter of concern regarding Raif Badawi here.
Read the Foreign & Commonwealth Office’s response to the BHRC’s letter of concern regarding Raif Badawi here.
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) is concerned at the sudden resumption of the trial of former President Mohamed Nasheed in the Maldives. Mr Nasheed was the first democratically elected president of the Maldives who lost power in controversial circumstances in February 2012 and unsuccessfully contested the presidential election in 2014. The...
The Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC) has written an open letter to the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki Moon, to express its concern at the inhumane conditions being suffered by Iranian Refugees at Camp Liberty in Iraq. The Government of Iraq has repeatedly failed to meet its obligations to respect the humanitarian and human rights of...
An independent report by Geoffrey Robertson QC into the proceedings of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in Bangladesh was published today. The report is the first of its kind and concludes that the Tribunal’s Procedures fall seriously short of international standards. See the report The views within the report do not necessarily reflect those of the BHRC....