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News Trial ObservationsMay 17, 2015

BHRC issues Trial Observation Report on the prosecution of Mohamed Nasheed, former President of the Republic of the Maldives

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) has released its ‘Trial Observation Report – Prosecution of Mohamed Rasheed, Former President of the Republic of the Maldives’ reporting on the criminal prosecution of the former head of State. Mr Nasheed was sentenced to 13 years’ imprisonment on 13 March 2015, having been convicted on...

News Statements and LettersApril 29, 2015

BHRC deplores imprisonment of Azerbaijani human rights lawyer, Intigam Aliyev

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) deplores the sentencing of human rights lawyer Intigam Aliyev to seven and a half years in prison by the Azerbaijani criminal courts.

News Statements and LettersApril 8, 2015

Bar Human Rights Committee calls for execution of Muhammad Kamaruzzaman to be stayed immediately pending independent review

The Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC) calls on the Government of Bangladesh to take all possible measures to bring about a stay of the imminent execution of Muhammad Kamaruzzaman following the Supreme Court's rejection of his death penalty review petition on 6 April 2015.

EventsMarch 24, 2015

‘India’s Daughter’ – Film screening and panel discussion

On 6th March, Plan UK, BHRC and Doughty Street Chambers held a special screening of the ground breaking film India’s Daughter, which tells the story of the brutal gang rape and murder of Jyoti Singh in Delhi in 2012, exposing the attitudes to women which allowed it to happen. The film powerfully explores the wider social...

EventsMarch 24, 2015

Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative debate on Sri Lanka

On 24th March, UN International Day for the Right to Truth, Kirsty Brimelow QC, BHRC Chair, took part in a CHRI debate on Sri Lanka on the question Will the delay of the OISL report help the victims? Other panellists included human rights barrister, Shivani Jegarajah, and award-winning film-maker, Callum Macrae. A podcast of the debate...

EventsMarch 5, 2015

Defending Rights in China: Roundtable discussion with five prominent Chinese human rights lawyers

Five human rights or ‘rights protecting’ weiquan lawyers from China spoke at a roundtable event hosted by the Bar Human Rights Committee and the Law Society on Thursday 5th March. One of the lawyers talked about the infamous Jiansanjiang incident which took place in Heilongjiang Province, northern China in March 2013. This case provoked worldwide...

NewsMarch 3, 2015

BHRC sends trial observer to the Maldives to attend hearing of former President, Mohamed Nasheed

BHRC has sent a trial observer to the Maldives to attend court hearings of the former President of the country and head of the opposition, Mohamed Nasheed. Mr Nasheed, a former Amnesty International prisoner of conscience, was the first democratically elected president of the Maldives. He lost power in controversial circumstances in February 2012. The BHRC has been...

EventsMarch 2, 2015

Unfulfilled Promises: Iran’s failure to act after its 2010 Universal Periodic Review

On Monday 2nd March the Bar Human Rights Committee and the UK Bahá’í Community held a joint seminar to examine Iran’s failure to act in response to its 2010 Universal Periodic Review (UPR). Speakers Payam Akhavan, Professor of International Law, and Iranian human rights lawyer, Shadi Sadr, explored the challenges for the Government of Iran...

News Trial ObservationsFebruary 14, 2015

BHRC concerned at proceedings in trial of former President of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed

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...

News Statements and LettersFebruary 10, 2015

BHRC writes to UN Secretary-General in response to inhumane conditions at Camp Liberty in Iraq

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...

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