BHRC, with the Bar Council and Law Society, have signed an open letter to the President of Tanzania condemning the...
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BHRC finds violations of fair trial rights in Turkey
BHRC released its trial observations from the first substantive proceedings against journalists in Turkey in June 2017. The trial observation...
BHRC welcomes release of Cameroonian protestors
London, 1st September 2017 BHRC today welcomes the release from detention in Yaounde of 54 Cameroonians from the South West...
EVENT: 7 Sept @ 18:00. Coordinating our efforts: A look at trial observations in Turkey
Since the failed coup in July 2016, the Turkish government has detained and charged thousands of journalists, lawyers, judges and...
On eve of human rights advocate’s trial, BHRC calls on China to release detained lawyers and human rights defenders
BHRC has published a statement raising serious concern over the continued detention of human rights defenders in China and their inability...
BHRC and Bar Council reach out to Mugabe over Zimbabwe’s plans for the judiciary
A joint letter signed by the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales and the Bar Council of England...
On the Third Anniversary of the Massacre at Sinjar, the Global Justice Center and Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales Call for Justice for the Yazidi Genocide
Today is the third anniversary of the massacre at Mount Sinjar where ISIS fighters murdered thousands of Yazidi men and...
BHRC to Host Panel on Child Refugees at Annual Bar Conference
BHRC will host a panel discussion on the continuing challenges faced by child refugees of the Syrian crisis and the...
BHRC welcomes Inter-American Court ruling requiring Honduras to reinstate judges.
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) has found that the Honduran State failed to comply with its previous...