London, 27 November EuroMed Rights and the Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC) of England and Wales are publishing a new trial observation report on the case of Egyptian woman human rights defender Aya Hegazy. Ms Aya Hegazy, dual US-Egyptian citizen and founder of the Belady Foundation, a charity helping street children, was held in detention for...
BHRC has published an addendum to its trial observations in the case of Altan and others in Turkey. The addendum outlines the findings of BHRC trial observer Pete Weatherby QC at the second substantive phase of the trial of seven journalists and media workers charged with involvement in the failed July 2016 coup. The second hearing was due...
BHRC released its trial observations from the first substantive proceedings against journalists in Turkey in June 2017. The trial observation report raises serious concern over violations of international law and fair trial rights in Turkey. BHRC trial observer Pete Weatherby QC attended the first three days of the proceedings against seven journalists in the case...
London, 1st September 2017 BHRC today welcomes the release from detention in Yaounde of 54 Cameroonians from the South West and North West Anglophone regions. The individuals were on trial for alleged crimes associated with terrorist actions against the State, to which BHRC and other organisations have raised concerns. All charges have been dropped against...
A new trial observation report by the Bar Human Rights Committee has revealed numerous violations of international law and fair trial protections during Cameroon’s ongoing prosecution of 28 people. BHRC trial observer Jodie Blackstock attended the hearings of Felix Agbor-Balla, Fontem Neba and Mancho Bibixy in April 2017. Mr Agbor-Balla is a barrister, Mr Neba an...
لندن / بروكسل، 16 تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 2016: أصدرت لجنة حقوق الإنسان في نقابة المحامين في انجلترا وويلز، مركز القاهرة لدراسات حقوق الإنسان و الأورو-متوسطية للحقوق تقريرا حول مراقبة محاكمة السيدة آية حجازي في مصر. ويكشف التقرير ارتكاب السلطات المصرية انتهاكات عدة للقانون الدولي أثناء محاكمة السيدة حجازي التي تحمل الجنسيتين الأميركية والمصرية، والتي أسست...
Le rapport d’EuroMed Droits, du Comité des droits de l’Homme du barreau en Angleterre et au pays de Galles (BHRC) et de l’Institut du Caire pour l’étude des droits de l’homme (CIHRS) expose au grand jour des violations du droit international commises par l’Égypte lors du procès d’Aya Hegazy LONDRES/BRUXELLES/LE CAIRE, 16 NOVEMBRE : un nouveau rapport d’observation...
Read in: French / Arabic A new trial observation report, published today by the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales, EuroMed Rights and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, has revealed multiple violations of international law committed by Egypt during the trial of Aya Hegazy, a dual US-Egyptian citizen and founder of...
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales has today published an interim Trial Observation Report, highlighting apparent breaches of international human rights law in the prosecution of several Turkish journalists from the daily newspaper Taraf. BHRC’s report, written by barrister and international law expert Gráinne Mellon, provides analysis of a preliminary hearing in...
The Bar Human Rights Committee has this week sent an international trial observer to the first hearing in the trial of five Turkish journalists in the Istanbul High Criminal Court. The trial involves three former editors (Ahmet Altan, Yasemin Çongar and Yıldıray Oğur) and two former journalists (Mehmet Baransu and Tuncay Opçin) from the daily...
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