On 20 November BHRC wrote to Chief Executive Carrie Lam expressing grave concern at the intensifying situation in Hong Kong...
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BHRC statement ahead of the Global Lawyers Forum in Guangzhou, China on International Human Rights Day
As lawyers and delegates gather for the Global Lawyers Conference in Guangzou, China, BHRC calls upon the Chinese authorities to...
EVENT: BHRC Chair Schona Jolly QC in Conversation with Carrie Gracie: Reflections on thirty years as a foreign correspondent in China
10 December 2019 18:30 Hausfeld 12 Gough Square, London, EC4A 3DW Please join us for our end-of year event in...
BHRC and the Bar Council express serious concern about Kashmir in letter to Prime Minister Modi
Chair of the Bar Council, Richard Atkins QC, and Chair of the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales...
BHRC gravely concerned as situation in Hong Kong intensifies in letter to Chief Executive Carrie Lam
Update: BHRC received a response from Ms Lam on the 2 December 2019. Click here to read it. BHRC has...
China – BHRC welcomes international actions condemning treatment of Uighur peoples in Xinjiang
BHRC has issued a public statement welcoming two recent developments in the international community condemning the treatment of Uighur peoples...
BHRC raises serious concern over reports of police brutality in Hong Kong
BHRC has issued a statement raising serious concern about the response by Hong Kong authorities to ongoing protests in Hong...
BHRC joins UPR Submission raising concern for the Philippines’ lawyers
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) has endorsed a joint submission to the UN Human Rights...
BHRC publishes event report on Parliamentary session “Hiding in Plain Sight-the extraordinary scale of human rights violations in Xinjiang, China”
On Wednesday 26th June 2019, the Bar Human Rights Committee in conjunction with the All Party Parliamentary Human Rights Group,...
INDIA: BAR HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE EXPRESSES SERIOUS CONCERN THAT THE RAIDS ON INDIRA JAISING AND ANAND GROVER FORM PART OF A PATTERN OF HARASSMENT AND INTIMIDATION DIRECTED AGAINST CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS.
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) writes to express its alarm and concern at the raids...