September 2013 – Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales

News Statements and LettersSeptember 26, 2013

Bangladesh: Retroactive application of legislation used to impose the death sentence on Abdul Quader Mollah

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) releases today, 26th September 2013, a statement expressing grave concern about the retroactive application of legislation used to impose the death sentence on Abdul Quader Mollah, a senior leader in the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami Party, convicted of war crimes by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) of...

News Statements and LettersSeptember 20, 2013

Botswana: BHRC sends a letter of concern about the case of barrister Gordon Bennett

The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (“BHRC”) has today, 20th September, sent a letter to the President of the Republic of Botswana expressing concern about the case of Mr. Gordon Bennett, a barrister instructed to act on behalf of the Bushmen of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR). Mr. Bennett was accused of...

NewsSeptember 13, 2013

BHRC submits Amicus Curiae brief to the Tribunal of Santander, Colombia in the case of David Ravelo Crespo

On 4th September 2013, BHRC filed an Amicus Curiae brief to the Tribunal Superior de Santander, Cantabria – Colombia, in the case of David Ravelo Crespo, Colombian human rights defender in prison since 2010. Kirsty Brimelow QC, Chair of the BHRC and Counsel to the Amicus Curiae, said: “The issues impact not only upon David Ravelo Crespo but upon both the...

Amicus Curiae Briefs NewsSeptember 13, 2013

Sri Lanka: Amicus Brief to the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka

On the 26th August, the BHRC and the Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA) submitted an Amicus Brief to the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, in the matter of an Application for Special Leave to Appeal against the judgement of the Court of Appeal under and in terms of Article 128(2) of the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Sri...

News Statements and LettersSeptember 3, 2013

BHRC strongly condemns the killing of Iranian refugees in Camp Ashraf

The Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC) releases today a statement strongly condemning the killing of Iranian refugees in Camp Ashraf by the Iraqi army on Sunday, 1 September 2013. See the statement here.