The Bar Human Rights Committee has partnered with the Human Rights Watch Film Festival for a series of screenings of documentary films The Settlers and They Call Us Monsters, taking place at the Barbican and Picturehouse Central in March 2017. The Settlers The Settlers cracks open the world of Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank:...
The Bar Human Rights Committee has welcomed the UK Government’s recent decision to reconsider asylum applications from lone child refugees with family links to Britain, following substantial public outcry from BHRC and many others. A written Ministerial statement by Robert Goodwill MP on 8 February 2017 revealed that the Government’s schemes to accept unaccompanied child refugees...
The Bar Human Rights Committee has published a statement of concern calling on the Turkish authorities to protect the fair trial rights of five journalists from the newspaper Taraf. Former Taraf editor Ahmet Altan, deputy editor Yasemin Çongar and journalists Mehmet Baransu. Yıldıray Oğur and Tuncay Opçin currently face unparticularised charges relating to terrorism and security....
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) expresses its grave concern over the recent arrest and prosecution of Pastor Evan Mawarire. Pastor Mawarire fled Zimbabwe to the United States approximately six months ago, following harassment and threats against his life. At the time, he was the leader of the #ThisFlag campaign, a...
The Bar Human Rights Committee has condemned the British Government’s recent announcement that only 150 further child refugees will be admitted to the United Kingdom, under provisions in the Immigration Act commonly referred to as the “Dubs Amendment”. The thousands of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in Europe are at the forefront of the refugee crisis that...
The Bar Human Rights Committee has today written to the Turkish Constitutional Court, calling on them to urgently address the thousands of cases pending since Turkey’s abortive coup in July 2016. Since the attempted coup, no cases have yet been heard or resolved. 80,000 cases are currently waiting to be considered by the court, with...
Following the sad news of Professor Sir Nigel Rodley’s death on 27 January 2017, the Bar Human Rights Committee pays tribute to him. Professor Rodley joined BHRC’s Advisory Board in 2013. He was a valued supporter of BHRC’s work, and always there when needed to provide a calm, focused voice of experience and intellect. He...
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