Voting is now open for the BHRC Executive Committee 2020-21 until 1pm on Sunday 8 December 2019. All current members...
Month: <span>November 2019</span>
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...
Call for Nominations for BHRC Executive Biannual Election
BHRC is now taking nominations for its Executive Committee until 1pm on Sunday 24 November. All current members of BHRC are...
BHRC Chair Schona Jolly QC’s response to the alarming development in the case of Ahmet Altan in Turkey
BHRC has today received information that: A judge reviewed an application for the re-arrest of Ahmet Altan, one of Turkey’s...
International lawyers observe “12 Apostles” trial of Santiago Uribe Vélez
Representatives from the Colombian Caravana (UK) and the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales returned to Medellin to...
BHRC, FBE and LRWC express condemnation of serious human rights violations in response to mass protests in Chile
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales, European Bars Federation Human Rights Commission (Fédération des Barreaux d’Europe) and...
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...