This brief was submitted to the Supreme Court of Azad Jammu & Kashmir by the BHRC. The Supreme Court is due to hear the bail appeal of Sajid Hussain, a British national who was arrested on suspicion of murder in Dadyal on 1st June 2010. Mr. Hussain is currently facing trial for murder before the Additional District...
The BHRC expresses its urgent concern about today’s arrests of a further 45 lawyers at Caglayan Court in Istanbul. The lawyers were attending the courthouse in solidarity with Gezi Park demonstrators who had been arrested earlier in the day. To see the full statement click here.
A brief update of the BHRC activities during May. View bulletin here.
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) re-publishes today, 5th June, an Open Letter addressed to the President of India, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, the Prime Minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh, the Indian Home Minister, Mr Sushilkumar Shinde, and the President of the Indian National Congress party, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, expressing concern at the recent rejection...
The BHRC releases today 17th May 2013 a statement expressing concern for the safety of Shukhoranjan Bali, missing witness in the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in Bangladesh, who has been found in an Indian jail following allegations of abduction by Bangladeshi state authorities. See the BHRC statement here.
A brief update of the BHRC activities during April. Read the bulletin here.
The BHRC launches today 30th April 2013 an observation report on a pre-trial hearing in the case of 46 Turkish lawyers charged with terrorist offences. The hearing took place on the 28th March at the Istanbul Heavy Penal Court. The hearing observation was conducted on behalf of BHRC by Melanie Gingell, barrister at Tooks Chambers and member of the BHRC. See the report here.
The BHRC and Solicitors’ International Human Rights Group (“SIHRG”) send today a letter to official authorities with reference to the current decision to annul the criminal proceedings in which General Efrain Rios Montt and Mauricio Rodríguez Sánchez, are being tried on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity In Guatemala. To see the letter in English click...
The BHRC voices serious concern at the murder of lawyer Diego Luis Garcia Gonzales on 21st March 2013 in the western province of Valle de Cauca, Colombia. This is the sixth lawyer murdered this year. The increasingly hostile environment for lawyers in the area combined with the callous circumstances surrounding Diego Luis Garcia Gonzales’ shooting have lead to denunciations from...
The BHRC launches today the report “The Prosecution of Former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed. Report of BHRC’s Second Independent Legal Observation Mission” To access the report please click here
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