On Tuesday 28 January 2020, BHRC attended the latest hearing of the “Gezi Park” trial of sixteen leading civil society...
Country: <span>Turkey</span>
BHRC Interim Trial Report: The “Gezi Park” trial continues with the ongoing detention of Osman Kavala in defiance of ECHR decision ordering his immediate release
Following on from our previous trial observations of June and October 2019, BHRC has published an interim trial report of...
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...
BHRC: The “Gezi Park” trial continues on 8 October 2019 with the ongoing detention of Osman Kavala in Turkey
BHRC: The “Gezi Park” trial continues on 8 October 2019 with the ongoing detention of Osman Kavala in Turkey BHRC...
BHRC trial report on latest stage of Selahattin Demirtaş v Turkey confirms ECtHR finding that continued detention is politically motivated
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales has published its interim report in the ongoing cases of Selahattin...
BHRC joins International Coalition of Legal Organisations raising concern for Turkey’s lawyers and judges
BHRC is part of an international coalition of legal organisations who have submitted a joint Stakeholder Submission to the UN...
BHRC: The “Gezi Park” trial forms part of a chilling clampdown on human rights defenders and civil society in Turkey.
BHRC has issued a public statement raising serious concern over the “Gezi Park” trial of sixteen leading civil society individuals,...
Barristers seek action from President Erdogan on Turkey’s Day of the Lawyer
The Bar Council of England and Wales and the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) have sent...
Lawyers Associations join forces to raise concern for the rule of law and the legal profession in Turkey for the Day of the Endangered Lawyer
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) has joined ten other Bar Associations, Law Societies and Legal...
BHRC expresses concern at recent arrests of academics and activists in Turkey
BHRC has issued a public statement expressing serious concern at the recent arrests by Turkish authorities of academics and activists....