Since the failed coup in July 2016, the Turkish government has detained and charged thousands of journalists, lawyers, judges and...
Issues: independence of legal practitioners
On eve of human rights advocate’s trial, BHRC calls on China to release detained lawyers and human rights defenders
BHRC has published a statement raising serious concern over the continued detention of human rights defenders in China and their inability...
BHRC and Bar Council reach out to Mugabe over Zimbabwe’s plans for the judiciary
A joint letter signed by the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales and the Bar Council of England...
BHRC welcomes Inter-American Court ruling requiring Honduras to reinstate judges.
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) has found that the Honduran State failed to comply with its previous...
BHRC raises concern over potential changes to the Polish judiciary
21 July 2017 (updated 24 July 2017) BHRC has sent a letter to the President of Poland and released a Statement...
BHRC trial observation reports multiple violations of fair trial rights by Cameroon
A new trial observation report by the Bar Human Rights Committee has revealed numerous violations of international law and fair...
BHRC expresses grave concern over arrest and prosecution of Pastor Evan Mawarire in Zimbabwe
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) expresses its grave concern over the recent arrest and prosecution...
BHRC calls on Turkish Constitutional Court to address human rights abuses
The Bar Human Rights Committee has today written to the Turkish Constitutional Court, calling on them to urgently address the...
Bar Human Rights Committee and Bar Council urge Theresa May to raise Turkish human rights concerns in Erdoğan meeting
The Bar Human Rights Committee and the Bar Council have today urged Prime Minister Theresa May to address ongoing human...
BHRC expresses grave concern over arrest of Egyptian lawyer Azza Soliman
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales has expressed its grave concern over the arrest yesterday of prominent...