The undersigned organisations have been following recent developments in the cases of human rights lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal,...
Regions: Europe
Bar Council and BHRC write to Polish authorities ahead of hearing to waive immunity of Judge Tuleya
The Bar Council and the Bar Human Rights Committee have written to the Polish President and Prime Minister, and Marshals of the...
Turkey: Discontinue criminal investigations against Ankara and Diyarbakir Bar Associations
The Bar Human Rights Committee has joined a coalition of ten legal organisations in a joint letter to the President...
Hungary: State Secretary Response to BHRC and Bar Council letter calling on Prime Minister Orbán to reverse disproportionate emergency powers legislation
On 1 April 2020, BHRC and the Bar Council wrote to the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, expressing grave...
Statement: Political prisoners in Turkey in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic
BHRC has issued a public statement expressing serious concern that draft legislation in Turkey, which aims to prevent the spread...
Bar Council and BHRC call on Prime Minister Orbán to reverse disproportionate emergency powers legislation in Hungary amid COVID-19 pandemic
The Bar Council and the Bar Human Rights Committee have written to the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, expressing grave concern...
Bar Council and BHRC write to the Polish authorities over worsening rule of law crisis
The Bar Council and the Bar Human Rights Committee have written to the Polish President and Prime Minister, and Marshals of the...
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, as proceedings unravel
Following on from our previous trial observations of June, October and December 2019, BHRC has published an interim trial report of the...
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 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...