In response to the unprecedented threat against the rights to freedom of expression and fair trials, ARTICLE 19 and...
Tag: <span>fair trial rights</span>

Pressure mounts on Prime Minister to raise barristers’ urgent concerns with Turkey
The Bar Council of England and Wales and the Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC) have written jointly to Prime Minister...

BHRC hosts round table discussion with Luis Guillermo Pérez, Colombian Human Rights Defender
On 25 April, BHRC hosted Colombian human rights lawyer Luis Guillermo Pérez as part of his European speaking tour in...

BHRC joins international legal community in an open letter to Turkish authorities in support of Turkish lawyers on the Day of the Lawyer in Turkey
The Bar Council of England and Wales, the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC), the International...

BHRC publishes trial observation report for Egyptian presidential contender
BHRC, along with its partner EuroMed Rights have published its trial observation report for the appeal case of Khaled Ali,...

BHRC calls on UK Foreign Secretary to intervene for Bahraini human rights defender
BHRC has sent a letter to the UK Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, raising concern over the detention, prosecution and treatment...

BHRC releases hearing observations for Ahed Tamimi and family
BHRC has released its hearing observation report on the opening of the trial of 17-year-old Ahed Tamimi, her mother Nariman Tamimi...

BHRC signs onto oral statements to Special Rapporteurs on Torture and HRD
BHRC has signed onto joint oral statement to the Special Rapparteurs on Torture and Human Rights Defenders made at the 37th...

“Free the lawyers” BHRC and Bar Council sends letter to Iran
BHRC and the Bar Council sent a letter to Ayatollah Khamenei calling for the release of lawyers and other persons arrested for...