BHRC has issued a public statement expressing serious concern at the recent arrests by Turkish authorities of academics and activists....
Tag: <span>human rights defenders</span>
EVENT: 21 November 18:00-Turkey’s Continuing Crisis: Freedom of Expression and the Rule of Law under Threat
Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales and ARTICLE 19 will host a panel discussion highlighting urgent and continuing concerns about...
BHRC announces its panel and speakers for Bar Conference 2018
The Bar Human Rights Committee will be hosting a panel discussion at the Annual Bar and Young Conference 2018 in...
BHRC joins international call for Nobel Peace Prize to Human Rights Defenders
The Bar Human Rights Committee has joined over 200 organisations around the world in signing an open letter endorsing the...
BHRC sends joint submission to Special Rapporteur on Judges and Lawyers regarding the situation of lawyers in Turkey
The Bar Human Rights Committee alongside the Law Society of England and Wales and the International Bar Association Human Rights...
On the anniversary of the Chinese 709 Crackdown, BHRC calls for the release of detained human rights lawyers
BHRC has issued a statement raising concern for the continued detention of human rights lawyers on the third anniversary of...
Blog Post: Former University of Manchester student Osman Kavala and the implications of his continued detention on the rule of law in post-coup Turkey
Written by: Işıl Aral, Daniel Bramhall, Andrew Stevens, Joseph Lynch-Watson Introduction Osman Kavala has been a prominent figure in...
ARTICLE 19 and Bar Human Rights Committee join forces to monitor trials in Turkey
In response to the unprecedented threat against the rights to freedom of expression and fair trials, ARTICLE 19 and...
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...