Arrest of Turkeys lawyers violates human rights treaties, says BHRC
28 November 2011 - SACC
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) has written to Turkey’s PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan, stating that the arrests of 51 lawyers last Tuesday constitute a ‘grave violation of every human rights treaty to which Turkey is a party’. The letter also calls for the immediate release and reinstatement of all lawyers who have been arrested or threatened.