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Last week the Foreign Secretary imposed sanctions on nationals of four countries following the enactment the UK’s “Magnitsky law.” Rhys discusses the likely impact of the new law in an article in the Independent newspaper.
A Turkish court has opened the trial of 20 Saudi nationals indicted with killing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Rhys was interviewed on Al Jazeera television and asked to comment on the importance of the proceedings, as well as the prospects…
Rhys Davies appeared on Al Jazeera Television and was asked to analyse the legality of threats to attack Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli. The threats emerge against a backdrop of attacks on civilians in heavily populated areas, in likely breach of…
Rhys was asked to comment on the legality of President Trump’s threat to target Iranian cultural sites. Rhys told The Independent that the military action described in Mr Trump’s tweets could certainly be a war crime and noted that although…
Rhys Davies, International Counsel for social rights activist Suha Jbara, has submitted urgent communications to both the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture. Ms Jbara was forcefully detained on November 3rd 2018 by…
Rhys was asked to comment on the legal implications following air raids conducted by the UAE in southern Yemen. The Yemeni defence ministry stated that more than 300 people were killed and wounded as a result of the bombings.
Former president Morsi collapsed and died during a court appearance on the 17th of June, having been in custody since he was deposed in 2013. Reports indicated that he had been held in prolonged solitary confinement and had repeatedly been…
Rhys Davies attended court in Jericho, in the West Bank, on behalf of Suha Jbara, a US/Panamanian citizen detained and tortured by the Palestinian Authority. Following her arrest in November 2018, Ms Jbara was detained for over two months during…
Rodney Dixon KC, counsel for jailed Moroccan journalist Toufik Bouachrine, assisted by Rhys Davies, have submitted an urgent request to Dr. Agnes Callamard, the UN Special Rapporteur investigating the killing of Jamal Khashoggi to obtain and examine Mr. Bouachrine’s mobile…
Rhys Davies was asked to comment on information obtained by the Guardian newspaper that the country’s ruler, King Salman, has ordered reports to be prepared on the condition of Saudi political prisoners. The Guardian has been informed that the Saudi…
