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HRCP’s alarm over placing journalist’s name on ECL
Lahore, October 11: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has demanded that all curbs on journalist Cyril Almeida travelling abroad must be immediately withdrawn and any grievance that the authorities might have against him must be dealt with in accordance with the law, due process and universally acknowledged freedoms of opinion and expression. In […]
Syria: Free Human Rights Lawyer Khalil Ma’touq Held for 4 Years
Geneva, New York, 4 October 2016 – Syria should immediately release the Human Rights Lawyer Khalil Ma’touq and his assistant, Mohamed Thatha, 31 human rights organizations said today, on the fourth anniversary of their enforced disappearance. On October 2, 2012, the two men are believed to have been arrested at a government-operated checkpoint on their way from Ma’touq’s home in the Damascus suburb […]
The DRC under scrutiny: the Human Rights Council places the country at the center of its attention
Geneva, Paris, 30 September 2016 — The UN Human Rights Council placed the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) under scrutiny today by adopting a resolution that puts the country at the center of its attention. This strong political move was essential to respond to the human rights crisis that is unfolding in the DRC […]
Going backwards: The death penalty in Southeast Asia
(Paris, 10 October 2016) Over the past year, Southeast Asia has witnessed significant setbacks with regard to the abolition of the death penalty, FIDH said in a new report published today, on the occasion of the 14th World Day Against the Death Penalty. The report, titled “Going backwards: The death penalty in Southeast Asia,” provides […]
صحافی کا نام ای سی ایل میں ڈالنا باعث تشویش ہے
پریس ریلیز لاہور 11اکتوبر، 2016 پاکستان کمیشن برائے انسانی حقوق (ایچ آر سی پی) نے مطالبہ کیا ہے کہ صحافی سرل المائڈا کے بیرون ملک سفر پر عائد تمام پابندیاں فوری طور پر ختم کی جائیں اور اگر حکام کو ان سے کوئی شکایات ہیں تو ان کا ازالہ قانون، معین طریقہ کار کے حق […]
HRCP slams faith-based violence in Balochistan
Lahore, October 07: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called upon the authorities and the political and religious parties to take effective steps to stop the faith-based violence and bloodletting in Balochistan. In a statement issued on Friday, the Commission said: “HRCP has serious concerns over the recent attack in Quetta where four […]
West Bengal peace activists call for talks
Eighty peace activists, leaders, eminent citizens from West Bengal call for India Pakistan dialogue to secure peace: A N A P P E A L We the following signatories from West Bengal are deeply concerned about the escalating tension between the two neighbouring countries, India and Pakistan, and the jingoism in support of armed conflict […]
Yasin Malik’s health deteriorates; Rights group intervenes
New Delhi, October 06: Responding to President of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, Yasin Malik’s wife’s claim of deliberate negligence towards treatment of her husband, the secretary General of South Asia Forum for Human Rights has written to the Foreign Secretary asking them to provide the Hurriyat leader with the adequate treatment. This come days […]
SAHR statement on the postponement of the SAARC Summit
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, is deeply concerned about the postponement of the 19th South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit which was scheduled to be held in Pakistan in November 2016. We understand that this is due to the decision made by the Prime Minister […]
“Guinea: waiting for justice” – Victims of State violence testify
(Conakry, 27 September 2016) Seven years after the 28 September 2009 massacre, FIDH and OGDH want to pay tribute and listen to the thousands of victims of the Guinea state violence. The two organisations invited the English photographer Tommy Trenchard to meet with the victims who they have been supporting since 2009 in their quest […]
