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Thailand: Immediately drop sedition case and all proceedings against human rights lawyer Sirikan Charoensiri
Geneva, Paris, 3 October 2016 – The Thai Government should immediately drop all proceedings against human rights lawyer, Sirikan Charoensiri, including the specious accusation of sedition, which apparently relate to her organization’s representation of 14 student activists peacefully protesting in June 2015, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Asian Forum […]
The Human Rights Council takes responsible action to prevent the worst in Burundi
Geneva, Paris, 30 September 2016 – By adopting a resolution that condemns the serious crimes committed in Burundi, the UN Human Rights Council took responsible action to try and prevent the worst as the country is sliding further towards violence and the risk of genocide is real. This resolution also establishes an international commission of […]
CSO intimidation, civilian set-up abdicating role alarm HRCP
Lahore, October 3: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called intimidation of civil society organisations (CSOs) and the civilian government allowing important matters to slip out of its hands regrettable developments, which would have grave implications for the country’s democratic future. The HRCP executive council, which met in Karachi to consider the human […]
سول سوسائٹی کی تنظیموں کو دھمکانا ، سولین حکومت کا اپنی ذمہ داریوں سے دستبردار ہونا تشویشناک امر ہے
پریس ریلیز لاہور 03 اکتوبر، 2016 پاکستان کمیشن برائے انسانی حقوق (ایچ آر سی پی) نے سول سوسائٹی کی تنظیموں کو دھمکانے اور اس بات کو افسوس ناک قراردیا ہے کہ سولین حکومت نے اہم معاملات کو اپنے ہاتھ سے نکل جانے کی اجازت دی ہے جس سے ملک کے جمہوری مستقبل کے لیے […]
HRCP concerns grow over rights situation in Karachi
Karachi, October 1: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed grave apprehensions over the prevailing human rights concerns in Karachi being aggravated by new problems cropping up in recent months. In a statement issued on Saturday, the Executive Council of the Commission said that it had decided to hold its autumn meeting in […]
HRCP moot demands urgent attention to workers’ right in ‘forgotten mining sector’
Karachi, September 30: The regulation of the mining industry in all parts of Pakistan needed to be urgently looked at in order to prevent injury and loss of lives among mine workers, mitigate hazards to the environment and minimize mining-related displacement and its impact. This was the consensus of a two-day national consultation on concerns regarding […]
Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez arbitrarily arrested and denied due process rights
(Bangkok-Dhaka-Geneva-Madurai-Paris-Quezon City,) Our organisations strongly condemn today’s arbitrary arrest of Kashmiri human rights defender Mr. Khurram Parvez, and call for his immediate and unconditional release. On September 16 at 12:30 am, police officers came to Khurram Parvez’s home in Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir, arrested him without presenting a warrant, and took him to the Kothi […]
HRCP calls for action on UN plea on disappearances
Lahore, September 15: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called upon the government to implement the recommendations made by the United Nation’s Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances. The commission has also asked the authorities concerned to pay due attention to the working group’s latest report to the UN Human Rights Council. […]
جبری گمشدگیوں سے متعلق اقوام متحدہ کی سفارشات پر عملدرآمد کیا جائے
پریس ریلیز لاہور پاکستان کمیشن برائے انسانی حقوق (ایچ آر سی پی) نے حکومت سے مطالبہ کیا ہے کہ وہ جبری یا غیررضاکارانہ گمشدگیوں سے متعلق اقوام متحدہ کے ورکنگ گروپ کی سفارشات پر عملدرآمد کرے۔کمیشن نے متعلقہ حکام سے یہ بھی مطالبہ کیا ہے کہ وہ ورکنگ گروپ کی جانب سے اقوام متحدہ کی […]
Harassment of human rights defender Dr. Rubina Feroze Bhatti and closure of her organisation
On 2 September 2016, a team of police was seen in the vicinity of the home of the human rights defender Dr. Rubina Feroze Bhatti, and questioned her house maid of her whereabouts. The previous day, the NGO of the human rights defender, Taangh Wasaib Organization (TWO) was shut down by police and 8 of […]
