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SAHR congratulates the people of Nepal on adoption of the new Constitution
Nepal promulgated its new constitution on Sept. 20, 2015 by a majority of the Constituent Assembly. South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, welcomes this as an important event in Nepal’s progress towards democracy. SAHR is deeply concerned, however, that the continuing blockade of goods along the Indo-Nepal border […]
HRCP demands answers, remedial action after factory tragedy
Lahore, November 11: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called upon the provincial government to ensure that the many breaches of official responsibility revealed by the collapse of a factory building in Sundar Industrial Estate last week, in which more than 50 precious lives were lost, are not swept under the carpet. In […]
Court summons Kasur jail staff
Torturing death row convict KASUR: The District and Sessions judge Thursday summoned the Kasur jail staff for torturing a death row convict. According to complainant Atif Farooq of village Qaisar Gar, on October 20 Kasur jail Deputy Superintendent Tahir Majeed and Assistant Superintendent Muhammad Ashfaq severely tortured his brother Mazhar Farooq on the behalf of […]
ثقافتی ورثے کو لاحق خطرات
پریس ریلیز لاہور 22 اکتوبر 2015 پاکستان کمیشن برائے انسانی حقوق نے پنجاب حکومت سے کہا ہے کہ وہ اورنج ٹرین منصوبہ پر نظرثانی کرتے ہوئے لوگوں کے ثقافتی ورثے کے تحفظ کے بنیادی حق پر حملہ آور ہونے سے باز رہے۔ کمیشن نے کہا ہے کہ لاہور میں اورنج ٹرین کی خاطر جنرل پوسٹ […]
PPP-SB plans Sindh-wide protest on 17th over ‘custodial killing’
HYDERABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party-Shaheed Bhutto (PPP-SB) has announced a province-wide protest on Oct 17 against the “extrajudicial” killing of the brother of a senior party activist. Niaz Khaskheli, the brother of Hyderabad PPP-SB vice president Irshad Khaskheli, was shot dead by the Bhitai Nagar police in what they claimed to be an encounter with […]
Human Rights Commissioner marks World Day against the Death Penalty
Islamabad: Christoph Strässer, Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid at the Federal Foreign Office, issued the following statement on 10 October, the World Day against the Death Penalty: “To mark the World Day against the Death Penalty today, we are calling for a worldwide effort to abolish capital punishment! I encourage […]
NCHR report on Kasur child abuse
Islamabad: The National Commission for Human Rights has issued the report of its fact-finding mission that probed the Kasur incident of child abuse. The commission has make the following observations and recommendations: OBSERVATIONS: That, children were sexually abused in village Hussain Khan Wala, Distt Kasur on large scale since 2010.Victims and their parents were being […]
