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HRCP slams debacle leading to travel curbs over polio fears

| 7 May 2014

Lahore, May 7: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned the state of affairs that has led to the World Health Organisation (WHO) slapping travel restrictions on Pakistan to prevent the spread of the polio virus to other countries. It also expressed alarm at lack of concrete steps after the WHO announcement […]

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HRCP’s concern over missing BSO-Azad chairperson

| 29 April 2014

Lahore, April 29: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed serious alarm at the disappearance of Baloch Student Organisation-Azad (BSO-Azad) chairman Zahid Baloch who was picked up in Quetta last month and demanded his safe and immediate release. In a statement on Tuesday, the Commission said: “HRCP is seriously concerned over the case of Zahid Baloch who […]

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انسدادی اقدامات کے فقدان کے باعث انسانی حقوق کی صورتحال مزیدابتر ہوئی

| 28 April 2014

پریس ریلیز لاہور 28اپریل 2014 پاکستان کمیشن برائے انسانی حقوق نے انسانی حقوق کی بگڑتی صورتحال اور ان معاملات کو ترجیح نہ دےنے پر تشویش کا اظہار کیا ہے۔ کمےشن برائے انسانی حقوق کے کونسل اور سالانہ عمومی اجلاسوں کے اختتام پر جاری ہونے والے بےان میں کہا گےا کہ: ”پاکستان کمےشن برائے انسانی حقوق(اےچ […]

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Zohra Yusuf reelected HRCP Chairperson

| 27 April 2014

Lahore, April 27: Ms Zohra Yusuf was re-elected Chairperson and Kamran Arif Advocate was reelected Co-chairperson of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) at the election of its office-bearers for the 2014-2016 term, held at the commission’s annual general meeting here today. The Vice-chairpersons elected are: Balochistan – Tahir Husain Khan, Advocate; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – Sher […]

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HRCP launches annual report

| 24 April 2014

Lahore, April 24: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) launched its annual report for the year 2013, ‘the State of Human Rights in 2013’, in Islamabad on Thursday. The report is available online at: http://www.hrcp-web.org/hrcpweb/report14/AR2013.pdf   Zohra Yusuf Chairperson

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HRCP wants abduction, killing of MQM workers probed

| 21 April 2014

Lahore, April 21: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has noted with serious alarm that while the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has continued to voice concerns about abduction, torture and extrajudicial killings of its workers, steps have not been taken to investigate the charges. In a statement issued on Monday, the Commission said: “HRCP has learned […]

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HRCP urges release of abducted labourers, coastgaurd personnel in Balochistan

| 11 April 2014

Lahore, April 11: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called for the release of three labourers and two coastguard personnel believed to be in the custody of an insurgent group in Balochistan. In a statement issued on Friday, the Commission said: “HRCP has come to learn that Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) has two coastguard personnel […]

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HRCP slams threat to lawyer representing blasphemy accused

| 10 April 2014

Lahore, April 10: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has voiced serious concern and indignation over threats extended to a senior lawyer representing a blasphemy accused inside a courtroom in the Multan Central Prison. In a statement issued on Thursday, the Commission said: “HRCP is extremely concerned about threats given to the lawyers of blasphemy accused […]

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RUSSIAN FEDERATION: The appeal court orders ADC “Memorial” to register as a “foreign agent”, amid marred judicial proceedings

| 10 April 2014

PRESS RELEASE – THE OBSERVATORY RUSSIAN FEDERATION: The appeal court orders ADC “Memorial” to register as a “foreign agent”, amid marred judicial proceedings Paris-Geneva, April 9, 2014. In a hearing observed yesterday by the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT joint programme), the Saint Petersburg City Court upheld that the Anti-Discrimination Centre (ADC) “Memorial”, a Russian […]

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Third Anniversary of Arrest: Calls for the Release of Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja

| 10 April 2014

9 April 2014 Third Anniversary of Arrest: Calls for the Release of Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja International and Local Civil Society Groups Call for Immediate and Unconditional Release of Bahraini Human Rights Defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja on the Third Anniversary of His Arrest The undersigned civil society organizations express their serious concern for the health and well-being of […]

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