Church attack an affront to Pakistan’s ideals: HRCP
Lahore, September 23: Condemning the suicide bombings at a Peshawar church on Sunday as inhuman and an affront to the values to uphold which Pakistan was established, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called upon the government to share with the people its strategy to overcome the ongoing faith-based and militant-orchestrated attacks on citizens […]
Nasrin Sotoudeh released: All prisoners of conscience should be freed!
Paris, 18 September 2013 – FIDH welcomes with great joy the news of Nasrin Sotoudeh’s release, announced today by her husband, Reza Khandan, on his Facebook page. Nasrin, our friend and colleague, is a human rights lawyer from Iran, known for defending juveniles facing death penalty and prisoners of conscience. She is also a member of FIDH […]
HRCP’s concern over rising violence against women
Lahore, September 17, 2013: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has voiced alarm over increasing violence against women in Pakistan. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Commission said: “HRCP has watched with grave concern the rising incidence of violence against women in Pakistan in recent days. Unfortunately, such incidents have always been commonplace in the country but now […]
خواتین کے خلاف بڑھتے ہوئے تشدد تشویش کا باعث ہے
لاہور 17ستمبر 2013 پاکستان کمیشن برائے انسانی حقوق نے پاکستان میں خواتین کے خلاف بڑھتے ہوئے تشدد پر تشویش کا اظہار کیا ہے۔ منگل کو جاری ہونے والے ایک بیان میں کمیشن نے کہا: ایچ ار سی پی نے حالیہ دنوں میں خواتین کے حلاف تشدد کے بڑھتے ہوئے واقعات کا شدید تشویش کے ساتھ […]
Belarus: Zmitser Dashkevich released, while 11 other political prisoners remain detained
Paris-Minsk, 30 August 2013 – FIDH and its member organisation in Belarus, the Human Rights Center (Viasna), welcome the 28 August release of Zmitser Dashkevich, leader of the civil and political organisation Young Front, after his having completed his full prison term for charges of “malicious hooliganism” and “repeated failure to obey prison authorities”. FIDH and Viasna note that […]
End disappearances, impunity for perpetrators now, HRCP urges PM
Lahore, August 29: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called upon Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to launch immediately a drive to put an end to enforced disappearance of citizens and also end the impunity for the illegal practice. In a letter sent to the prime minister on the eve of the International Day of […]
HRCP slams dumping of Baloch dead bodies in Karachi
Lahore, August 23: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has noted with concern the continued dumping of mutilated dead bodies of missing Baloch men in Karachi and demanded that the killers are brought to justice. In a statement released on Friday, the Commission noted “with great dismay and strongly condemned the fact that there had been no […]
SAHR Vehemently Condemns the Arbitrary Arrest of Human Rights Activist Adilur Rahman Khan
Lahore, Aug 16: South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) vehemently condemns the arbitrary arrest of Mr. Adilur Rahman Khan, a Senior Lawyer of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and a former Deputy Attorney General who currently holds office as Secretary of Odhikar, a Bangladeshi Human Rights Organization. A statement issued by Hina Jilani and Dr. […]
Egypt : The Way to Civil War?
Paris, 15 August 2013 – FIDH is appalled by the reports of massive casualties resulting from a move of the governmental security forces to clear « pro-Morsi sit-ins » in two different locations in Cairo on August 14, 2013. Early morning on August 14, police forces, supported by the Military, violently dispersed the crowds gathered on Nahda […]
HRCP slams brutal killing of labourers in Balochistan
Lahore, August 7: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has slammed the execution-style killing of 13 labourers in Balochistan, reportedly hailing from Punjab who were returning home to celebrate Eid. In a statement released on Wednesday, HRCP said: “HRCP is appalled by the cold-blooded killing of 13 labourers by insurgents in Mach area of Balochistan. […]
