HRCP urges Zardari to visit Quetta
Lahore, February 20: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called upon President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Pervez Ashraf to take personal initiatives for guaranteeing security of life to the Hazara Shias. While requesting President Zardari to visit Quetta, the HRCP Chairperson, Zohra Yusuf, has said: “Within the seven weeks of this year […]
European Court of Human Rights: ban on same-sex second-parent adoption is discriminatory
Today the European Court of Human Rights delivered its judgment in the case of X and Others v. Austria (application 19010/07) and ruled that Austria’s Civil Code discriminates against a partner in a same-sex relationship by making it legally impossible to adopt the biological child of the other partner while permitting second parent adoptions for […]
SYRIA: Where is human rights lawyer Khalil Maatouk?
Paris-Geneva, February 18, 2013. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), expresses its utmost concern for the physical and psychological integrity of human rights lawyer Khalil Maatouk after his enforced disappearance 139 days ago. Mr. Khalil Maatouk, a human rights lawyer who has […]
Failure to crack down on militants led to Hazara killings HRCP
Lahore, February 18: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has condemned the blast killing over 80 Hazara Shias in Quetta on Saturday and slammed the authorities’ failure to crack down on Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, the militant outfit openly claiming responsibility for attacking the persecuted community. In a statement issued on Monday, the Commission said: “HRCP is at a […]
Missing: Surat Singh Manhas
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has received information that a man, Surat Singh Manhas s/o Mohar Singh, belonging to village Kukadthan, district Jammu, inadvertently crossed the border into Pakistan in 1987. His family believes that he was arrested by the Pakistan Rangers near the Indo-Pak border. They believe him to be in a jail […]
Bloggers and Netizens Behind Bars: Restrictions on Internet Freedom in Vietnam
Paris, Tuesday 13 February – In a new joint report released today, FIDH and its member organization, the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights, call on the Vietnamese government to end its escalating assault on freedom of expression and its criminalization of bloggers and netizens. The 42-page report, entitled “Bloggers and Netizens Behind Bars: Restrictions on Internet Freedom […]
HRCP wants Pakistani crew stuck on ship in India brought home
Lahore, February 13: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called upon the government to immediately intervene to help five Pakistani crew members stuck on their ship at anchorage in India who have not been paid their salaries for months and only have food left for a few more days. The Commission said in a statement on […]
HRCP slams beating of doctors in Lahore
Lahore, February 11: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed serious concern over the police beating up doctors in Lahore on Sunday and in general over the ongoing standoff between doctors working in public hospitals and the authorities. The Commission said in a statement on Monday: “HRCP is alarmed by the beating of doctors by the […]
Senegal: Hissne Habre Court Opens
Dakar, February 8, 2013 – The inauguration of a special court in Senegal marks a turning point in the long campaign to bring to justice the former dictator of Chad Hissène Habré, a coalition of human rights groups said today. Habré is accused of thousands of political killings and systematic torture during his presidency, from 1982 […]
A lecture on Votes and Human Rights
A lecture on Votes and Human Rights was held at the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan office. It was said that democracy is the best form of government despite shortcomings in its process of voting and nature of representation in parliament. Those who attended and spoke on the topic included; professor Imdad Chandio of Khairpur […]
