HRCP on executions: human dignity should be respected all year round
Lahore, June 23: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has welcomed the suspension of executions in Ramazan and called for an unbiased assessment of a general resumption of hangings. In a statement issued on Tuesday, HRCP said: “The Commission welcomes the government decision to stop executions ‘in reverence for the Holy month of Ramadan […]
بہتر انتظام کے ذریعے مزید اموات کو روکا جاسکتا ہے: ایچ آر سی پی
لاہور 23 جون 2015ء پریس ریلیز پاکستان کمیشن برائے انسانی حقوق نے شدید گرمی کے سبب ملک بھر خصوصاً کراچی میں ہونے والے انسانی جانوں کے نقصان پر شدید اضطراب کا اظہار کرتے ہوئے مطالبہ کیا ہے کہ انسانی جانوں کے مزید نقصان کو روکنے کے لئے فوری اقدامات کئے جائیں۔ منگل کے روز جاری […]
High death toll in heat wave alarming: HRCP
Lahore, June 22: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed alarm over the high death toll amid the prevailing heat wave, especially in Karachi, and called for urgent interventions to prevent further loss of life. In a statement issued on Monday, the Commission said: “The high number of fatalities across the country as […]
Pakistan: New National Human Rights Commission welcome but may be ‘toothless’ at birth
While the constitution of Pakistan’s first National Commission for Human Rights is welcome, the Commission risks being toothless unless its powers are extended to investigate human rights violations allegedly committed by the security agencies, the ICJ warned today. The ICJ was informed that members of the National Commission for Human Rights were notified on 20 […]
HRCP lauds peaceful, orderly polls in Gilgit Baltistan
Lahore, June 9: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has praised the conduct of peaceful and largely orderly polls for the Gilgit Baltistan Legislative Assembly (GBLA) and observed that other regions of Pakistan could do well to emulate the example of GB polls held on Monday. Based on the initial reports submitted by HRCP […]
ملک میں ہونے والے بلدیاتی انتخابات میں گلگت۔ بلتستان کی تقلید کی جائے: ایچ آر سی پی
پریس ریلیز لاہور 09 جون 2015ء پاکستان کمیشن برائے انسانی حقوق نے گلگت۔بلتستان کی قانون ساز اسمبلی کے انتخابات پرامن طور پر اور قرینے کے ساتھ کروانے کی تعریف کرتے ہوئے توقع ظاہر کی ہے کہ پاکستان کے دوسرے علاقے آئندہ بلدیاتی اور عام انتخابات میں گلگت۔بلتستان کی تقلید کریں گے۔ ایچ آر سی پی […]
European governments must take action to release political prisoners in Azerbaijan
Paris, 4 June 2015 – One week before the opening ceremony of the first European Games in the history of the continent, FIDH calls on the European leaders to make the participation of their countries in the opening ceremony of the Games contingent upon the release of political prisoners and activists placed in pre-trial detention […]
پھانسیاں دینے سے جرائم کم نہیں ہوتے
لاہور 04 جون 2015ء پریس ریلیز پاکستان کمیشن برائے انسانی حقوق (ایچ آر سی پی) نے موجودہ سال کے دوران پاکستان میں پھانسیوں کی تعداد میں اضافے پر گہری تشویش کا اظہار کرتے ہوئے کہا ہے کہ اس سال کے دوران 135مجرموں کو تختہ دار پر لٹکایا گیا اور گزشتہ دس برسوں کے دوران کسی […]
HRCP alarmed over record executions
Lahore, June 3: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed grave concern that the number of executed death row prisoners in Pakistan this year reached 135 on Wednesday, the highest for any year in a decade. HRCP has called for halting executions and abolishing capital punishment. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the […]
HRCP welcomes polls in KP, slams violence, curbs on women’s vote
Lahore, June 01: While welcoming the conclusion of local government elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed its concern that the rifht of women to cast their vote continued to be denied and the arrangements made for the maintenance of law and order and for smooth polling were grossly […]
