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60 days of living hell in Kashmir
Press release 60 days of living hell in Kashmir Islamabad, 5 October. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) strongly condemns the failure of the Indian government to lift the lockdown on some ten million Kashmiris, who continue to face gross human rights violations at the hands of the state. It has now been two […]
Balochistan: Neglected still
Press release Balochistan: Neglected still Islamabad, 2 October. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has released a detailed report after a fact-finding mission to Balochistan. Titled Balochistan: Neglected Still, the report states that Balochistan continues to be shortchanged politically. Incidents of enforced disappearance continue: in most cases, victims’ families say they are afraid of […]
Return Ahmad Mustafa Kanju to his family: HRCP
Press release Return Ahmad Mustafa Kanju to his family: HRCP Lahore, 25 September. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is extremely concerned at the continued disappearance of Ahmad Mustafa Kanju, spokesperson for the Seraiki National Party. According to his family, Mr Kanju was abducted from his home in Rahim Yar Khan in early […]
HRCP slams KP government’s ordinance ‘in aid of civil power’
Press release HRCP slams KP government’s ordinance ‘in aid of civil power’ Islamabad, 18 September. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is appalled to learn that the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has promulgated an ordinance that extends certain powers of the armed forces that were applicable to erstwhile FATA and PATA under the 2011 regulations […]
Workers’ lives not a dispensable commodity
Press release Workers’ lives not a dispensable commodity Lahore, 13 September. Deploring the Punjab government’s ban on labour inspections in factories, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has termed the move ‘callous’ and ‘ill-thought-out’. Where it should be strengthening labour inspection mechanisms and extending these to all sectors of the economy, the government has […]
Balochistan: Neglected still
Press release Balochistan: Neglected still Islamabad, 2 October. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has released a detailed report after a fact-finding mission to Balochistan. Titled Balochistan: Neglected Still, the report states that Balochistan continues to be shortchanged politically. Incidents of enforced disappearance continue: in most cases, victims’ families say they are afraid of […]
Solidarity with forcibly disappeared persons across the world
Press release Solidarity with forcibly disappeared persons across the world Lahore, 30 August 2019. As we observe International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) expresses solidarity with all victims of enforced disappearance the world over. Our thoughts are also with those Kashmiris who have been forcibly disappeared as part of […]
پاکستان میں انسانی حقوق کی صورتحال – 2018
تعارف قانون کی حکمرانی قانون کا نفاظ بنیادی حقوق فروغِ جمہوریت محروم طبقوں کے حقوق سماجی اور معاشی حقوق
B M Kutty: Driven by Passion
Press release B M Kutty: Driven by Passion Lahore, 27 August 2019. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) notes with sorrow the loss of veteran trade unionist, political activist and writer Biyyothil Mohyuddin Kutty, who passed away in Karachi on 25 August. At a reference held in memory of Mr B M Kutty at […]
