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HRCP calls for restraint amid regional tension
Press release HRCP calls for restraint amid regional tension 26 February 2019, Lahore. Following reports of India’s violation of Pakistani airspace, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed alarm over the escalating tension between the two countries. In a statement issued today, HRCP has said that it ‘condemns the Indian incursion as a […]
HRDs learning to use social media safely
Press release HRDs learning to use social media safely Lahore, 14 February 2019. Amid growing fears of curbs on social media – especially on social media activists and journalists who have spoken out on subjects that receive little, if any, space in the mainstream media – the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly […]
Remembering Asma Jahangir one year on
Press release Remembering Asma Jahangir one year on Lahore, 11 February 2019. One year on, the blow of losing Asma Jahangir has not lessened. But for the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), which she co-founded in 1987, this loss has translated into a renewed determination to carry her legacy forward. In a statement issued […]
Threats of rape unacceptable
Press release Threats of rape unacceptable Lahore, 5 February 2019. In the wake of several incidents in the last few days in which state and law enforcement agencies appear to have acted with impunity, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed serious concern over the alleged harassment of a Pashtun woman in the […]
HRCP calls for delaying enforcement of new GB Order
Press release HRCP calls for delaying enforcement of new GB Order Lahore, 23 January 2019. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called upon the President to defer the enforcement of the controversial Government of G-B Order 2018 pending necessary consultations with the people of Gilgit-Baltistan. In its letter to President, Dr Arif Alvi, […]
Brutish trend of extrajudicial killings unacceptable
Press release Brutish trend of extrajudicial killings unacceptable Lahore, 21 January 2019. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has said that it is ‘horrified’ at the recent incident in which four individuals were killed by an elite force of the Punjab police, allegedly in a counter-terrorism operation. In a statement issued today, HRCP has […]
Military courts are anti-democratic
Press release Military courts are anti-democratic Lahore, 12 January 2019. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed grave concern at the government’s decision to table a bill in favour of extending the tenure of military courts, which were otherwise due to end their term in January this year. In a statement issued today, […]
Who is counting the forcibly disappeared for Balochistan?
Press release Who is counting the forcibly disappeared for Balochistan? Lahore, 24 December 2018. While the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances reports that it has a balance of 2,116 cases unresolved as of 30 November 2018, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is gravely concerned over continuing reports from the field that this […]
Inalienable right to dignity
Press release Inalienable right to dignity Lahore, 22 December 2018. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) says it is ‘gravely concerned’ at the way in which ‘people’s fundamental right to dignity is being eroded away, ostensibly in the name of accountability.’ In a statement released today, HRCP has ‘expressed serious concern at the fact […]
