Category: Press Releases
اڈیالہ جیل میں تضحیک مذہب کے ملزم پر حملہ باعث تشویش ہے
پاکستان کمیشن برائے انسانی حقوق (ایچ آر سی پی) نے اڈیالہ جیل میں تضحیک مذہب کے الزامات میں قید سزائے موت کے 70 سالہ قیدی پر حملے کی مذمت کی ہے۔ قیدی کو جیل میں تعینات پولیس اہلکار نے فائرنگ کر کے زخمی کر دیا تھا۔ جمعہ کو جاری ہونے والے ایک بیان میں ایچ […]
Attack on blasphemy accused at Adiala appalling: HRCP
Lahore, September 26: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has condemned an attack in Adiala Jail on a 70-year old man sentenced to death over blasphemy charges. The prisoner was shot and injured by a policeman at the prison. In a statement issued on Friday, the Commission said: “HRCP is not only appalled by the […]
HRCP for stay of execution, abolition of death penalty
Lahore, September 11: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed grave concern over reports that, despite an informal moratorium on executions, a murder convict is scheduled to be hanged in Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi, on September 18. HRCP has called upon the government to stay the hanging and announce a formal moratorium on executions. […]
پھانسی پر پابندی برقرار رکھی جائے، سزائے موت کو ختم کیا جائے
پریس ریلیز لاہور۔11ستمبر :پاکستان کمیشن برائے انسانی حقوق (ایچ آر سی پی) نے ان خبروں پر شدید تشویش کا اظہار کیا ہے کہ پھانسی کی سزاﺅں پر عملدرآمد پر عارضی پابندی کے باوجود قتل کے ایک مجرم کو 18ستمبر کو اڈیالہ جیل میں پھانسی دے دی جائے گی۔ ایچ آر سی پی نے حکومت سے […]
Government must ensure journalists’ security, says HRCP
Lahore, September 05: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has condemned the threats to the life of prominent columnist Kamran Shafi and the recent incidents of violence on journalists, and urged the federal and provincial governments to give greater attention to media-persons’ security. In a statement issued here today, the commission said: “The Human […]
HRCP warns against latest snare for democracy
Lahore, August 30: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has said that the army being asked to adjudicate upon matters that should have been resolved by politicians made for an “exceeding gloomy day for the country”. The Commission has stated that that was what the marchers had been seeking all along as they had refused […]
HRCP call for end to disappearances
Lahore, August 29: On the eve of the International Day of the Disappeared (August 30), the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has reiterated its demand that the government must adopt effective measures to rid to country of the curse of enforced disappearances, beginning with immediate ratification of the International Convention for the Protection of […]
HRCP not impressed by no-holds-barred fight for gaddi
Lahore, August 5: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed alarm at an “exaggerated hassle over who should occupy the gaddi” leading to total neglect of the affairs of the state. It has called upon the government to focus on the real issues of the people and urged those seeking to pressurise the government through […]
اقتدار کی موجودہ کشمکش پر اظہار تشویش
پریس ریلیز لاہور۔05اگست :پاکستان کمیشن برائے انسانی حقوق(ایچ آر سی پی) نے ”مسندِاقتدار پر کسے قابض ہونا چاہئے“ کے حوالے سے جاری لڑائی پر شدید تشویش کا اظہار کرتے ہوئے کہا ہے کہ موجودہ صورتحال ریاستی امور کو نظرانداز کرنے کانتیجہ ہے۔کمیشن نے حکومت سے مطالبہ کیا ہے کہ وہ لوگوں کے حقیقی مسائل پر […]
HRCP slams Ahmadis’ killing in Gujranwala
Lahore, July 28: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has slammed the mob attack and killing of four members of the Ahmadi community in Gujranwala and burning of five houses as “brutalisation and barbarism stooping to new lows”. In a statement issued on Monday, the Commission said: “HRCP is shocked and disgusted at the killing of four […]
