Category: Press Releases
FIDH – Pakistan / Human rights in Pakistan: six recommendations ahead of the elections – Release of briefer
Good evening, As general elections are getting ready to take place in Pakistan, FIDH, in collaborations with its pakistani partner HRCP (Human Rights Commission of Pakistan), is releasing a briefer on the human rights situation in Pakistan. Our organisations call on the Pakistani government and the European Union to adopt a clear position on the […]
Sarabjit’s death: HRCP urges justice, steps to contain damage
Lahore, May 02: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has demanded action against all those who played any part in the assault on Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who died in a hospital on Wednesday, and called upon Islamabad and Delhi to take urgent measures to prevent the incident from undermining bilateral ties and to […]
Conditions for fair elections
While encouraging the democratic reforms undertaken over the past five years by the government led by the Pakistan People’s Party, FIDH and HRCP remain concerned regarding the rapid deterioration of Pakistan’s human rights situation and the lack of progress on strengthening the rule of law in the country. Background: The general election slated to take […]
سربجیت کے قاتلوں کو انصاف کے کٹہرے میں لایا جائے
پاکستان کمیشن برائے انسانی حقوق نے بدھ کو ہسپتال میں ہلاک ہونے والے ہندوستانی قیدی سربجیت سنگھ پر حملے میں ملوث تمام افراد کے خلاف کارروائی کرنے کا مطالبہ کیا ہے اور اسلام آباد اور دہلی پر زور دیا ہے کہ وہ ایسے واقعات کے باعث دو طرفہ تعلقات کو متاثر ہونے سے بچانے اور […]
Istanbul hosts the 38th FIDH Congress 8 steps to build peace
FIDH calls on the Turkish government to act. http://www.fidh.org/istanbul-hosts-the-38th-fidh-congress-13192 Paris, Ankara, Wednesday, 24 April – On 23 May, Istanbul will become, for one week, the human rights capital of the world. More than 200 NGOs from 130 countries will gather to discuss and exchange views on a current theme: “Human Rights and Democratic Transitions: Experiences […]
HRCP slams ‘disappearances’ in Balochistan, killings in Sindh
Lahore, April 29: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed serious concern at reports of apparently unauthorised raids and disappearance of several individuals in Kech and Gwadar districts of Balochistan and the killing of two political workers in Sindh. In a statement issued on Monday, the Commission said: “It is a matter of […]
NCABL call for end to bonded labour
Lahore, April 29: The National Coalition Against Bonded Labour (NCABL) has called upon the federal and provincial governments, political parties and civil society organizations to work in concert for eradication of bonded labour. In a statement issued at the end of the two-day meeting of its general body, the organization said: The prevalence of bonded […]
گروی مشقت کا فی الفور خاتمہ ہونا چاہئے۔این سی اے بی ایل
29 – اپریل 2013 گروی مشقت مخالف قومی کمیشن (این سی اے بی ایل) نے وفاقی و صوبائی حکومتوں، سیاسی جماعتوں اور سول سوسائٹی کی تنظیموں سے مطالبہ کیا ہے کہ وہ گروی مشقت کے خاتمے کے لیے یکجا ہوکر کام کریں۔ اپنی جنرل باڈی کے دو روزہ اجلاس کے اختتام پر جاری ہونے والے […]
Political parties urged to end bonded labour
Lahore, April 28: The National Coalition Against Bonded Labour (NCABL), an alliance of more then a score of organizations working for the end of bonded labour, at its general body meeting here today, called upon all political parties to make clear commitments for the eradication of all slavery-like practices in the country. The coalition general […]
HRCP condemns attack on Sarabjeet
Lahore, April 27: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has condemned the attack in Kot Lakhpat jail on the Indian prisoner, Sarabjeet Singh, as a dastardly act and called upon the governments of Pakistan and Punjab to make a thorough inquiry into the matter and punish the guilty persons. In a statement issued here […]
