Press release ‘Criminalize custodial torture now’: HRCP Lahore, 26 June 2018. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has urged the state to take measures to implement the United Nations Convention against Torture (UNCAT)—to which Pakistan is a signatory. In a statement issued on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, HRCP

Press release ‘Constant bullying of activists is unacceptable’: HRCP Lahore, 23 June 2018. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed its serious concern over the ransacking of human rights activist Marvi Sirmed’s home in Islamabad. In a statement issued today, the Commission has said: ‘Our council member Marvi Sirmed’s long-standing record as a

Press release ‘Threatening activist’s family is cowardly’: HRCP Lahore, 22 June 2018. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is appalled to learn that blogger and human rights activist Ahmad Waqass Goraya continues to face harassment and intimidation. Mr Goraya, who went missing in early January 2017, alleged that he was abducted, held and

Press release No room for dissenters Lahore, 7 June 2018. The Human Rights Commission (HRCP) has expressed its ‘grave concern’ over the increasing frequency and ‘sheer impunity’ with which anyone critical of the state is being targeted, reportedly by security agencies. In a statement issued earlier today, HRCP has said that it is ‘appalled

Press release HRCP slates questionable choice of university’s VC Lahore, 6 June 2018. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has taken serious exception to the controversial choice of a new vice-chancellor for Punjab University and called for a review of the decision. In a statement issued here today, HRCP has said: ‘The Punjab