Press release
Winning entries of HRCP’s photo-essay competition selected
Lahore, 20 April 2022. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is delighted to announce that the following participants have been selected as the winner and runners-up for HRCP’s photo-essay competition on the right to freedom of peaceful assembly:
- Winner: Mr Sibth Ul Hassan Turi for his entry on land dispossession in Rawalpindi’s villages
- First runner-up: Ms Muskan Firdous for her entry on the Mehnatkash Aurat Rally in 2022
- Second runner-up: Mr Aun Jafri for his entry on Aurat March Lahore in 2021 and 2022
- Honourable mention: Mr Rana Sajid Hussain for his entry on solidarity rallies with Palestine, Kashmir and Ukraine.
HRCP instituted this competition in 2021 to create greater awareness of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly, as enshrined in Article 16 of the Constitution of Pakistan. The winning entries were selected by an independent panel of artists, photographers and human rights defenders. These entries will be displayed in an online exhibition on HRCP’s website as well as at a public in-person exhibition (to be announced after Eid).
Hina Jilani
Chairperson