Press release Freedom of expression, rule of law under stress: HRCP launches 2025 report 4 May 2026, Islamabad. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP)’s annual report, State of Human Rights in 2025, documents a year marked by a severe contraction of civic space, the erosion of judicial independence, and deepening insecurity. The report

Press release Shrinking civic space in Punjab signals deepening democratic backsliding Lahore, 27 March 2026. A fact-finding report released by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has observed that the continued shrinking of civic space and systematic curtailment of rights-based NGOs across Punjab is a symptom of the democratic backsliding that Pakistan is

Press release HRCP report calls for high-level judicial inquiry into deaths resulting from CCD operations Lahore, 17 February 2026. A fact-finding report released by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has concluded that the Crime Control Department (CCD) in Punjab has adopted a deliberate policy of staged encounters—in many cases resulting in extrajudicial

Press release   Punjab Local Government Act centralizes power, undermines devolution   Lahore, 22 January 2026. A consultation held by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) to examine the Punjab Local Government Act 2025 brought together local government experts, legislators and civil society activists, who questioned whether the new law meaningfully upholds the

Press release Call for collective resistance to speech curbs at HRCP moot Islamabad, 24 December 2025. Speakers at a widely attended roundtable meeting held by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) reiterated the suffocating impact of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016 and its subsequent amendments on ordinary citizens and called for