Press release HRCP’s national roundtable calls for repeal of Punjab Defamation Act amid fears of national firewall and greater censorship Islamabad, 28 June 2024. At a national roundtable held earlier today by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), journalists, digital rights experts and civil society members drew the state’s attention to receding civic

Press release Parliament must jointly resolve to eliminate radicalization and mob violence Lahore, 22 June 2024. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) calls urgently on the federal government to take strict action following the recent mob lynching of a 40-year-old man in Swat, after he was accused of having desecrated pages of the

Press release Democratic and fundamental rights sidelined in Punjab during 2023 HRCP releases annual report Lahore, 14 June 2024. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan’s (HRCP) annual report on the state of human rights in 2023 details how civic rights in Punjab continued to be sidelined throughout the year with alarming escalation. The absence

Press release Law-and-order crisis and other violations in Sindh pervasive during 2023 HRCP releases annual report Karachi, 13 June 2024. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan’s (HRCP) annual report on the state of human rights in 2023 details the deteriorating law-and-order situation in Sindh, particularly the marked increase in street crime—about 11 percent in Karachi—and

Press release HRCP launches model national policy framework for sanitation workers Hyderabad, 12 June 2024. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called for urgent policy measures to protect sanitation workers’ rights to a fair wage; better occupational safety and health; collective bargaining; and freedom from discrimination based on work or descent. In