Press release State must take stand against mob attacks Lahore, 8 May 2023. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) observes with great alarm that the prevalence of—and seeming public tolerance for—mob lynching has risen in recent months. This uptick in vigilantism not only indicates an increasing desensitisation to violence, but also breeds further

Press release HRCP Council alarmed by economic crisis, calls for parliamentary supremacy Lahore, 30 April 2023. On concluding its biannual meeting, the independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP)’s governing Council has expressed serious concern over the country’s dire economic situation, purported increase in child labour and exploitative practices, and reports of suicides allegedly

Press release Political and economic turmoil has had serious impact on human rights HRCP releases annual report for 2022 Islamabad, 26 April 2023. In its flagship annual report State of Human Rights in 2022, released earlier today, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed concern over the political and economic turmoil of last

Press release HRCP launches fact-finding report on rights violations in Balochistan Quetta, 19 April 2023. In its fact-finding report titled Balochistan’s Struggle for Hope launched in Quetta today, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed deep concern about the mounting public frustration in Balochistan over enforced disappearances, economic exclusion, curbs on press

Press release HRCP marks 50 years of 1973 Constitution Lahore, 10 April 2023. Marking 50 years to the day since the Constitution of 1973 was passed by the National Assembly, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) notes that, in a history interspersed with periods of autocratic military rule and attempts to grossly undermine