Press release HRCP fact-finding mission to Jaranwala finds local Muslim religious leaders complicit in attacks Lahore, 25 August 2023. According to a fact-finding mission initiated by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), at least 24 churches and several dozen smaller chapels as well as scores of houses in Jaranwala were torched and looted

Press release HRCP concerned by lack of transparency in detaining PTI women, Imran Khan’s prison conditions Lahore, 22 August 2023. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is deeply concerned by the lack of transparency surrounding the continued detention of women associated with the PTI, who were arrested following the 9 May riots. It

Press release Government must cease attempts to control civil liberties Lahore, 2 August 2023. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) strongly opposes the recent slew of hastily passed legislation, none of which has undergone critical deliberation even at the parliamentary level, much less public debate. Most recently, the amended Official Secrets Act 1923,

Press release Criminalise employment of minor domestic workers Lahore, 30 July 2023. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) demands that the employment of minor domestic workers be criminalised, following the case of 13-year-old Rizwana Bibi, who was brutally tortured over a sustained period, allegedly at the hands of her employers. That such cases

Press release All political parties must commit to protecting religious minorities Islamabad, 25 July 2023. Human rights defenders at a consultation organised by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) earlier today urged all political parties to commit to protecting and promoting the rights of religious minorities and sects in their manifestos and policies.