Press release HRCP deplores damage to democracy, calls for economic justice Lahore, 12 November 2023. On concluding its 37th annual general meeting, the general body of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed its apprehension over the growing sense of powerlessness among ordinary people amid economic deprivation and unemployment. HRCP believes that

His Excellency Filippo Grandi United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 31 October 2023 Excellency, Re: Open letter calling for the protection of Afghan refugees in Pakistan The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is greatly concerned by the Pakistan government’s decision to expel all undocumented foreigners by 1 November 2023, the bulk of whom

Press release Government must withdraw decision to deport refugees by 1 November Islamabad, 18 October 2023. At a high-profile consultation held earlier today, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) called on the government to immediately withdraw its decision to expel undocumented foreigners by 1 November. The decision does not fall within the mandate

Press release Caretaker government must end pre-poll political victimization Lahore, 25 September 2023. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) takes strong exception to Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar’s claim that fair elections are possible without senior PTI leaders, including the chairperson Imran Khan, who is currently incarcerated in a graft case, and other

Press release HRCP conference calls for the empowerment of marginalised groups in political and electoral arenas 19 September 2023. A national conference held by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), in partnership with the Friedrich Naumman Foundation for Freedom (FNF), has called for extensive reforms to improve the political and electoral participation of

Press release HRCP denied permission to hold demonstration for Cholistanis’ land rights Lahore, 11 September 2023. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has been denied permission by the local civil administration in Bahawalpur to hold a peaceful demonstration and press conference to express its concerns over the allotment of land to nonresidents in Cholistan—one