Press release ATA amendment gross violation of right to due process, fair trial Lahore, 3 November 2024. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed concern over the recently introduced Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Bill 2024, which will authorize the state to detain individuals for ‘inquiry’ for up to three months merely based on ‘credible

Press release No credible evidence to establish veracity of allegation of rape at Punjab College Lahore, 1 November 2024. A fact-finding mission conducted jointly by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) and AGHS Legal Aid Cell has stated that in the absence of forensic evidence and credible testimonies, it is not possible to

Press release HRCP concerned about impact of 26th Amendment Lahore, 22 October 2024. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed strong reservations over certain aspects of the Constitution (Twenty-Sixth Amendment) Act 2024, which was passed into law on 21 October. Although the amendments are more tempered than those proposed in earlier drafts,

Press release Freedom of peaceful assembly being trampled Lahore, 14 October 2024. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called on the Sindh government to immediately investigate the violent treatment meted out to civil society activists who took part in yesterday’s Sindh Rawadari March in Karachi. Scores of protestors were arrested—including HRCP Sindh

Press release Proposed constitutional amendments must not infringe on fundamental rights Islamabad, 10 October 2024. Given the controversy surrounding the proposed constitutional amendments package, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) felt it necessary to organize a national consultation to find a minimum common agenda among civil society, the legal community and political parties.