Press release HRCP mission deplores inequitable access to land amid corporate farming in Cholistan Lahore, 16 May 2025. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) expresses deep concern over the continued marginalization of indigenous communities in Cholistan, following a fact-finding mission to the region in October 2024. The mission has underscored disturbing patterns of

Press release Urgent action needed to protect farmers in Derek Abad, Kot Addu Lahore, 13 May 2025. An HRCP fact-finding mission, carried out earlier in March, has called attention to the alleged injustice and neglect faced by small farmers in Derek Abad, Kot Addu, many of whom belong to the Christian community and are

Press release Call for peace and protection of rights amid rising tensions Lahore, 8 May 2025. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP)’s governing council, on concluding its biannual meeting yesterday, urgently appeals to the governments of Pakistan and India to de-escalate tensions. It believes that the reported casualties—including those of women and children—due

Press release Rising militancy and democratic backsliding mark 2024 HRCP launches annual report Islamabad, 30 April 2025. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP)’s annual report, released earlier today, highlights a troubling decline in civic freedoms, deteriorating law and order, and a marked strain on federalism. State of Human Rights in 2024 notes that

Press release HRCP Kissan Convention demands land rights, climate justice Multan, 27 April 2025. At the Kissan Convention held earlier today by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, agricultural workers, farmers and rights activists from across South Punjab gathered to voice their urgent concerns around climate change, land rights, corporate farming, and the systemic