Press release Azm-e-Istehkam must not compromise rights  Lahore, 8 July 2024. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is concerned by the possible repercussions of the recently announced Azm-e-Istehkam operation through which the federal government proposes to deal with rising militancy in the country. While there is no question that the state must deal

Press release HRCP deplores misogynist social media videos Islamabad, 29 June 2024. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) takes strong exception to a series of videos being circulated on social media platforms in which right-wing clerics have urged parents to pull their daughters out of school on the grounds that schooling is associated

Press release HRCP’s national roundtable calls for repeal of Punjab Defamation Act amid fears of national firewall and greater censorship Islamabad, 28 June 2024. At a national roundtable held earlier today by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), journalists, digital rights experts and civil society members drew the state’s attention to receding civic

Press release Parliament must jointly resolve to eliminate radicalization and mob violence Lahore, 22 June 2024. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) calls urgently on the federal government to take strict action following the recent mob lynching of a 40-year-old man in Swat, after he was accused of having desecrated pages of the

Press release Democratic and fundamental rights sidelined in Punjab during 2023 HRCP releases annual report Lahore, 14 June 2024. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan’s (HRCP) annual report on the state of human rights in 2023 details how civic rights in Punjab continued to be sidelined throughout the year with alarming escalation. The absence