JPP, HRCP call on government to criminalise torture Lahore, 25 June: Rafiullah alias Amir, who was beaten and paraded naked in Peshawar two days ago, is not the first victim of police brutality. Unfortunately, this is yet another glimpse of the policing culture in Pakistan that manifests itself in the form of unlawful detention,

HRCP slams extrajudicial murder of rights activist Karachi/Lahore, 19 June. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) condemns the extrajudicial murder of Niaz Hussain Lashari, a 22-year-old labour rights activist in Karachi and a member of Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (Arisar). Originally from the town of Dakhan in district Shikarpur, Mr Lashari was arrested

Academic freedom under grave threat Karachi/Lahore, 10 June. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is alarmed by the recurring wave of vicious campaigns against academics. Earlier, Professor Sajid Soomro of Shah Abdul Latif University Khairpur was arrested on charges of blasphemy and sedition. When Dr Arfana Mallah, a prominent human rights activist in

Stun batons to enforce Covid SOPs amounts to torture Lahore, 9 June. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is shocked to learn that the district administration and local police in Faisalabad have used stun batons to enforce Covid-19-related standard operating procedures (SOPs). This is in flagrant violation of both Article 14 of the

Demolition of Hindu homes in Bahawalpur illegal, inhumane Lahore, 5 June. Following an independent fact-finding mission, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has found that the local authorities in Yazman (Bahawalpur district) were responsible for demolishing the homes of a Hindu community in Chak 52/DB. While the assistant commissioner of Yazman claims he