13 December 2019  Honorable Prime Minister Mr Imran Khan Honorable President Mr Arif Alvi Honorable Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari Re: Recent attacks against independent media in Pakistan Your Excellencies: We, the undersigned organizations, members of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), are concerned about recent attacks against independent media

Equal rights as citizens, not just as minorities Islamabad, 13 December. As part of its ongoing work on freedom of religion or belief, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) held a meeting of the National Interfaith Working Group, attended by representatives of the Christian, Hindu, Ahmadiyya, Sikh, Ismaili, Shia Hazara and Baha’i communities.

HRCP investigates Kashana Home case Lahore, 3 December 2019. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has conducted a fact-finding mission in response to allegations that the Kashana Home for Destitute Girls in Lahore was being used to ‘supply’ young girls and women – ostensibly for marriage – to several senior government functionaries in

Government must not curb Students’ Solidarity March Lahore/Islamabad, 27 November. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) deplores the government’s response to the Students’ Solidarity March, being held on Friday 29 November across cities and towns in Pakistan. HRCP is alarmed by reports that students supporting the march are being harassed, facing rustication or

HRCP condemns NPC bar on journalists’ forum Lahore, 25 November: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is deeply concerned at the National Press Club (NPC) administration having barred senior journalists from entering the premises on Saturday 23 November 2019. Each week, a senior journalists’ forum is hosted at the NPC library, chaired by

Idris Khattak likely forcibly disappeared Islamabad, 20 November. It has now been a week since human rights defender and political activist Idris Khattak was abducted, allegedly by unidentified persons in Swabi. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strong reason to believe that this abduction is a possible enforced disappearance, given that the

Anti-torture legislation long overdue Islamabad, 8 November. On concluding a national consultation held in collaboration with the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has said that a comprehensive legislative framework to eradicate torture and all forms of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment is long overdue. Having