Press release Karachi’s anti-encroachment drive discriminates against the poor Lahore, 23 November 2018. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is gravely concerned about the human impact of the anti-encroachment drive underway in Karachi’s Saddar area. In a statement issued today, HRCP has said that ‘protecting people’s fundamental right to a livelihood must always

Press release HRCP mourns literary icon Fehmida Riaz Lahore, 22 November 2018. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) mourns the loss of distinguished poet, thinker and activist Fehmida Riaz, who passed away in Lahore yesterday. In a statement issued today, HRCP hailed Ms Riaz as ‘a human rights defender whose writing constantly pushed

Press release Press clubs no longer safe spaces? Lahore, 13 November 2018. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has taken grave notice of the escalation in curbs on press freedom – most recently, the intrusion of reportedly armed plainclothes men into the Karachi Press Club (KPC) and the allegedly illegal detention of senior

Joint press release EU must use dialogue to push for concrete human rights improvements Lahore, Paris, 12 November 2018. The European Union (EU) must use the upcoming human rights dialogue with Pakistan to push the country’s new government to enact concrete reforms for the protection of human rights, FIDH and its member organization, the

Press release Appeasement of mob violence unacceptable Lahore, 4 November 2018. Following three days of street violence perpetrated by far-right religious-political groups – notably the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) – who opposed the Supreme Court’s acquittal of Aasia Bibi, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has said that it is ‘appalled at the government’s