Press release ‘Threatening activist’s family is cowardly’: HRCP Lahore, 22 June 2018. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is appalled to learn that blogger and human rights activist Ahmad Waqass Goraya continues to face harassment and intimidation. Mr Goraya, who went missing in early January 2017, alleged that he was abducted, held and

Press release No room for dissenters Lahore, 7 June 2018. The Human Rights Commission (HRCP) has expressed its ‘grave concern’ over the increasing frequency and ‘sheer impunity’ with which anyone critical of the state is being targeted, reportedly by security agencies. In a statement issued earlier today, HRCP has said that it is ‘appalled

Press release HRCP slates questionable choice of university’s VC Lahore, 6 June 2018. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has taken serious exception to the controversial choice of a new vice-chancellor for Punjab University and called for a review of the decision. In a statement issued here today, HRCP has said: ‘The Punjab

Press release HRCP calls for restoring peace in Wana Lahore, 4 June 2018. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed its grave concern over reports that at least three people were killed and 20 injured when armed assailants opened fire on a gathering of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) in Wana, South

Press release HRCP welcomes human rights course Lahore, 1 June 2018. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has welcomed a decision by the Lahore School of Economics to initiate a postgraduate course in human rights and development – inspired by the late Asma Jahangir, HRCP’s co-founder – as part of its MPhil Development