Press release HRCP calls for repeal of PECA (Amendment) Act Islamabad, 29 May 2025: A report released by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has underscored serious flaws in the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) (Amendment) Act 2025 and called for the law to be repealed entirely without accepting any coercive application

Press release HRCP mission deplores inequitable access to land amid corporate farming in Cholistan Lahore, 16 May 2025. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) expresses deep concern over the continued marginalization of indigenous communities in Cholistan, following a fact-finding mission to the region in October 2024. The mission has underscored disturbing patterns of

Press release Urgent action needed to protect farmers in Derek Abad, Kot Addu Lahore, 13 May 2025. An HRCP fact-finding mission, carried out earlier in March, has called attention to the alleged injustice and neglect faced by small farmers in Derek Abad, Kot Addu, many of whom belong to the Christian community and are

Press release Call for peace and protection of rights amid rising tensions Lahore, 8 May 2025. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP)’s governing council, on concluding its biannual meeting yesterday, urgently appeals to the governments of Pakistan and India to de-escalate tensions. It believes that the reported casualties—including those of women and children—due

Press release Rising militancy and democratic backsliding mark 2024 HRCP launches annual report Islamabad, 30 April 2025. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP)’s annual report, released earlier today, highlights a troubling decline in civic freedoms, deteriorating law and order, and a marked strain on federalism. State of Human Rights in 2024 notes that

Press release HRCP Kissan Convention demands land rights, climate justice Multan, 27 April 2025. At the Kissan Convention held earlier today by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, agricultural workers, farmers and rights activists from across South Punjab gathered to voice their urgent concerns around climate change, land rights, corporate farming, and the systemic

Press release HRCP report condemns scale and frequency of mob attacks against minorities Islamabad, 26 February 2025. A report released by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) calls attention to continued mob-led assaults on religious minorities’ homes and sites of worship, the persistent desecration of Ahmadiyya graves and arbitrary detention of community members,

Press release Fulfilling the right to social security is about political will, not resources Islamabad, 20 February 2025. At a roundtable held earlier today, HRCP urged the state to fulfil the right to social security under Article 38 of the Constitution by protecting vulnerable and low-income workers against income insecurity in the form of

Press release HRCP calls for independent inquiry into PTI November protest Lahore, 3 February 2025. A fact-finding report released by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has concluded that the PTI protest in Islamabad on 26 November 2024 led to loss of life allegedly among protesters, contrary to the federal government's claims. There

Press release Coalition for freedom of expression formed in response to PECA law Islamabad, 30 January 2025. At a consultation held earlier today by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), participants deplored the passage of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes (PECA) (Amendment) Act 2025 on the grounds that it would stifle freedom of