Press release HRCP raises alarm over political dysfunction and rising injustices in Punjab Lahore, 22 July 2025. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) held a press conference earlier today to highlight the human rights situation in Punjab as recorded in its report, State of Human Rights in 2024, launched earlier. While voter registration

Press release National roundtable demands protection of media and digital freedoms Islamabad, 17 July 2025. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), supported by the European Union, along with academics, civil society leaders, lawyers, editors and media practitioners hosted a national roundtable to address the issue of increasing restrictions on freedom of expression and

Press release HRCP warns against efforts to constrain its work Lahore, 2 July 2025. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) expresses deep concern over the steadily shrinking space for human rights defence work in the country. In the past few months, HRCP has faced a series of arbitrary, illegal and unjustified actions that

Press release HRCP 2024 report notes decline in rule of law in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Peshawar, 30 June 2025. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) held a press conference to launch its flagship annual report on the state of human rights in 2024. The report highlights a significant decline in democratic standards in the

Press release HRCP flags alarming trends in law and order, civil liberties in Sindh Karachi, 24 June 2025. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP)’s annual report, State of Human Rights in 2024, draws attention to significant democratic backsliding, marked by serious concerns over the legitimacy of the general elections, sharp restrictions on dissent,

Press release HRCP demands living wage for workers Lahore, 18 June 2025. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is deeply concerned by the implications of the 2025–26 federal budget for the economic and social rights of the country’s most vulnerable communities. Adopted under a strict austerity framework aligned with IMF conditionalities, the budget

Press release HRCP demands judicial inquiry into Moro protest incident Lahore, 6 June 2025. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called for an immediate and independent judicial inquiry into the events surrounding the 20 May protest in Moro, district Naushahro Feroze, Sindh, where a police-protester confrontation reportedly resulted in multiple injuries on

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