Lahore, December 27, 2013: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned the murder of its activist Ahmed Jan Baloch in Panjgur. The Commission has demanded the arrest of his killers and measures to make the work of human rights defenders less dangerous. Ahmed Jan was shot and severely injured by armed men on

Lahore, December 20: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has noted with deep concern media reports about a draft legislation concerning enforced disappearances that is likely to be tabled in parliament soon. In a statement issued on Friday, HRCP said, “It is regrettable that one finds out about impending legislation on a critical

Lahore Dec 9: HRCP has called upon Dr. Abdul Malik, Chief Minister of Balochistan, to immediately take appropriate measures for the recovery of human rights activists and other citizens abducted by the law enforcement agencies and order proper investigations into killing of citizens by law enforcing agencies. HRCP is deeply concerned at the increase

Lahore, November 29:  Participants of a‘March to End Hunger’ event organised by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP)on Friday called upon the government to ensure accessto food for all, control prices of staple foods and initiate land reform. The walk started from the Punjab Assembly and concluded at the Lahore Press Club. The

Lahore, October 13, 2013: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Sunday launched the report of a fact-finding mission to Balochitsan. Apart from the overall human rights situation in the province, the mission looked at a terrorist attack on students of a women’s university in Quetta and the subsequent attack at a hospital where the casualties were

Lahore, October 14: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has voiced concern at the absence of clarity and direction in dealing with the many pressing crises confronting the state. In a statement issued at the conclusion of its autumn meeting on Sunday, the HRCP executive body said: “The Executive Council of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan

Islamabad, October 10, 2013: Speakers and participants at a seminar organised by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Friday unanimously opposed a generalized application of the death penalty and were also in agreement that in over two dozen capital offences on the statute books the death penalty was not mandated by Islam.

Lahore, October 4: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has welcomed the federal government’s announcement on continuing the moratorium on capital punishment and has called for a thorough review of the death penalty regime in the country. In a statement on Friday, the Commission said: “HRCP welcomes the government’s statement that it would persist

FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights HRCP – Human Rights Commission of Pakistan Open letter to the Pakistani authorities on death penalty www.fidh.org/open-letter-to-the-pakistani-authorities-on-death-penalty-14009 Honorable Prime Minister Mr Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Honorable President Mr Mamnoon Hussain Honorable Interior Minister Mr Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan Honorable Secretary for Law, Justice and Human Rights Mr Muhammad

Lahore, September 27: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has voiced serious expressed concern over the plight of the people affected by this week’s earthquake in Balochistan and stressed that the victims are in need of much more attention and emergency relief than had been made available to them so far. In a statement