Lahore May 11: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has congratulated the people of the country for demonstrating their faith in democracy despite threats to their lives. At the same time the commission has condemned all those responsible for interfering with the people’s right to vote in Karachi and elsewhere. In a statement

Lahore, May 10, 2013: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Friday slammed the ever rising levels of violence ahead of the elections, including the targetting and assassination of candidates and political workers, attacks on rallies and campaign offices and abduction of former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani’s son, and demanded a much

Good evening, As general elections are getting ready to take place in Pakistan, FIDH, in collaborations with its pakistani partner HRCP (Human Rights Commission of Pakistan), is releasing a briefer on the human rights situation in Pakistan. Our organisations call on the Pakistani government and the European Union to adopt a clear position on

While encouraging the democratic reforms undertaken over the past five years by the government led by the Pakistan People’s Party,  FIDH and HRCP remain concerned regarding the rapid deterioration of Pakistan’s human rights situation and the lack of progress on strengthening the rule of law in the country. Background: The general election slated to

Lahore, May 02: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has demanded action against all those who played any part in the assault on Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who died in a hospital on Wednesday, and called upon Islamabad and Delhi to take urgent measures to prevent the incident from undermining bilateral ties and

FIDH calls on the Turkish government to act. http://www.fidh.org/istanbul-hosts-the-38th-fidh-congress-13192 Paris, Ankara, Wednesday, 24 April – On 23 May, Istanbul will become, for one week, the human rights capital of the world. More than 200 NGOs from 130 countries will gather to discuss and exchange views on a current theme: “Human Rights and Democratic Transitions:

Lahore, April 29: The National Coalition Against Bonded Labour (NCABL) has called upon the federal and provincial governments, political parties and civil society organizations to work in concert for eradication of bonded labour. In a statement issued at the end of the two-day meeting of its general body, the organization said: The prevalence of

Lahore, April 29: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed serious concern at reports of apparently unauthorised raids and disappearance of several individuals in Kech and Gwadar districts of Balochistan and the killing of two political workers in Sindh. In a statement issued on Monday, the Commission said: “It is a matter

Lahore, April 28: The National Coalition Against Bonded Labour (NCABL), an alliance of more then a score of organizations working for the end of bonded labour, at its general body meeting here today, called upon all political parties to make clear commitments for the eradication of all slavery-like practices in the country. The coalition

Lahore, April 27:  The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has condemned the attack in Kot Lakhpat jail on the Indian prisoner, Sarabjeet Singh, as a dastardly act and called upon the governments of Pakistan and Punjab to make a thorough inquiry into the matter and punish the guilty persons. In a statement issued