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

Lahore, December 19: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned the killing of six polio vaccinators in Karachi and Peshawar and demanded the arrest of the perpetrators, effective steps to prevent such attacks in future and compensation for the families of the vaccinators killed.     In a statement issued on Wednesday, the

Lahore, April 26: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned a bomb explosion outside an election office of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) in Karachi and other acts of violence there and expressed serious concern at the continuing targeting of candidates, activists and election campaigns of certain political parties. In a

Paris, Ankara, 25 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: Experiences and Challenges”. 400 human rights defenders will be present,