Workers’ lives not a dispensable commodity Lahore, 13 September. Deploring the Punjab government’s ban on labour inspections in factories, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has termed the move ‘callous’ and ‘ill-thought-out’. Where it should be strengthening labour inspection mechanisms and extending these to all sectors of the economy, the government has effectively

Balochistan: Neglected still Islamabad, 2 October. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has released a detailed report after a fact-finding mission to Balochistan. Titled Balochistan: Neglected Still, the report states that Balochistan continues to be shortchanged politically. Incidents of enforced disappearance continue: in most cases, victims’ families say they are afraid of communicating their

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Solidarity with forcibly disappeared persons across the world Lahore, 30 August 2019. As we observe International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) expresses solidarity with all victims of enforced disappearance the world over. Our thoughts are also with those Kashmiris who have been forcibly disappeared as part of the

B M Kutty: Driven by Passion Lahore, 27 August 2019. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) notes with sorrow the loss of veteran trade unionist, political activist and writer Biyyothil Mohyuddin Kutty, who passed away in Karachi on 25 August. At a reference held in memory of Mr B M Kutty at HRCP’s

Children, mine workers still vulnerable in Balochistan in 2018 Quetta, 22 August 2019. At the provincial launch of its flagship annual report, State of Human Rights in 2018, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) notes that, in a year of general elections, it was perhaps inevitable that the progress and observation of human rights

Escalating LOC tension harms citizens on both sides Lahore, 5 August. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is deeply alarmed at the decision by the Indian government to revoke the special constitutional status of Jammu and Kashmir. The increased deployment of troops and curfew-like restrictions on citizens are ominous signs of what may come.

NOC requirement for missing persons camps, unjust Quetta/Lahore, 30 July. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has learnt that civil society organisations such as Voice of Baloch Missing Persons now require a no-objection certificate (NOC) to hold missing persons camps. Restricting people’s right to protest peacefully in this manner is grossly unfair. Such

Erstwhile FATA elections a milestone Lahore, 22 July. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed its overall satisfaction with the provincial elections conducted in the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). That these elections were held as planned – despite the brief delay – is a milestone for the people of western

Allegations of Rana Sanaullah being ill-treated in jail Lahore, 16 July. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is deeply concerned over the grave allegations it has received regarding senior PML-N leader Rana Sanaullah’s treatment in detention. HRCP was approached by his wife, Nabila Sanaullah, who claims that her husband, a diabetes and blood