Press release Poor first impressions of polling day: HRCP Lahore, 25 July 2018. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has observed the electoral process across Pakistan over the past several months, paying special attention to reports of violence, allegations of pre-poll manipulation and the arrangements put in place by the Election Commission of

Curbs on freedom of expression in Pakistan: Summary of HRCP fact-finding exercise Lahore, 23 July 2018: Over the last several months, numerous journalists in the print and broadcast media have complained of interference with freedom of expression. Additionally, sales and distribution agents have corroborated the Dawn management’s complaint of unlawful interference with distribution of

Press release HRCP slams attacks on Jibran Nasir Lahore, 22 July 2018. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is gravely concerned at the escalating threat to independent candidate Jibran Nasir in Karachi. Mr Nasir and his supporters – who have been canvassing on rights-based issues such as access to water, housing and education

Press statement Attempts to maneuver polls unacceptable: HRCP  Islamabad, 16 July 2018. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is gravely concerned over what it sees as blatant, aggressive and unabashed attempts to manipulate the outcome of the upcoming elections. While it is critical that the polls are held as scheduled, there are now

Press release ‘Election gatherings, not killing fields’: HRCP Lahore, 14 July 2018. In the wake of last night’s deadly attack on an election gathering in Mastung, which has left at least 128 people dead, including Balochistan Awami Party candidate Siraj Raisani, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed serious concern over the emerging

Press release HRCP condemns assassination of Haroon Bilour Lahore, 11 July 2018. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned the suicide attack on an Awami National Party (ANP) corner meeting in Peshawar last night, which left at least 20 people dead, among them senior ANP leader Haroon Bilour. In a statement

Press release ‘Criminalize custodial torture now’: HRCP Lahore, 26 June 2018. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has urged the state to take measures to implement the United Nations Convention against Torture (UNCAT)—to which Pakistan is a signatory. In a statement issued on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, HRCP

Press release ‘Constant bullying of activists is unacceptable’: HRCP Lahore, 23 June 2018. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed its serious concern over the ransacking of human rights activist Marvi Sirmed’s home in Islamabad. In a statement issued today, the Commission has said: ‘Our council member Marvi Sirmed’s long-standing record as a

Press release ‘Threatening activist’s family is cowardly’: HRCP Lahore, 22 June 2018. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is appalled to learn that blogger and human rights activist Ahmad Waqass Goraya continues to face harassment and intimidation. Mr Goraya, who went missing in early January 2017, alleged that he was abducted, held and

Press release No room for dissenters Lahore, 7 June 2018. The Human Rights Commission (HRCP) has expressed its ‘grave concern’ over the increasing frequency and ‘sheer impunity’ with which anyone critical of the state is being targeted, reportedly by security agencies. In a statement issued earlier today, HRCP has said that it is ‘appalled