Lahore, May 13, 2013: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called upon all political parties to respect the May 11 verdict of the people and avoid doing anything that could derail the democratic system. It has emphasised that HRCP’s election monitors on the ground across the country did not find any evidence
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) observed the electoral process over the past several months and watched the May 11 election in all parts of the country. The commission carried out detailed observation of the electoral process in 57 National Assembly constituencies, – 8 in Balochistan, 13 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 19 in Punjab
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