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HRCP slams massacre in Karachi bus attack

Lahore: The barbaric killing of members of the Ismaili community in a bus attack in Karachi is highly condemnable, but it deserves more than mere words of censure and sympathy from the authorities, the political parties and the civil society, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said on Wednesday. In ... Read More »

HRCP grieved over death of Norwegian ambassador

Lahore: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has expressed deep sorrow over the death of Norwegian Ambassador Leif H. Larsen, in a helicopter crash in Gilgit-Baltistan on Friday. In a statement, the Commission said: “HRCP is deeply saddened by the death of Lief Larsen and condoles with the Norwegian government and ... Read More »

HRCP strongly condemns the assassination of Sabeen Mahmud

Lahore: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned the assassination of renowned activist and human rights defender Sabeen Mahmud. The Commission demanded that Sabeen’s killers must be held to account and immediate steps must be taken to address the escalating threats and violence against rights defenders across ... Read More »

HRCP issues its annual report on State of Human Rights in 2014

Lahore:Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has issued its annual report on the state of Human Rights in Pakistan during 2014.The report emphasizes on the state to create more friendly environment in the country by adopting the statute laws across the board without any discrimination.Laws should be made in the assemblies instead ... Read More »

HRCP slams order to cancel Balochistan talk at LUMS

Lahore: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed grave alarm and dismay over the authorities ordering the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) to cancel a discussion on Balochistan. HRCP called it unfortunate that that had happened on a democratic government’s watch. The Commission said in a statement ... Read More »

HRCP demands fair-handed probe of Youhanabad incidents

Lahore:The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed serious concern at the Youhanabad Christian community’s complaints of police highhandedness in rounding up people on the suspicion of their involvement with the lynching and burning of two young men and the state of fear that prevails in the locality. The ... Read More »

HRCP demands release of activist picked up in Turbat

Lahore: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has slammed the ‘disappearance’ of one of its activists, Shahdad Mumtaz, in Turbat and demanded that Shahdad must be accorded due process if he is suspected of any crime, or immediately released by the security forces that had detained him on Saturday. ... Read More »

HRCP demands effective steps for the protection of the minorities

Lahore: While condemning the attacks on Lahore’s two churches last Sunday, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called upon the federal and provincial governments to act decisively to protect the religious minorities’ interests if greater disasters are to be avoided. In a statement issued here today, the commission ... Read More »

HRCP calls for halting execution of Shafqat Hussain

Lahore: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has called upon the prime minister and the minister of the interior to intervene to spare the life of Shafqat Hussain, a death row prisoner who was around 14 years old at the time of commission of the offence that he has been ... Read More »

HRCP’s alarm over move towards general revival of executions

Lahore: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed grave concern over recent actions by the authorities aimed at resuming executions for all death penalty offences. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Commission said: “HRCP must express its serious alarm over worrying recent movement towards resumption of executions ... Read More »

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