A report on the state of minority women’s rights in Pakistan launched by Voice for Justice in Collaboration with Jubilee Campaign highlights the state of women and girls from the Christian community in Pakistan.
A national conference held by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) in partnership with the Friedrich Naumman Foundation for Freedom (FNF), has called for a constitutional amendment to protect the form and tenure of local governments and to ensure that fiscal decentralisation enables local bodies to carry out their functions effectively.
HRCP Chairperson Hina Jilani expresses dissatisfaction over the acquittal of all five persons accused of the murder of Orangi Pilot Project (OPP) director Perween Rehman and calls on the state to reflect on its ability to provide justice to victims of violence.
The Conference remains a legacy of the late Asma Jahangir and is built upon the principles of her ideology of providing an uncensored and safe space for the advocacy of human rights.
South Asians for Human Rights, a regional network of Human Rights Defenders urges the new premier and the government of Pakistan to act upon its obligations towards preserving the constitutional rights
The Joint Action Committee, a coalition of civil society organisations, has condemnedthe Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Amendment) Ordinance, saying it would lead to unprecedented censorship and chilling of free speech in digital spaces.
A minority rights organization has demanded that in the upcoming census there should be transparency so that people from all sections of society are properly represented.
SAHR condemns murder in pakistan
PCSF expresses great concern over government's curbing of civil liberties, media freedom and the right to free speech, assembly and association
The SCBA on Tuesday said that no one was invited or given an opportunity to speak at the conference in violation of any law