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Pakistan's rights crisis deepens as HRCP slams state repression and elite
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has urged the government to withdraw the controversial 26th and 27th constitutional amendments, end "enforced disappearances," and release all political prisoners across the country, as reported by Dawn.
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Human Rights Commission of Pakistan warns of rising exclusion amid minorit
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
HRCP Chairperson Asad Iqbal Butt reminded authorities that the bill was approved by Parliament on May 12, 2025, and has been awaiting presidential assent ever since. Nearly five months later, the Commission noted, there has been no clear explanation for the delay, raising fears of backpedall
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HRCP sounds alarm over deepening human rights crisis in Balochistan
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Following a week-long visit to Turbat and Quetta, the HRCP team, which included chairperson Asad Iqbal Butt, former senator Farhatullah Babar, and senior human rights advocates such as Nasreen Azhar and I A Rehman, recorded disturbing trends of enforced disappearances, extrajudicial executio
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Pakistan Human Rights Commission highlights decline in civic freedoms, det
Updated : 1 year ago IST
In his remarks at the launch of annual report, HRCP chairperson Asad Iqbal Butt highlighted continued state-sanctioned violence in 2024, with at least 379 officially reported new cases of enforced disappearance, two extrajudicial killings of persons suspected of blasphemy and 4,864 staged po
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Pakistan: Activist slams political parties over 'unrest' in country, conde
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
He further accused the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) of lacking accountability to the public and sitting in the "lap of the establishment."
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Human Rights Commission of Pakistan's Chairman arrested, released later; r
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
After the release, Butt told reporters that he was detained for 3-4 hours "without any solid reason" and was released after pressure mounted on them, as reported by Pakistan-based Express Tribune.
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Azm-e-Istehkam Operation: Human Rights Commission of Pakistan calls for ri
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has raised significant concerns regarding the recently announced Azm-e-Istehkam operation by the Pakistan Army and has called for the protection of the rights of the citizens.
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Pakistani human rights organisation demands immediate action to prevent mo
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The Chairman of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Asad Iqbal Butt in a statement released on Saturday demanded that the federal government of Pakistan must take considerable and immediate action to prevent future mob killing or lynching incidents.
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Pakistan's human rights body urges action to end decades-long pattern of e
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) chairman Asad Iqbal Butt demanded an end to the decades-old problem of forced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in Balochistan province.
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HRCP writes to Punjab CM, seeks attention to severe human rights violation
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Highlighting the ongoing cases of violence against women, children and trans people, the HRCP in its letter recommended strengthening the Punjab province's Commission on the Status of Women.
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Pakistan: HRCP warns against ban on all social media platforms
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Sunday opposed a proposed Senate resolution seeking to ban all social media platforms in Pakistan.
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Human Rights Commission of Pakistan condemns crackdown on Baloch protester
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
In a statement, HRCP Commission Chairperson Asad Iqbal Butt said the commission was appalled by the state's response to peaceful protesters.
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