Islamabad, August 30: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) launched on Thursday the report of a fact-finding it had conducted in Balochistan. An HRCP mission had visited the province from May 15 to 19 in order to assess the impact of the recent measures by the government with respect to the province and to hear suggestions […]
Aug 30 2012 | Posted in
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Human Rights Commission of Pakistan reports 675 honor killing victims in the country Islamabad (December 20), As per the stats released by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, over 675 women in Pakistan were murdered for allegedly defaming the honours of their families. Despite some progress on better protecting women’s rights, activists say the government […]
Dec 20 2011 | Posted in
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A structural failing of the Criminal Justice System Pakistan is the world’s third-most dangerous country for women, after Afghanistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, based on a survey conducted by the Thomson Reuters Foundation. In its 2010 report, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan says almost 800 women were victims of “honour killings” — […]
Nov 11 2011 | Posted in
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