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PAKISTAN: Ahmadis targeted increasingly for observing their faith

Image Courtesy:www.rabwah.net Religious persecution has engulfed Pakistan. The orthodox clergy that took root in late 1970s has now brainwashed the current generation, promising heavenly rewards for f...

PAKISTAN: Call to save the life of Asia Bibi, who is suffering from intestinal bleeding

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the deteriorating health of Asia Bibi, who is on death row for allegedly committing blasphemy. The 50-year-ol...

PAKISTAN: Ensuing executions a systematic move to instill fear

Aftab Bahadur Masih was executed in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail early this morning despite requests from rights groups and church leaders to halt the execution, terming his conviction as flawed. He wa...

PAKISTAN: New National Human Rights Commission welcome but may be ‘toothless’ at birth

A Press Release from International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) is a network composed of 60 judges ...

PAKISTAN: “I will be hanged by the neck until dead” – Aftab Bahadur Masih

Aftab Bahadur Masih is expected to be executed tomorrow, 10 June 2015. He has now been on death row for over 22 years. The Asian Human Rights Commission is reproducing a translation of a letter Aftab ...

PAKISTAN: The reality of Pakistani Christians’ suffering under the blasphemy law

by Nasir Saeed Pakistani Christians are now regularly making nation and international headlines, not because they have achieved something, but because of their suffering for being Christians. Thus Pak...

PAKISTAN: Pakistani Christian asylum seekers in Thailand need critical assistance

A Press Release from British Pakistani Christian Association forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) British Pakistani Christian Association (BPCA) Chairman Wilson Chowdhry recently visi...

PAKISTAN: Christian community was attacked again on charges of blasphemy; Punjab government refuses to file case against members of Muslim mob

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information of another attack on the Christian community in Punjab Province; members have been attacked with arms, some houses have ...

PAKISTAN: HRCP, ICJ demand clarification on juveniles’ trial by military courts

A Press Release from Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Lahore, May 21: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) and the Internation...

PAKISTAN: Half-baked democracy denies women voting rights

Pakistan, in a short time, has witnessed several positive laws being promulgated in favour of equality for women. The women selected to special seats at the federal and provincial levels, including th...

PAKISTAN: War to mould minds

An article from Daily Dawn forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission A. H.  Nayyar  The coercion worked. Fearing for her life, Dr Bernadette Dean, an eminent Pakistani educationist and one of t...

PAKISTAN: HRCP slams massacre in Karachi bus attack

A Press Release from Human Rights Commission of Pakistan forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Lahore, May 13: The barbaric killing of members of the Ismaili community in a bus attack ...

PAKISTAN: Killing of 46 Ismailis utterly condemnable

Today, persons hailing from the Ismaili community (a branch of Shia Islam) have been attacked while they were travelling on a passenger bus managed and operated by the community. According to media re...

PAKISTAN: Persecution of Ahmadis-April 2015

A Press Release from Nazarat Umoor Ama forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Six Ahmadis arrested in religion-based case: Chak 109 GB, District Faisalabad; April 20, 2015: The construc...

PAKISTAN: Corporal punishment is deemed fit by the schools to exert their authority on children

In a society infested with extremism and intolerance sadistic and violent behaviour is a natural outcome. As part of their daily lives, children all over Pakistan are spanked, slapped, hit, beaten and...

PAKISTAN: Prevention of Electronic Crime Bill – strangling freedom of expression some more (6)

by Javeria Younes The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has initiated a series of articles on the proposed Prevention of Electronic Crime Act, 2015. The Bill has draconian provisions that seek to ...

PAKISTAN: Measures must be taken to ensure the safety and protection of human rights defenders-HRCP

A Press Release from Human Rights Commission of Pakistan forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Islamabad, May 08: A consultation organised by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (...

PAKISTAN: Unknown persons assigned to silence intellectuals

Dr. Waheed Rehman – Photo courtesy, thenews.com.pk The menace of “unknown persons” shooting to death intellectuals and activists in Pakistan continues. Pakistan is witnessing an upsurge of ...

PAKISTAN: Unsilencing Pakistan

An article from The Nation, written by Marvi Sirmed forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Despite a loud voice from civil society, later from the judiciary, the Baloch issue is far from being...

PAKISTAN: Prevention of Electronic Crime Bill – strangling freedom of expression some more (5)

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has initiated a series of articles on the proposed Prevention of Electronic Crime Act, 2015; this is the third article in the series. The Bill has draconian p...