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PAKISTAN: Two more disappeared persons are extrajudicially killed in Balochistan to destroy evidence of abduction by law enforcement agencies

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the bodies of two disappeared persons have been found in a remote area. The bodies bore bullet wounds and marks of ...

PAKISTAN: Corporal punishment a major reason for increasing school dropouts 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Ashoka Pakistan, written by Mr. Amir Murtaza. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong An article from Ashoka Pakistan forwarded by th...

THAILAND/PAKISTAN: Another 24 Ahmadiya Pakistani asylum seekers, including children and pregnant women, are at risk of deportation

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that another 24 Ahmadiya Pakistani asylum seekers, who are applying for an asylum status in Thailand to escape from religious p...

PAKISTAN: Top judges’ anti workers attitude 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the Labour Party of Pakistan, written by Mr. Farooq Tariq. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An a...

PAKISTAN: A couple is missing after their arrest by policemen – the 70-year-old father of the bride is demanding a girl from the groom’s family in compensation

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a couple is missing after their arrest by police officers from two stations on the instructions of a high ranking p...

PAKISTAN: A human rights defender and his friend are missing after their abduction by the officials of Frontier Corps in the presence of police

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a human rights defender was abducted by the officials of the Frontier Cops (FC) while he was going to attend court ...

PAKISTAN: Four more disappeared persons bullet riddled bodies found and four are abducted

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that four disappeared persons bullet riddled and torture marks bodies were found from Balochistan province who were prev...

PAKISTAN: A student leader abducted and four bodies of disappeared persons are found

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a student leader from Balochistan was abducted from the check post of the Frontier Corps in Quetta while he was ret...

PAKISTAN: Government is silent in the wake of call for nuclear jihad by religious extremist 

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has consistently reported in the recent weeks on the issue of the government’s refusal to take action on the incitement to murder and civil disobedience ...

PAKISTAN: HRCP urges government to ensure Siddique Eido’s release 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong —...

PAKISTAN: State of poverty and food sovereignty in South Asia 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article written by Mr. Farooq Tariq. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Mr. Farooq Tariq forwar...

PAKISTAN: Supreme Court should hear cases of extrajudicial killings of disappeared persons 

The human rights movement of Pakistan is heartened by the directives of the five-member-bench of the Supreme Court to the Inspectors General of Police (IGPs) to furnish full details of the cases of mi...

PAKISTAN: A young man killed in fake police encounter- police refuse court and interior minister’s orders for inquiry

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a lawyer’s son was killed in a fake police encounter after one hour of his abduction by six police officials ...

PAKISTAN: Education officials of Karachi must be prosecuted for filing a blasphemy case against a student 

A case of blasphemy has been registered against 17-year-old Syed Samiullah, an intermediate student and resident of Mujtaba Colony Malir Halt. The charge was registered in the Shahrah-e-Noor Jahan Pol...

PAKISTAN: Alarming increase in hunger and violence in flood hit areas, ActionAid Pakistan 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from ActionAid Pakistan. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————...

PAKISTAN/THAILAND: International community must intervene for the release of 85 Ahmadi refugees mistreated in Thailand 

A group of 85 persons have been in detention in Bangkok since December 14, 2010 despite the fact that they are already registered as asylum seekers with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refuge...

PAKISTAN: A lady health worker raped and forced by police to withdraw her complaint

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a lady health worker, a government employee, was raped by a notorious gangster with the help of two police informer...

PAKISTAN: U.S. arms sales bring bloodshed, bankruptcy to Pakistan 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from American Reporter Correspondent, written by Ahmar Mustikhan. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An...

PAKISTAN: Save the life of a Baloch journalist 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from Baloch Human Rights Council (Canada). Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong —&#...

PAKISTAN: Army officers acknowledged that a disappeared person was in their custody but the courts failed to recover him 

The case of the disappearance of a master tailor exposes how the army is involved and the weaknesses of the judicial system The Asian Human Rights Commission has received the details of the saga of di...