Rights Activists Call for an Effective Human Rights Mechanism in South Asia and Civil Society Participation in SAARC

Kathmandu, 27 July 2011) The Second Sub-Regional Workshop on Human Rights Mechanism in South Asia concluded with calls for the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to establish an effective regional human rights mechanism, enhance civil society participation in the SAARC processes, and address regional challenges from the human rights based approach.

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Migrants rights are undermined by rushed EU law implementation

COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE – COMUNICADO DE PRENSA

For immediate release                            19 July 2011

Italy: Migrants rights are undermined by rushed EU law implementation

HRCP slams barring of Sikhs from temple

Lahore, July 19: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has noted with concern barring of Sikhs from a gurdwara in Lahore and called the restriction by Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) scandalous and a violation of fundamental rights.

HRCP’s concerns over a prisoner’s death

Lahore, July 18: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed its shock and anger at the death of a prisoner, accused of blasphemy and murder,

HRCP concerned over treatment of Mianwali journalists

Lahore, July 13: The  Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has demanded that cases registered against four journalists in Mianwali under anti-terrorism law following protests against electricity load shedding in the district should be immediately withdrawn.