It’s International Women’s Day and you know what that means. it’s time for the Aurat March! This one in 365 days – 366 during leap years – is when women unite and reclaim public space to raise their voices against injustice, misogyny and to question: patriarchy, what is this behaviour? While the Aurat March is […]
Save the Children pedophile deported from the UK is arrested after ‘raping 30 kids in Pakistan’
Cops in Rawalpindi say Ayaz has now admitted raping dozens of children and is suspected of using the so-called dark web to circulate sickening child abuse images. The Pakistani-born sex beast was kicked out of Britain 10 years ago after pleading guilty to multiple child sex charges. Reports now reveal he has been arrested in […]
ATM thief who went viral dies in police custody
A robber who went viral after a video of him stealing from an ATM in Faisalabad and then sticking his tongue out at the camera surfaced on the social media, died in police custody, Geo News reported on Sunday. The suspect, who was identified as Salahuddin and arrested in Rahim Yar Khan a month after the video […]
Lynching in Pakistan: His time never came. He was killed. His name was Rehan. He was 15.
He was 15 years old. In some reports, the age is given as 16 or 17. He was skinny, had the sunburnt skin of a child who spent much time outdoors. His hair was styled in that swept-upwards hairdo that young boys and teenagers have everywhere in 2019. There were streaks of gold in his hair, salon-treated […]
Political abuse of Human rights in Pakistan
Provincial and local governments have arrested journalists and closed newspapers that report on matters perceived as socially offensive or critical of the government or military. Journalists also have been victims of violence and intimidation by various groups and individuals. In spite of these difficulties, the press publishes freely on other matters, although journalists often exercise […]
HRCP secures release of bonded workers
Lahore/Multan, 14 June. Sixty-three bonded labourers have been recovered from a brick kiln in Basti Pir Ismail near Multan, following a writ petition filed by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP). In May, HRCP received a complaint from Saghar Hussain, a resident of Basti Pir Ismail, saying that a brick kiln owner in the […]
Freedom of Expression and Attacks on Civil Society
A climate of fear continues to impede media coverage of abuses both by government security forces and militant groups. Journalists increasingly practiced self-censorship in 2018, after threats and attacks from militant groups. Media outlets came under pressure from authorities to avoid reporting on several issues, including criticism of government institutions and the judiciary. In several […]