Pakistan HRCP Report: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) released its flagship annual State of Human Rights report for the year 2022 earlier this week. In this, he expressed concern over the political and economic upheaval in Pakistan last year. According to this report, many cases of human rights violations including violence against minorities have come to light in Pakistan.
Apart from attacks on minorities, terrorist attacks also increased significantly in the last year. These figures have increased much faster than in the last 5 years. In the year 2022 alone, 533 people have lost their lives in terrorist attacks in Pakistan. Apart from this, 2,210 missing cases have been registered in Balochistan of Pakistan.
Political persecution continued throughout the years
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan report noted that both the current and previous governments failed to respect the supremacy of parliament, while infighting between the legislature, executive and judiciary undermined institutional credibility. The report further states that political persecution continued throughout the year, using colonial-era laws as a weapon to quell sedition.
HRCP said in its report that during this period dozens of journalists and opposition leaders of the country were arrested and tortured in custody. The most surprising thing is that only last year the Pakistani Parliament had passed a bill criminalizing torture. former prime minister of pakistan Imran Khan Protests in different parts of the country saw policemen clash with agitators after the successful vote on the no-confidence motion against During this, the right to freedom of expression was violated, but it was also misused.
Status of Ahmadiyya Muslims in Pakistan
The threat to Ahmadiyya Muslims in Pakistan has not diminished. About 90 graves, including several places of worship of the Ahmadiyya community, were destroyed. At the same time, cases of rape have also come to light with 4,226 women. Most of these cases are related to the Punjab province of Pakistan.
There have also been cases of violence against transgenders living in Pakistan. The condition of bonded laborers in the country is also pathetic. About 1200 laborers have been rescued last year. The report of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan also mentions the killed mine workers. Last year in 2022, about 90 mine laborers have lost their lives.
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