NHRC issues advisory for preventing prisoner deaths due to suicides, ensuring mental well-being

May 10, 2024

The National Human Rights Commission recently re-issued an advisory regarding the unnatural deaths of prisoners due to suicides.

Pakistan's under-trial prisoners seek rights and better living conditions

Jun 06, 2021

Islamabad [Pakistan], June 6 : Undertrial prisoners incarcerated in the Camp Jail Lahore have appealed to Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar to ensure the...

Rights group decry Myanmar military's execution of four prisoners

Jul 25, 2022

New York [US], July 25 : A New York-based human rights group has condemned the Myanmar military regime's execution of pro-democracy leaders and elected...

COVID-19: NHRC notice to Maha Chief Secy over 'wrong interpretation' of SC order on releasing prisoners

May 14, 2020

New Delhi [India], May 15 : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken cognisance of a complaint that the Maharashtra government has adopted...

Tibetan NGOs organise candlelight vigil to mark International Prisoners Justice Day

Aug 10, 2023

Tibetan activists raised their voices for justice against heinous violations of basic human rights and freedoms endured by countless political prisoners in Tibet.

Around 25 pc prisoners in Lahore, Rawalpindi jails prone to drug addiction: Report

Oct 31, 2022

Lahore and Rawalpindi jails have over 25 per cent of prisoners prone to drug addiction, according to a report by the National Commission of...