The Pakistan Human Rights Commission (HRCP) and other representatives of civil society urged the government on Thursday to approach “human rights crises” in the country, including distributions on demonstrators and the abusive use of blasphemy and cybercrime laws.
Speaking at a press conference in Karachi, according to a press release, the president of HRCP Asad Butt and others stressed “several crises in matters of human rights across the country”, including the abolition of dissent by force, restrictions on press freedom and an increasing influence of the establishment on governance.
“The short -term forced disappearance of journalists and rights activists is now a significant cause of alarm,” said the press release, adding that the presumed role of the establishment in politics had “made snowball at the price of democratic governance”. They declared that allegations of political interference in the judiciary had shaken public confidence in the legal system.
