Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, Office of the Prime Minister, F6/5 Cabinet Division, Cabinet Block, Constitution Avenue, Islamabad, Pakistan 16 December 2011 Re: Pakistan – Murder of school headmaster and human rights defender Mr Zarteef Afridi Dear Prime Minister, Front Line Defenders and FORUM-ASIA would like to draw your attention to the murder of human [ Read more ]

17th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 3: Promotion and Protection of All Human Rights, Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Including the Right to Development – General Debate Oral Statement Delivered by Ms. Pooja Patel, FORUM-ASIA Monday, 6 June 2011 Thank you, Mr. President. FORUM-ASIA expresses its deep regret at [ Read more ]

OPEN LETTER 12 May 2011 His Excellency Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani Prime Minister of Pakistan Prime Minister House Islamabad, Pakistan Tel no: + 92 519213562 Dear Rt. Hon’ble Prime Minister Prime Minister Gilani, We, the undersigned non-governmental organizations and people’s movements from Asia, strongly condemn the disappearance and brutal killing of Mr. Siddique Eido. Mr. [ Read more ]

(03 March 2011, Bangkok) The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) strongly condemns the assassination of Pakistan’s Minority Affairs Minister, Shahbaz Bhatti who was allegedly killed for his opposition of Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy law. The cowardly attack on the Minister by the unidentified gunmen on 2 March 2011 took place when he was [ Read more ]

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called upon the United Nations and other aid and humanitarian organisations to support Pakistan in meeting the needs of millions of people affected by country’s worst ever floods as well as reconstructing the entire infrastructure of the flood-hit areas. Please click this link to read the rest of the statement.

Decisions by a Pakistani High Court to ban numerous international websites and services violate international human rights law. The Lahore High Court on 19 May ordered the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority to block the social network website Facebook and hundreds of other pages in response to a Facebook user calling for an “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day”. [ Read more ]