HRCP slams Pakistan's CCD for 924 deaths in 'staged' encounters

Feb 17, 2026

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has accused Punjab's Crime Control Department of institutionalising staged police encounters. The report recorded over 900 deaths in...

Pakistan: Balochistan bleeds as BYC report alleges state-led killings

Feb 21, 2026

A new report released by the Baloch Yakjehti Committee has alleged a disturbing escalation in extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances and staged police encounters across...

'Fake' encounters: Gujarat govt refuses to share details of 2002-06 police encounters

Apr 10, 2023

A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and A Amanullah was informed by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the state, that the government...

Germany: Free Balochistan Movement holds protest against Pakistan in Hanover

Sep 12, 2021

Berlin [Germany], September 12 : The Free Balochistan Movement (FBM) held a protest rally in Hanover, Germany against the "fake encounters" in Balochistan province...

Pakistan: Police SHO, ASI guilty of 'staged' encounter

Jun 29, 2022

Islamabad [Pakistan], June 29 : During a court hearing in Pakistan's Mehar Tehsil, an administrative subdivision of Dadu District in the Sindh province, a...

Pakistan Human Rights Commission highlights decline in civic freedoms, deteriorating law and order

May 01, 2025

In his remarks at the launch of annual report, HRCP chairperson Asad Iqbal Butt highlighted continued state-sanctioned violence in 2024, with at least 379...