- Association of Women for Awareness & Motivation (AWAM)
- Awaz Foundation Pakistan – Centre for Development Services
- Bytes for All, Pakistan (B4A)
- Defence of Human Rights (DHR)
- Forum for Dignity Initiatives (FDI) – Associate Member
- National Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP)
- Potohar Organization for Development Advocacy (PODA)
- Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC)
- The Awakening – A Society for Social & Cultural Development
From Our Member Bytes for All, Pakistan – 2017 Annual Report on ‘Internet Landscape Of Pakistan’
15 January 2018 9:06 am
FORUM-ASIA member Bytes for All, Pakistan published their annual report titled “Internet Landscape of Pakistan”. The report focuses on emerging threats like arbitrary administrative shutdowns, misplaced judicial activism against Internet freedoms, rise of cyber armies, enforced disappearances of activists and abuse of cyber-crime laws. Internet Landscape of Pakistan is an indigenous effort to regularly monitor [ Read more ]
From Our Member NCJP, Pakistan – Press Statement: Pakistan in Dire Need of Enactment of Policies and Legislations for the Protection of Children
8:53 am
The National (Catholic) Commission for Justice and Peace strongly condemns the rape and murder of a minor girl Zainab in Kasur that has resulted in anger and grief throughout the country. Pakistan, once again has failed to protect its children. As per international reports Pakistan is ranked as the 11th country with highest rate of child [ Read more ]
Join Statement: ‘Reverse NGO ban’, Pakistan told by international civil society groups
18 December 2017 11:16 am
(New Delhi, 16 December 2017) – Condemning the Government of Pakistan’s closure of over 20 international aid agencies “without any verifiable cause”, a group of international civil society organisations have described the decision as part of a growing and worrying trend of shrinking space for civil society and repression of human rights across South Asia. [ Read more ]
Pakistan: Government must ensure safe return of disappeared activist, Raza Khan
8 December 2017 7:47 pm
(Bangkok, 8 December 2017) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development is greatly concerned about the disappearance of Raza Mahmood Khan, a peace activist from Lahore, who has been missing since 2 December 2017. This new incident cannot be seen in isolation from the outrageous number of disappearances and missing persons in the [ Read more ]
From Our Member, Bytes for All, Pakistan – Statement: Blocking information channels can never be a solution, it is always a problem!
26 November 2017 2:54 pm
Islamabad, November 25, 2017: Bytes for All, Pakistan (B4A) is extremely concerned over the complete information blackout in the country and demands the government to immediately restore unfettered access to internet, social media platforms, media channels and mobile services, where network shutdown is being imposed. Earlier today, in an unprecedented censorship move, Pakistan Electronic Media [ Read more ]
Joint Statement – Pakistan must act immediately to protect Dalits against forced disappearances, slavery and discrimination
13 November 2017 3:59 pm
Joint statement by the International Dalit Solidarity Network, Pakistan Dalit Solidarity Network, International Movement Against All Forms of Racism and Discrimination (IMADR), Minority Rights Group International, Anti-Slavery International and FORUM-ASIA. 13 November 2017 As the UN review Pakistan’s human rights record on 13 November, we urge the Government to commit with time bound action plans [ Read more ]
From Our Member Bytes for All, Pakistan – New Report on Internet Censorship in Pakistan: Findings from 2014 to 2017
20 October 2017 2:53 pm
Bytes for All, Pakistan (B4A) and the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) project released a research report examining internet censorship in Pakistan. The report, titled “Internet Censorship in Pakistan: Findings from 2014 to 2017” is available Here. This study was conducted through the collection and analysis of network measurements from 22 ISPs in Pakistan [ Read more ]
Pakistan: Stop harassment, arbitrary arrests and disappearances of human rights defenders
10 August 2017 5:52 pm
(Bangkok/Kathmandu, 10 August 2017): The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and its member Bytes for All, Pakistan (B4A) express grave concern over the recent cases of systematic harassment, arrests and serial abductions of human rights defenders (HRDs) by security forces in Pakistan. HRDs in Pakistan are operating in increasingly precarious conditions. They [ Read more ]
From our Member HRCP, Pakistan – HRCP Condemns Attack on Asma Jahangir’s Associates in Courtroom
23 June 2017 2:38 pm
Lahore, June 22: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned an attack by scores of lawyers on renowned lawyer Asma Jahangir’s associates inside a courtroom in the Lahore High Court. In a statement issued on Thursday, the Commission said: “HRCP denounces in the strongest possible terms the assault on Asma Jahangir’s associates. [ Read more ]
From our Member SPARC, Pakistan – Certified Training on Child Rights Defenders
16 June 2017 6:16 pm
FORUM-ASIA member SPARC from Pakistan is organising a three-day training on child rights from 25 – 27 July 2017 in Islamabad. This training is designed to discuss the roles and responsibilities of the social activists and volunteers working for the promotion, protection and implementation of child rights. For more information, click here.