NGOs urge the EU to act over human rights abuses in Pakistan


The European Union has been urged to take urgent action in relation to the continued human rights abuses in Pakistan. 
 
A coalition of human rights NGOs, coming together under the umbrella of Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF), delivered a letter to the EU’s High Representative Josep Borrell,

They called for Pakistan GSP+ status to be suspended and highlighted the abuses of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws.
 
The letter comes after a recent conference on the issue.
 
According to the conference, the imposition of the mandatory death sentence for those found guilty of blasphemy makes Pakistan’s GSP+ status morally and politically untenable.