http://www.amnesty.org/en/adv_search/feed/library Download Documents from Amnesty International Library Search Results en http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/nepal-must-bar-human-rights-violators-un-peacekeeping-missions-20091218 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/nepal-bar-human-rights-violators-un-peacekeeping-missions-20091218 Amnesty International today called on Nepal’s government to immediately fix the flawed vetting process that allowed an army major charged with murder to participate in the United Nations peace keeping mission in the Central African Republic. Major Niranjan Basnet is charged with murdering 15-year-old M Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA31/012/2009/en Army Major Niranjan Basnet has not been arrested on his return to Nepal. Despite instructions from the Prime Minister that he be arrested, military police escorted him to the army's headquarters in the capital, Kathmandu. The army is believed to be waiting for a decision from its Chief of Staff on whether to Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/nepal-army-must-hand-over-major-accused-killing-15-year-old-girl-20091214 The Nepali government must ensure that Major Niranjan Basnet is arrestedimmediately and transferred to a civilian court for trial for torturing Maina Sunuwar to death. Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA31/011/2009/en Major Niranjan Basnet of the Nepal Army was charged by a civilian court in 2008 with the murder of a 15-year-old girl. He was recently found to be serving in a UN peacekeeping mission in Africa; the UN have now expelled him from the mission, and have instructed the government of Nepal to repatriate him. It i Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/major-accused-torturing-girl-death-nepal-must-be-arrested-20091208 The Nepali government must immediately pursue the arrest of an armymajor accused of torturing a 15-year-old girl todeath. Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/nepal-major-accused-torturing-girl-death-must-be-arrested-20091208-0 The Nepali government must immediately pursue the arrest of an army major expelled last week from a UN peacekeeping mission in Chad when it emerged he has been accused of torturing a 15-year-old Nepalese girl to death, Amnesty International said today. Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/nepal-major-accused-torturing-girl-death-must-be-arrested-20091208 The Nepali government must immediatelypursue the arrest of an army major expelled last week from a UN peacekeepingmission in Chad when it emerged he has been accused of torturing a 15-year-oldNepalese girl to death, Amnesty International said today.  Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA31/010/2009/es Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA31/010/2009/en Human rights defender Rita Mahato has been threatened with death, rape and kidnapping as a result of her work helping women in Nepal who have suffered acts of violence. She is a health adviser at the Women’s Rehabilitation Centre (WOREC). The police have failed to provide Rita Mahato with protection or to Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International