Nepal: Torture: Sumitra Khaws (f)

Nepal: Torture: Sumitra Khaws (f)

Index Number: ASA 31/009/2008
Date Published: 18 September 2008
Categories: Nepal

A woman has been tortured by police in southern Nepal: she is still held at the same police station, and at risk of further torture. Police are now refusing to allow a human rights organization to visit her, which puts her in further danger. Sumitra Khaws was arrested in the early hours of 9 September 2008 and detained at the Belbari Police Station, charged with murdering her husband, which she denies.