This document highlights human rights violations of children in six countries in South Asia.These violations include children traumatized by civil war in Afghanistan; girl children raped in custody in Bangladesh; arbitrary detention and torture of children in India; children tortured in custody in Nepal; children sentenced to death in Pakistan and children “disappeared” in Sri…
This is a collection of 15 cases on human rights violations against human rights defenders that is part of the campaign aimed to build international solidarity with the people in the frontline of the struggle for human rights.
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This report describes the results of a recent fact-finding visit by Amnesty International to Nepal to investigate reports of human rights violations by police and abuses by armed opposition groups in the context of a “people’s war” declared by the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) (Maoist) in February 1996. Over the last year at least…
14 Tibetans: Youdon,f,38, Bakar,f,27, Sonam,f,26, Norbu Tsering, Sonam,m,35, Sonam,m,18, Lhundup Gyatso,m,20, Tenzin Jampel,m,21, Thubten Kelsang,m,22, Pema Gyalpo,m,35, Namgyal Dorje,m,28, Thubten,m,25, Tenzin Gelek,m,19, Lhundup Tenzin,m,26 and five AI members: all the above have now been released.
14 Tibetans: Youdon,f,38, Bakar,f,27, Sonam,f,26, Norbu Tsering, Sonam,m,35, Sonam,m,18, Lhundup Gyatso,m,20, Tenzin Jampel,m,21, Thubten Kelsang,m,22, Pema Gyalpo,m,35, Namgyal Dorje,m,28, Thubten,m,25, Tenzin Gelek,m,19, Lhundup Tenzin,m,26 and five AI members: the above remain detained in Kathmandu following mass arrests made at an AI demonstration against human rights violations in China on 18 March 1996. The five AI…
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Approximately 86000 people, mostly Nepali-speakers from southern Bhutan, were resident in refugee camps in Nepal by mid-1994. AI believes that many of them have been forced out of Bhutan as a result of measures taken by the Bhutanese authorities and have, in effect, been forced out on account of their ethnic origin or political beliefs.…
In November 1993 an Amnesty International delegation visited Nepal. Discussions with government ministers and other officials focused on steps to prevent torture and ill-treatment in police custody, possible illegal killings resulting from police shooting on demonstrators and others, and impunity. Delegates also met members of non-governmental human rights organizations and others, as well as fifteen…
Since Nepal’s accession to the Convention against Torture in 1991, AI has received reports that torture is still used in police custody, both to obtain information or confessions and possibly, on occasions, to punish political prisoners. AI is concerned by reports that detainees are sometimes unlawfully held incommunicado beyond the legal limit. The use of…
Between 25 June and 20 July at least 20 people were reportedly shot dead by police in possible extrajudicial executions, and several hundred people, including possible prisoners of conscience, were arrested during nationwide strikes and demonstrations called by the main opposition party, the Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist-Leninist) (CPL-UML), in alliance with other opposition…
There have been reports that at least 12 people have been killed and at least 50 injured during demonstrations, following a strike, in Kathmandu and neighbouring towns between 25 and 28 June 1993. There have also been reports of mass arrests of as many as 300 people, including Prem Parajuli, a human rights activist with…