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Human Rights Watch concerned about Tibetan rights Nepal
Posted by Guus Koelman on April 2nd, 2008 | 1 comment | 533 views
About 90 Tibetans were arrested on Tuesday outside the Chinese embassy in Kathmandu. Protests in Kathmandu against Chinese violence are ongoing sins violence erupted in Lhasa three weeks ago.
Human Rights Watch expressed concern about the Tibetan rights in Nepal in a letter to the Nepalese Prime Minister they write:
“The Nepal police have arbitrarily arrested and detained over 1,500 people both during and since the demonstrations and in order to restrict expression and movement. The Police have provided no legal justification for the arrests and detentions either to detainees or to national and international human rights organizations. The Home Ministry has explicitly stated that no “anti-China activities” will take place in Nepal.
Our organizations have documented unnecessary and excessive use of force during arrests, as well as ill treatment during arrests and detention. We are particularly concerned by increasing evidence of police use of sexual and other forms of assault, including of minors, during arrests, violating the right to physical integrity. Police have also used lathis and tear gas on some occasions without necessity or with excessive force, resulting in numerous injuries. Direct interviews with detainees also suggest a pattern of delayed and limited medical treatment, misleading detainees about their likely time of release, and beatings in Boudha and Singha Durba police stations.
Police have also threatened Tibetan protesters with deportation, which would also constitute a serious violation of Nepal’s international human rights obligations.”
Read the complete letter here:
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/04/01/nepal18409.htm
Human Rights Watch expressed concern about the Tibetan rights in Nepal in a letter to the Nepalese Prime Minister they write:
“The Nepal police have arbitrarily arrested and detained over 1,500 people both during and since the demonstrations and in order to restrict expression and movement. The Police have provided no legal justification for the arrests and detentions either to detainees or to national and international human rights organizations. The Home Ministry has explicitly stated that no “anti-China activities” will take place in Nepal.
Our organizations have documented unnecessary and excessive use of force during arrests, as well as ill treatment during arrests and detention. We are particularly concerned by increasing evidence of police use of sexual and other forms of assault, including of minors, during arrests, violating the right to physical integrity. Police have also used lathis and tear gas on some occasions without necessity or with excessive force, resulting in numerous injuries. Direct interviews with detainees also suggest a pattern of delayed and limited medical treatment, misleading detainees about their likely time of release, and beatings in Boudha and Singha Durba police stations.
Police have also threatened Tibetan protesters with deportation, which would also constitute a serious violation of Nepal’s international human rights obligations.”
Read the complete letter here:
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/04/01/nepal18409.htm
Comments
# posted by Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka on April 3rd, 2008 6:48 pm
Thanks for sharing.