Nepal: Punish Rights Abusers; Protect Independent NHRC

Click to expand Image Nepalese police disperse protestors in Kathmandu, Nepal, March 28, 2018. © 2018 AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha (New York) – The Nepal government should act on the National Human Rights Commission’s findings to ensure accountability for grave human rights abuses by security forces, Human Rights Watch said today. The government should stop reversing the commission’s findings and ensure its independence. There are mounting allegations of extrajudicial executions and deaths in custody resulting from torture, yet the Nepal authorities resist conducting credible investigations.…

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