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Arjun Bahadur Lama
Arjun Bahadur Lama, 48 years in age, permanent resident of Chhatrebas
VDC -5, Dapcha in Kavre district was abducted by a group of Maoist
cadres, three in number, on 29 April 2005 (2062.1.16 BS) from the
premises of Sri Krishna Secondary School at Chhatrebas VDC-1 of the
district.
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Hari Prasad Bolakhe
Hari Prasad Bolakhe, 35 (while missing) a permanent resident of Phulbari VDC-8, Kavre district, a pastor by profession, had been missing since the arrest December 27, 2003, was reportedly killed by security persons. A team of National Human Rights Commission discovered a human skeleton in a jungle ...
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Sarala Sapkota
Around 11 p.m. on July 15, 2004, a group of 12 armed soldiers arrested
Sarala Sapkota at her grandfather’s house. The family, who witnessed the
arrest, stated that soldiers gave Sarala no reason for her arrest.
After her arrest, Sarala’s family went to Baireni barracks and the DPO ...
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Birendra Shah
On the evening of 5 October 2007, Mr. Birendra Shah, 34, resident of Inruwasira VDC-8, Bara district, a local journalist of Bara district and correspondent of Nepal FM, Avenues Television and Dristi weekly, was abducted by Maoists from Pipara Bazaar in Kalaiya, the district headquarters of Bara ...
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Bishwanath Parajuli, Tom Nath Poudel and Dhan Bahadur Tamang
Three persons namely Bishwonath Parajuli (also called Nagendra
Parajuli), Tom Nath Poudel and Dhan Bahadur Tamang of Hasandaha VDC,
Morang were shot dead by the security personnel on 28 September 2004.
According to the eyewitnesses, other victims and the villagers, about 16
people were arrested ...
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Chot Nath Ghimire and Shekhar Nath Ghimire
Chot Nath Ghimire, a 58-year-old farmer, resident of Ishaneshor VDC-4,
Ratamate Majhpokhari of Lamjung district was allegedly arrested by the
Joint Security Forces of Joint Security Camp stationed at Bhorlatar VDC,
Lamjung district on February 2, 2002 (2058.10.20). The security camp
called Mr. ...
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Bhauna Tharu
Bhauna Tharu (Bhauna Chaudhary in the citizenship card), 21 years old
male (at the time of the incident; Date of Birthe: 8 September 1978),
son of Purna Bahadur Chaudhary, permanent resident of Sujanpur village,
Neulapur VDC-4, Bardiya district, and an employee of Rastriya Gobar Gas,
Gulariya, ...
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Custodial Torture Up by 6.7%
AF's semiannual briefing "Recent Trends and Patterns of Torture in Nepal" has attributed this increase to the ongoing political instability in the country and growing activities of armed groups in several districts of Terai region. Among others, there has been a significant increase in the percentage of torture on female detainees, which increased from 7% during January to June 2010 to 13.3%.
"The 25 women who claimed they had been tortured had been severely beaten by investigating officers and had been treated without consideration for the rights and needs of women as a particularly vulnerable group. Similarly, 26.7% of juvenile detainees claimed that they were subjected to torture or other ill-treatment, an increase of nearly 6% in comparison to the period from January to June 2010 when the percentage was 20.9%, "the report says.
In total, AF lawyers interviewed 2183 detainees in 57 detention centers. Among them were 188 (8.6%) women and 1993 (91.3%) men. Of them, 492 detainees (22.5%) have claimed that they were subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. Among the women detainees, 25 (13.3%) claimed they were subjected to torture or other ill-treatment, as opposed to 466 (23.4%) of men and 1 (50.0%) from third gender.
The report is based on the information gathered by AF attorneys during their visits to 57 detention centers in 20 AF working districts. The main aims of these visits are to assist the police to implement its constitutional obligations to prevent torture and other ill-treatment and ensure redress in the event of torture occurring.
The large majority of places of detention visited are District Police Offices (DPOs) and Area Police Offices (APOs) as they are the places where those under arrest are usually brought for interrogation and the place where the victims are often compelled to confess to certain crimes under torture.
"The 25 women who claimed they had been tortured had been severely beaten by investigating officers and had been treated without consideration for the rights and needs of women as a particularly vulnerable group. Similarly, 26.7% of juvenile detainees claimed that they were subjected to torture or other ill-treatment, an increase of nearly 6% in comparison to the period from January to June 2010 when the percentage was 20.9%, "the report says.
In total, AF lawyers interviewed 2183 detainees in 57 detention centers. Among them were 188 (8.6%) women and 1993 (91.3%) men. Of them, 492 detainees (22.5%) have claimed that they were subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. Among the women detainees, 25 (13.3%) claimed they were subjected to torture or other ill-treatment, as opposed to 466 (23.4%) of men and 1 (50.0%) from third gender.
The report is based on the information gathered by AF attorneys during their visits to 57 detention centers in 20 AF working districts. The main aims of these visits are to assist the police to implement its constitutional obligations to prevent torture and other ill-treatment and ensure redress in the event of torture occurring.
The large majority of places of detention visited are District Police Offices (DPOs) and Area Police Offices (APOs) as they are the places where those under arrest are usually brought for interrogation and the place where the victims are often compelled to confess to certain crimes under torture.
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