NEPAL: Police torture a Tamang family in Dhading district
NEPAL: Police torture a Tamang family in Dhading district
ISSUES: Torture, threats and intimidation, indigenous people, rule of law
June 17, 2014
Dear friends,
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Forum for Protection of People's Rights Nepal (PPR Nepal) regarding the police having tortured a Tamang family living in Jivanpur Village Development Committee (VDC)-6, Dhading district.
The police took two children, Ruben and Prabesh, in custody on 7 February 2014 and tortured them for 10 days until the children signed a confession paper. In addition, the police arrived at the village on 16 June asking for the whereabouts of the parents, Mr. Maila Tamang and Mrs. Shanti Tamang. The police have threatened the children with further illegal detention and torture if their parents do not produce themselves at the police station. Mr. Maila Tamang and his wife have taken shelter in Kathmandu. Abuse of power, impunity, and the incapacity of the Nepal police to investigate a case are again exposed in this case of torture.
