Rights violation on: NHRC

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has said that t6he rights violation is continuing despite the ongoing peace process and ceasefire from both the government and Maoists.

The NHRC has said that it received 43 complaints of human rights violations between June 27 and July 28 from the central region alone.

Out of 43 complaints, six are cases of disappearance while six are cases of abduction by the Maoists. The commission also received four complaints about the internally displaced people.

Citing its data, the NHRC said killing of two individuals by the Maoists and one by security forces had been reported to the commission during the ceasefire period.

Pointing at the complaints about rights violations by the government and the Maoists even during the ceasefire period, the commission urged the government and the Maoists to immediately put an end to rights violations and bring the guilty to the book.

Reports quoted Yagya Adhikari, chief of the protection division of the NHRC as saying, “The government and the Maoists should be accountable to human rights violations during the ceasefire and they should bring the guilty to the book.” nepalnews.com pb July 29 06