Feb 5, 2010 | News
The ICJ today urged action by the Government to ensure respect for civilian jurisdiction in the Maina Sunuwar case.
The Nepal Army has acknowledged that Maina Sunuwar died following prolonged torture at the Nepal Army’s Birendra Peacekeeping Training Centre in Panchakhal on 17 February 2004.
However, it has refused to recognize civilian court jurisdiction as established by the Supreme Court’s September 2007 decision, and to surrender Major Niranjan Basnet to the Kavre District Court pursuant to a 31 January 2008 arrest warrant.
Nepal-civilian jurisdiction-press release-2010 (full text, PDF)
Feb 4, 2010 | News
A new ICJ report released today warns that the the Internal Security Act (ISA) in Thailand risks undermining the rule of law by conferring broad preventative powers to the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC).
Feb 2, 2010 | News
The ICJ is alarmed by a campaign of intimidation against journalists and media outlets and at the continuing use of emergency laws to restrict freedom of expression following the re-election of President Rajapakse.
The ICJ calls for immediate Government action to reform these laws and to protect journalists from further harassment and attacks.
SriLanka-freedomexpession-news-2010 (full text, PDF)
Jan 18, 2010 | News
A new ICJ report released today addresses the systematic absence of remedies for gross human rights violations in Sri Lanka between 1977 and 2001 – a period of widespread disappearances and unlawful killings.
Dec 14, 2009 | News
The ICJ is urging the Government of Nepal to produce Major Niranjan Basnet before Khavre District Court to face charges related to his alleged involvement in the unlawful killing of 15-year-old Maina Sunuwar.
Nepal-Nepal Army obstructing justice-press release-2009-eng (full text, PDF)
Nepal-Nepal Army obstructing justice-press release-2009-nep (full text, PDF)
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Dec 10, 2009 | News
The ICJ today urged the Government of Nepal to demonstrate its commitment to end impunity by arresting Major Niranjan Basnet upon his return from a UN peacekeeping mission in Chad.
Major Basnet is one of four Nepal Army officials accused in the enforced disappearance, torture and killing of Maina Sunuwar on 17 February 2004. Maina Sunuwar’s body was exhumed in March 2007 from its clandestine burial site at the Nepal Army Birendra Peace Operations Training Centre in Panchkhal.
Nepal-army officer-press release-2010-eng (full text, pdf)
Nepal-army officer-press release-2010-nep (full text, pdf)
