Arbitrary detention of 69 lawyers unlawful : ICJ calls for immediate release
The ICJ today called for the immediate release of 69 Nepali lawyers who were arbitrarily arrested and detained as they began a peaceful pro-democracy demonstration this morning in Kathmandu.
Nepal : ICJ calls for immediate release of lawyers and lifting of ban on public gatherings
The ICJ today called for the immediate release of 14 arbitrarily detained lawyers and the lifting of the blanket ban on public gatherings in Kathmandu centre and Lalitpur.
Nepal: joint statement by Amnesty International and ICJ on Maoist ceasefire
Today’s pledge by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) to temporarily halt military activities in the Kathmandu Valley does not go far enough to ensure the protection of human rights, AI and the ICJ said.
ICJ renews call for the immediate, unconditional release of Jennifer Latheef
On the eve of Jennifer Latheef’s appeal hearing the International Commission of Jurists today renewed its call on the Government of the Maldives to order the immediate, unconditional release of Jennifer Latheef.
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