The ICJ called for the immediate release of human rights defender Krishna Pahadi, arrested in Kathmandu. Krishna Pahadi is the founding chairman of the Human Rights and Peace Society (HURPES).
The ICJ urges the King and Royal Nepalese Army to ensure the safety of the former President of the Nepal Bar Association (photo), who along with hundreds of political leaders has been detained by the security forces.
King Gyanendra of Nepal today dismissed the Government, assumed direct power, and declared a nation-wide state of emergency.
Human rights defenders in Nepal face grave threats amid the country’s deepening human rights crisis, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the ICJ said today.
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