Nepal: ICJ welcomes reinstatement of the House of Representatives
The ICJ welcomed the reinstatement of the House of Representatives and called for indefinite ceasefires and a human rights code of conduct as one of several confidence-building measures towards peace.
Nepal: human rights groups call for targeted sanctions
Nepal’s King Gyanendra and his senior officials and top military officers should be refused entry to other countries and have any personal assets outside the country frozen, urged the ICJ and other human rights groups.
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.
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