The ICJ today said that Nepal’s Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Ordinance (TADO), is in violation of the country’s human rights obligations and strongly recommended that the Government not renew the Ordinance.
The Nepali government arrested more than 100 political leaders and civil society activists today, raising fears that violence and human rights abuses could spiral out of control.
In a report released today entitled ‘Power to Silence: Nepal’s new media ordinance’, the ICJ said that Nepal’s Media Ordinance is in violation of Nepal’s international human rights obligations and the Nepali Constitution and called on the Government immediately to repeal it.
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