Kathmandu, December 10
Police on Monday detained some prominent human rights activists of the country while they were staging a demonstration in front of the Prime Minister’s official residence in Baluwatar of Kathmandu.
The activists had launched the demonstration, on the occasion of International Human Rights Day, protesting impunity created due to the government’s failure to book culprits of various cases.
Human Rights and Peace Society, the organisation which hosted the event, says its founder Krishna Pahadi, chairman Uttam Pudasaini, advisor Ganga Dhar Adhikari, founding member Krishna Kandel and treasurer Ram Krishna Baral among others were detained.
Total 25 people were detained, according to the Society. They have been taken to Kamalpokhari-based Metropolitan Police Circle.
Among the issues that the demonstrators protested was the government’s failure to conclude the investigation into the rape and murder of 13-year-old Nirmala Pant in Kanchanpur.
