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Nepal: Balen Government Should Bring Human Rights Reforms

Human Rights Watch·Human Rights Watch·about 1 month ago
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(Geneva) –  Nepal’s recently elected Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) government, led by Prime Minister Balendra Shah, which came to power on a wave of popular demands for change, should use this opportunity to bring lasting protections for human rights and the rule of law, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and the International Commission of Jurists said in a  letter to Shah published today. The organizations made recommendations on 13 areas of human rights, including the transitional justice process, women and girl’s rights, the rights of Dalits and other minorities, the rights of migrant workers, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or intersex (LGBTI) rights, the right to housing, and freedom of expression and association.…

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