Nepal: Death threats/fear for safety

رقم الوثيقة: ASA 31/003/2007
تاريخ النشر: 15 يونيو 2007
التصنيفات: آسيا والباسيفك, نيبال

There are fears for the lives of human rights defenders working at the Women's Rehabilitation Centre (WOREC) in Bastipur Village Development Committee, Siraha district, including Rita Mahato (f) and Dev Kumari Mahara (f), which assists victims of violence against women. They have been reportedly been threatened with rape and death if they do not leave the village by 19 June.