Nepal: Further information on arbitrary detention/ human rights defenders at risk

Index Number: ASA 31/022/2006
Date Published: 24 April 2006
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, Nepal

Prisoners of conscience Krishna Pahadi, Dr Devendra Raj Panday, Dr Mathura Prasad Shrestha and Shyam Shrestha were among hundreds of civil society and political party activists who were released on 25 April amid a historic political transition in Nepal.