Nepal: Further Information on: Possible "disappearance" / Fear for safety: Lok Prasad Panta (m)

Index Number: ASA 31/075/2005
Date Published: 19 September 2005
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, Nepal

After more than seven months in detention, Lok Prasad Panta was released from Surkhet Jail in the mid-western town of Birendranagar on 17 September. He is now recovering at home with his family, and is in fair health. His relatives thanked Amnesty International and local human rights defenders for working to secure his release