Nepal: Further information on Torture and ill-treatment/incommunicado detention/fear for safety/medical concern: Krishna Khatri Chhetri (m)

Index Number: ASA 31/081/2005
Date Published: 18 October 2005
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, Nepal

Krishna Khatri Chhetri (known as Krishna K.C.) was released on 22 September, on the orders of the Supreme Court, on the basis that his detention was illegal. However, police re-arrested him as he left the court, with lawyers, journalists and other human rights defenders present.