Chairman of National Human Rights Commission Nayan Bahadur Khatry, Commissioners Ram Dayal Rakesh and Sudip Pathak (from right to left) in a press conference at their office, Thursday, Aug 04 05.

Chairman of National Human Rights Commission Nayan Bahadur Khatry, Commissioners Ram Dayal Rakesh and Sudip Pathak…
Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Nayan Bahadur Khatry has said the working procedures of the Royal Commission for Corruption Control (RCCC) are principally wrong.

“The manner is which former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and former minister Prakash Man Singh were convicted is fundamentally wrong,” Khatry said. He added, “We however haven’t yet received the RCCC verdict.” He did not elaborate.

He was speaking at a regular press conference of the NHRC at its office Thursday.

Speaking at the program, commissioner Sudip Pathak, who has been designated the contact person to handle complaints of Maoist atrocities, said, “The NHRC has already received about five hundred complaints related to Maoist atrocities, but they remain undecided due to the lack of accessibility with the insurgents.”

He also urged the Maoist leaders to respond positively and cooperate with the NHRC in providing information related to the complaints.

The NHRC also appealed the warring factions to declare the educational institutions as zones of peace.