Families of disappeared people continue sit-in

September 5, 2006
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The families of the disappeared people by the State have started indefinite sit-in strike at Bhadrakali protesting the police brutality in their protest programme on Monday.

Over a hundred people were injured when police intervened in the sit-in protest carried by the families of the disappeared people in front of the Army Headquarters yesterday.

They said that the sit-in protest will continue until the demands are met. They are demanding to publicize the whereabouts of their dear ones, who went missing in the hands of the State.

According to National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), national rights watchdog, the fate of 563 people disappeared by the state are still unknown.

Issuing a press statement on Tuesday, chairman of the civil society for peace and development, Dr. Sundar Mani Dixit condemned the government’s use of force in the protest of families of disappeared people.

Temporary schoolteachers staging a sit-in programme at Maitighar Mandala, Kathmandu, to protest the police intervention in their peaceful rally on Monday at Bhadrakali, Tuesday, Sep 05 06.. nepalnews.com/rh

Temporary schoolteachers staging a sit-in programme at Maitighar Mandala…
Meanwhile, the temporary schoolteachers also organized a sit in at Maitighar Mandala to protest the police intervention in their peaceful rally on Monday at Bhadrakali.

Over three-dozen schoolteachers were injured when police baton charged in the protest rally of the temporary teachers organized demanding permanency in their jobs yesterday.

Various groups including civil servants have been continuously organizing various protest programmes to exert pressure on the government to fulfill their demands.