Rights activists have been barred from meeting CPN-UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal, who has been placed under house arrest since the last one month.
Madhav Kumar Nepal (File Photo)
A press statement issued by Forum for Protection of Human Rights (FOPHUR) said that a team of rights activists including chairman of FOPHUR, Padma Ratna Tuladhar, general secretary Gopal Chintan and central members Pramod Kafle and Netra Lal Hamal were barred from meeting Nepal on Wednesday.
Terming the incident as a violation of Human Rights, the FOPHUR asked the government to immediately release Nepal and allow rights activists to meet detainees.
The FOPHUR also warned to file a petition in the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations and also raise voice during the upcoming meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Commission.
The government extended the “house arrest” of general secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal by two months on 20th February, after a one-month long house arrest came to an end on February 19.