KATHMANDU, Sept 12: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has suggested the government has urged government and the agitating forces to engage in meaningful talks while also suggesting the government to withdraw Nepal Army from patrolling riot-hit areas.
NHRC said that the indefinite banda in some areas across the country and the government's and protestors' inability to resolve the situation has resulted in violation of human rights.
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"The act of imposing curfew and the use of army to patrol those areas has added fear among the people. Thus, the commission suggests the government to withdraw army from patrolling and urges the protestors to negotiate their demands through peaceful means, while calling on both sides to sit for meaningful talks," NHRC Spokesperson Mohana Ansari said in a statement on Friday.
The commission has said that it has monitored the protests in 20 districts and urged the security force to refrain from excessive use of force and asked the protestors to adhere by their commitment of organizing peaceful protest.
In its report, the commission has claimed that the security forces have used date-expired tear gas shells along with using excessive force on protestors. It's finding claim that protestors were shot on chest, head and abdomen by the security forces.
The report further claimed that the protestors used traditional weapons, petrol bombs and explosives to attack security forces and to vandalize the government offices and public properties. It has stated that protests went out of control in several places despite agitating political parties' claim of being committed to organize peaceful protests.
