INSEC documents 6,357 incidents of Human Rights violations in 2015

Former President Dr. Yadav releasing the HR yearbook. Photo Courtesy: inseconline

Kathmandu / February 19: Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC), a leading human rights organization of the country informed that at least 6,357 people became victims in incidents of human rights violations and abuses in 2015.

The Human Rights Yearbook 2016, a book containing the incidents of human rights violations and abuses across the country in 2015, documented that 5,122 became victims of human rights violations by the non-state actors, while state actors violated rights of 1,235 persons. Human Rights Yearbook supported to document the incidents of human rights violations and abuses during the decade long armed conflict and also provide justice to the victims.

Releasing the Human Rights Yearbook, former President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav urged for unity among all stakeholders for human rights, prosperity, unity and social harmony, saying that Nepal is a democratic country. Yadav called on the government to raise awareness among people to eradicate discriminatory treatment that is in still being practiced as tradition.

Chairperson of INSEC Subodh Raj Pyakurel said that taking incidents of human rights violations among people by documenting them on the basis of facts, evidences and primary sources contributed significantly in stopping such incidents. He added that the human rights year book had become a credible source for human rights plan of action, UPR, peaceful society, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Commission on Investigation of Disappeared Persons, and other organizations.