{"id":12455,"date":"2020-06-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/nieuws\/nepal-as-un-human-rights-review-nears-report-urges-the-end-of-abuses-against-tibetans\/"},"modified":"2020-06-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T22:00:00","slug":"nepal-as-un-human-rights-review-nears-report-urges-the-end-of-abuses-against-tibetans","status":"publish","type":"nieuws","link":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/nepal-as-un-human-rights-review-nears-report-urges-the-end-of-abuses-against-tibetans\/","title":{"rendered":"Nepal: As UN human rights review nears, report urges the end of abuses against Tibetans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">B<em>russels\/Paris, 17 June 2020<\/em> &#8211; In a new report released today for an upcoming human rights review of Nepal, FIDH (International Federation for Human Rights) and the International Campaign for Tibet call on the Nepali government to respect and fulfill the rights of Tibetans in Nepal, who have become more vulnerable as a result of China\u2019s mounting influence in the Himalayan country. Nepal\u2019s human rights record will be assessed as part of its third Universal Periodic Review (UPR), scheduled to take place in early 2021 in Geneva, Switzerland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cStronger ties between Nepal and China mean that Tibetans residing in Nepal are now at an increasingly serious risk of being repatriated to China, where they could face torture and persecution. We call upon UN member states to use the upcoming UPR to urge the Nepali government to refrain from returning Tibetans to a country in which they are at risk of torture or persecution,\u201d<\/em> said FIDH Secretary-General Adilur Rahman Khan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The joint FIDH-ICT report identifies three main human rights issues concerning Tibetans in Nepal:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li>Tibetans do not have legal status in Nepal and are vulnerable to arbitrary restrictions of their rights. The more than 20,000 Tibetans currently living in Nepal do not enjoy their rights to equal treatment before the law, education, land ownership, freedom of movement, and employment.<br><\/li><li>The Nepali government\u2019s failure to apply the principle of non-refoulement, which prohibits the return of individuals to a jurisdiction where they are at risk of being subjected to persecution or torture.<br><\/li><li>The shrinking public space for freedom of expression, including freedom of the press, in matters related to China and Tibet, as a result of Beijing\u2019s growing influence on the Nepali government.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cTibetans living in Nepal continue to be denied their most basic human rights. They are barred from secondary education, cannot enjoy their right to work, and are often subjected to preemptive arbitrary detentions. Their rights to free expression and peaceful assembly, as well as freedom of religion, are increasingly restricted. The Nepali government must immediately cease these violations against Tibetans and withstand pressure from Beijing to undermine the status and the rights of Tibetans in Nepal,<\/em><strong><em>\u201d<\/em><\/strong> said the head of ICT\u2019s UN Advocacy Team, Kai M\u00fcller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report documents how stronger cooperation between the governments of Nepal and China, particularly with regard to the two countries\u2019 policies toward Tibetan refugees and national security, has resulted in increased vulnerability for Tibetans in Nepal. Recently adopted agreements between Nepal and China, such as the \u2018Boundary Management System\u2019 and the \u2018Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance on Criminal Matters,\u2019 indicate the Nepali government\u2019s apparent efforts to restrict and monitor Tibetans in Nepal and to deport them to China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report also reveals that the space for freedom of expression, including freedom of the press, in particular regarding issues related to China and Tibet, is increasingly shrinking in Nepal, not only for Tibetan residents, but also for Nepali citizens, such as members of civil society and journalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020.06.17-FIDH-ICT-Joint-UPR-Submission-Nepal-FINAL.pdf\">Read the report here.<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Press contacts: <\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FIDH<br>Eva Canan, Press Officer<br>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:ecanan@fidh.org\">ecanan@fidh.org<\/a><br>Phone: +33 (0)6 48 05 91 57<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ICT<br>Kai M\u00fcller, Head of the UN Advocacy Team<br>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:kai.mueller@savetibet.de\">kai.mueller@savetibet.de<\/a><br>Phone: + 49 (0)30 27 87 90 86<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a report released today for an upcoming human rights review of Nepal, FIDH and ICT call on the Nepali government to respect and fulfill the rights of Tibetans in Nepal, who have become more vulnerable as a result of China\u2019s mounting influence in the Himalayan country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12456,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categorie":[691],"news_tag":[683],"class_list":["post-12455","nieuws","type-nieuws","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categorie-news","news_tag-refugees-and-exile"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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