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S Asian HR body worried about Nepal crisis

UNB, Dhaka
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) expressed deep concern over the situation in Nepal and demanded immediate withdrawal of measures announced by the King on February 1 and restoration of constitutional rule in the Kingdom.
The chain of events since Feb 1 in the Himalayan state, as the government was dismissed by King Gyanendra, a state of emergency imposed, basic rights suspended and hundreds arrested, can only be condemned in the strongest terms, said the regional organisation in a statement.
Chairperson of SAHR IK Gujral and Co-Chairperson Asma Jahangir and bureau members from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka issued the statement yesterday. It was released in Dhaka by the SAHR-Bangladesh Chapter.
The SAHR leaders condemned reversal of the movement towards democracy in the Kingdom, and the return to absolute rule.
The denial of basic freedoms, such as the right to information, the right to assemble to demand their rights and the right to privacy cannot be countenanced on any pretext.
The fate of the many hundreds arbitrarily arrested after the putsch is a further cause for concern, they said, pointing out that those held include members of the ousted government, political workers and
rights activists.
The stringent curbs on the press mean that it has been impossible to discover details about the places where the detainees are held, or their welfare.
Most of the people have been left without any means to even convey their anxieties to the outside world. It is quite clear that the step by the palace has made an end to the insurgency much less likely than before.
The SAHR leaders observed that there is no doubt in anyone's mind that the situation the King has mentioned in justification of his arbitrary fiat was a product of diverse factors, prominent among them being the role of the palace itself.
The prevailing situation can only aggravate frustrations already present in the country as evident in the unanimous opposition to the King's decrees by all schools of thought in Nepal.
The fallout of the outrageous action taken by the King will inevitably affect the rights of the people of the whole of South Asia and will, among other things embolden forces of authoritarianism and intolerance in the region, they observed.
SAHR demanded immediate withdrawal of February 1 measures, restoration of democratic order, and the grant of permission to human rights defenders to freely monitor events in Nepal.