OHCHR-Nepal is extremely concerned about the use of live ammunition by police. One person was reportedly killed and several others injured, three critically, after police fired live ammunition in Tandi of Ratnanagar Municipality, Chitwan District, on the night of 5 March. A curfew has since been declared. While police claimed they fired in self-defence after protests turned violent, OHCHR-Nepal is stressing that firearms must not be used in policing demonstrations unless there is a very serious threat to life and only once all other methods have been exhausted.
#ArmedPolice #ForceUse #Investigation
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Publisher:
OHCHR
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Type / Script:
Press Release
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Keywords:
DISARMAMENT AGREEMENTS, MUTUAL AND BALANCED FORCE REDUCTIONS, FIREARMS, POLICE POWER, POLICE REGULATIONS, POLICE, INTERROGATION, HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING, HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, HUMAN SECURITY, HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION, HUMANITARIAN STANDARDS, MANKIND, HUMAN RIGHTS.
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Thematic Group:
UNOHCHR
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
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Thesaurus:
01.04.00
- Disarmament And Military Questions
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