8 Area: 21,828 sq.km.

8 Population: 24,13,908

8 Literacy Rate: 73.33

8 District: 11

8 Electoral Constituency (Parliamentary): 18

8 Electoral Constituency (Provincial): 36

8 Metropolitan City: 1

8 : 26

8 Rural Municipality: 58

8 Total Ward No.: 759

Nepal Human Rights Year Book 2020 201 4.1 Gorkha

Total Population 2,64,637

Women 1,48,562

No. of Constituency (HoR) 2

No. of Constituency (PA) 4

RECONSTRUCTION POST Below Poverty Level 54,875 EARTHQUAKE In all 56, 267 houses damaged by the 2015 earthquake had been recon- No. of Migrant Workers 28,104 structed in December 2019. There are 71,633 people in Gorkha who qualify for government support - 5,455 for retrofit- Population by Disability 12,937 ting and 66,171 for reconstruction. The district’s reconstruction office said 90 per cent of reconstruction had been completed Literacy above 5 yrs (%) 66.03 and all identified for support for retrofit- ting had been provided with the first in- stallment of government support. There Dependent Population 1,19,334 were 150 landless families who had yet to rebuild their houses. here were 55 victims of Hu- Tman Rights violation and ARREST abuses in in 2019, which INSEC documented arrests of 16 included 13 Child Rights violations - one cadres of the banned Communist Party case of corporal punishment, three cases of , including a woman the district. of rape and nine of sexual sexual abuse. One of the detainees was released by the The number of victims on Women’s Rights District Police Office for lack of adequate violations were 16 – three cases of rape, evidence and five were released on bail by four rape attempts and nine of polygamy. the District Administration Office (DAO). There several instances of the police re- The DAO ordered continued detention of arresting suspects released following re- one individual for further investigation lease orders by the court. This was so in and three were released on bail by the case of individuals suspected on involve- District Court. The Supreme Court had ment in activities of the banned Commu- ordered the release on one detainee, who nist Party of Nepal. however, was rearrested upon release.

Nepal Human Rights Year Book 2020 203 By State By Others banned by the government. The DAO re- leased him on bail 14 December. Type of Events JAIL AND DETAINEES Female Male Total Female Male Total Arrest 1 15 16 The category D prison in the dis- trict has capacity to hold 55 prisoners - 35 Beatings 1 1 2 males and 20 females. However, it had 96 Injured 1 1 inmates. There were five females serving Killing 2 4 6 jail terms and three detainees. The prison Racial Discrimination 1 1 lacked proper infrastructures and struc- Corporal tured that had been affected in the 2015 1 1 Punishment earthquake have not be reconstructed. Child Rape 3 3 Both sanitary and health services at the Rights Sexual Abuse 9 9 jail were poor. Total 12 1 13 RIGHT TO PROMPT AND FAIR TRIAL Polygamy 9 9 The District Court has one judge. Women Rape 3 3 The court decided 123 out of 317 civil cas- Rights Rape Attempt 4 4 es in 2019 and 64 criminal cases (of 194) Total 16 16 remained to be decided. Grand Total 1 15 16 32 7 39 CHILD RIGHTS The 2015 earthquake had damaged Police had arrested Yogendra 490 schools in Gorkha of which 301 had Kumal (47), District in Charge of the been reconstructed in end 2019. Most of banned Communist Party of Nepal and the schools that were rebuilt are disabled- Kapil Bhatta (37), secretary from Palung- friendly. Gorkha is one of those districts tar Municipality-7 on 5 May 2019 and that have been declared literate, with 99 charged them of sedition at the District per cent of school-age children in school. Court. The court ordered Kumal be re- In 2019, 13 victims of Child Rights leased on a bail of Rs. 5000 but was rear- violations were documented - one case rested by police on a charge of arson. The of corporal punishment, three cases of DAO ordered his release on a Rs.1000 bail rape and nine of sexual abuse. One minor after which he was sent to Tahanu Dis- found guilty of rape was sentenced to sev- trict for investigation of another charge, en months, and another minor for judicial according to the police. Bhatta was re- custody at the Bhaktapur Juvenile Reha- leased following a habeas corpus writ by bilitation Centre. One of the suspects was the High Court, . absconding at the end of 2019. Three of In another instance, police arrest- nine accused of sexual abuse were minors ed Rohit Pant (49), a member of banned and there were two cases of sexual abuse Communist Party of Nepal from his resi- by family members. In one case, the sus- dence in Sahid Lakhan Rural Municipal- pect was absolved and in two, they were ity-4 on 26 June 2019 and charged him released on bail. The court also ordered of sedition at the District Court on 27 jail terms in two cases. Six other cases June. He was released by the court on 18 had not been decided in 2019. July. However, he was re-arrested on 12 In one case of sexual abuse, Shamb- November for allegedly continuing with hu Lal Shrestha (44) of Palungtar Munici- the activities of the party that has been pality-6 was sentenced to six months in

204 Human Rights Situation of in 2019 jail and ordered a fine of Rs. 5000. He had attempted rape. The District Court re- been accused of raping a 14-years-old girl. manded all three accused of rape to ju- dicial custody. In the cases of polygamy, ALL KINDS OF DISCRIMINATION one suspect was absolved, in two cases AGAINST WOMEN the suspects were remanded to judicial There were 77 complaints of do- custody, and the court ordered jail terms mestic violence at the Women, Children for suspects in six cases. and Senior Citizens’ Service Center in 2019. Of these, 29 had complained of beat- Rape, Rape Attempt and Sexual Abuse ings, 33 of deprivation of food and clothes The District Court found Binod Su- and ignorance, four of expulsion from nar (18) of Ajirkot Rural Municipality-5, home, four of not being provided citizen- Muchchok guilty of raping a 30-years- ship and marriage certificates and child old woman on 20 june 2019. He was sen- registration, and 10 cases of polygamy. tenced to three and a half years in jail The center reconciled 43 cases and ordered to pay a compensation of Rs. INSEC documented nine victims 25,000 to the woman. of polygamy, three of rape and four of

Number of Incident with Status of Legal Proceeding in 2019 CHILD RIGHTS Closed Legal Type of Events Compromise Incomplete Investigation Total Case Proceeding Corporal 1 1 Punishment Rape 1 2 3 Sexual Abuse 3 1 5 9 Total 3 1 1 1 7 13 WOMEN RIGHTS Type of Events Closed Case Legal Proceeding Total Polygamy 6 3 9 Rape 3 3 Rape Attempt 1 3 4 Total 7 9 16 Number of Incidents Type of Events Closed Case Investigation Legal Proceeding Total Killing 1 1 4 6

Nepal Human Rights Year Book 2020 205 4.2 Manang

Total Population 5,618

Women 2,394

No. of Constituency (HoR) 1

No. of Constituency (PA) 2

Below Poverty Level 2,150 tainous district is high and prisoners were required to be supported by their families even when they served time, because the No. of Migrant Workers 204 state allowance for prisoners was not based on the cost of living there. Mule trains and horses have been Population by Disability 204 displaced from the district after the head- quarters was connected to a road. This had also affected the income prisoners Literacy above 5 yrs (%) 74.8 made by making accessories for mules and horses.

Dependent Population 1,747 RIGHT TO PROMPT AND FAIR TRIAL The Manang District Court had a judge on deputation who is not perma- JAIL AND DETAINEES nently based there because of the low he Manang district prison has caseload. The court registered four cases Tthe capacity to hold 25 prison- of which two were criminal cases. None of ers. It had seven convicts - all male – five the four cases were decided in 2019. of who were serving terms for murder, one armed robbery and one for attempted By Others rape. The prison does not have its own Type of Events premises and was using the District Edu- Female Total cation Office for holding prisoners. The Child Rape 1 1 district gets very cold in winter and this Rights Total 1 1 had inconvenienced the inmates. The Women Polygamy 1 1 prison also lacked reading and recreation Rights Total 1 1 materials. The cost of living in the moun- Grand Total 2 2

206 Human Rights Situation of Gandaki Province in 2019 Number of Incident with Status of Legal Proceeding in 2019 CHILD RIGHTS Type of Events Closed Case Total Rape 1 1 Total 1 1 WOMEN RIGHTS Type of Events Legal Proceeding Total Polygamy 1 1 Total 1 1

Nepal Human Rights Year Book 2020 207 4.3 Mustang

Total Population 12,890

Women 6,190

No. of Constituency (HoR) 1

No. of Constituency (PA) 2

Below Poverty Level 4,632 mechanism on market monitoring, lack of transportation. Locals are referred to other districts for treatment due to lack of No. of Migrant Workers 1,425 easy access of road networks Local com- plained of not being able to export their local products and high charges of air ser- Population by Disability 204 vices due to their monopoly. There was one victims of child right violation; which was a rape but it Literacy above 5 yrs (%) 66.2 did not reach any conclusion.

JAIL AND DETAINEES Dependent Population 4,342 The District prison of Mustang has a capacity to accommodate 25 imamates. There are 10 convicts in the prison includ- ustang is a difficult place to ing one detainee. There was one woman Mdeal with due to its extreme imamate, who was later sent to District cold weather. Places like Lomanthang, Prison of Myagdi. Due to the unavailabili- Charang and Muktinath has similar prob- ty of prison wall, detainees and imamates lem. The district does not have any seri- need to stay inside room. Moreover, the ous incidents of human rights violation infrastructure of jail is also in vulnerable and abuse however; people are deprived situation. of their fundamental rights such as right to health, education, employment. The district still has practice to settle dispute, By Others Type of Events incident and problems through the village Female Total headman- Mukhiya. Very nominal cases Rape 1 1 of human rights violation and abuse are Child Rights registered in judicial authority in com- Total 1 1 parison to other districts. There is lack of Grand Total 1 1

208 Human Rights Situation of Gandaki Province in 2019 RIGHT TO PROMPT AND FAIR TRIAL ing. There are no cases older than two There is one judge. There were 15 years according to the court. Most of the cases among those eight were decided and registered cases of district court are re- seven cases remained pending. Among lated to gambling, unusual behavior and four criminal cases, two remained pend- divorce.

Number of Incident with Status of Legal Proceeding in 2019 CHILD RIGHTS Type of Events Legal Proceeding Total Rape 1 1 Total 1 1

Nepal Human Rights Year Book 2020 209 4.4 Myagdi

Total Population 1,13,340

Women 62,641

No. of Constituency (HoR) 1

No. of Constituency (PA) 2

Below Poverty Level 31,323 trict Court. In the case of two, the District Administration Office has set a bail of Rs.35,000 each and had sent them to de- No. of Migrant Workers 14,314 tention for failing to deposit the amount. The two were later released following an order by the High Court. Population by Disability 6,122 JAIL AND DETAINEES The category ‘D’ jail in the district Literacy above 5 yrs (%) 71.9 has capacity to accommodate 32 inmates but had 63 convicts and 31 detainees, including six females and two men who Dependent Population 52,157 were above 70 years of age. The prison fa- cilities had been stretched by overcrowd- ing but the jail had some recreational fa- here were 28 victims of human cilities and provided health checkups to Trights violation and abuses the inmates thrice every year. There was in of which, 16 involved a resident Assistant Health Worker who violation of women’s rights – 14 cases of provided health services. domestic violence, one allegation of witch- craft and a case of rape. Similarly, four RIGHT TO PROMPT AND FAIR TRIAL violations of Child Rights were reported The District Court has judge. In – one case of child marriage, two cases of 2019 there were 46 criminal cases with rape and one of sexual abuse. the government as petitioner of which 56 were decided; the court had decided 10 ARREST of 20 criminal cases where the petitioner Police arrested five supporters of was not government. It also had 177 civil the banned Communist Party of Nepal cases (78 decided) and a writ petition in in the district and three of the detainees 2019. Some cases, including those of rape, were released on a general bail by the Dis- took over a year to resolve because of de-

210 Human Rights Situation of Gandaki Province in 2019 lays in submission of documents sought By State By Others by the court. Type of Events CHILD RIGHTS Educational Status Male Total Female Male Total Arrest 5 5 The district did not have schools with facilities for people with disabilities, Beatings 1 1 though some schools had made some ar- Killing 1 1 rangements for holding some classes for Racial Discrimination 1 1 students with disability. Schools outside Child Marriage 1 1 the district headquarter provide free edu- Child Rape 2 2 cation to students from the Dalit commu- Rights Sexual Abuse 1 1 nity and students with disability. In 2019, two cases of rape of mi- Total 4 4 Domestic nors and one of sexual abuse were report- 14 14 ed. In one case of rape, the District Court Violence For Practicing set the accused free for lack of adequate Women 1 1 Witchcraft evidence. It also remanded three suspects Rights Rape 1 1 to judicial custody and sent a minor ac- cused of rape to the Juvenile Rehabilita- Total 16 16 tion Centre in Rupandehi District. Simi- Grand Total 5 5 21 2 23 larly, in the accusation of sexual abuse, WITCHCRAFT ALLEGATION the district court dismissed one case for Ramesh Pun (27) of Malika Rural lack of adequate evidence, and ordered Municipality-2 was arrested on 13 No- the accused to jail time of 11 days in an- vember 2019 on the charge of accusing other case. In case of sexual abuse, one Indira Pun (41) of Malika Rural Munici- accused received clearance due to lack of pality-2, of witchcraft. The 27-year-old evidence and another was sent for 11 days had also injured the victim with a sharp jail term. Other cases were not decided in object. A case of attempted murder was 2019. filed against the defendant. The District Court remanded him to judicial custody ALL KINDS OF DISCRIMINATION on 7 December. AGAINST WOMEN In 2019 the Women, Children and ALL KINDS OF RACIAL Senior Citizen Service Center registered DISCRIMINATION 19 cases of domestic violence including six Resh Bahadur B.K (42), Principal complaint of beating, 12 family disputes of Janajyoti Basic School and resident of and the remainder of not providing food Raghuganga Rural Municipality-8 was and clothes. All of the cases were recon- beaten for allegedly entering the house ciled. of Parbati Purja of Dhaulagiri Rural Mu- nicipality- 5 on 18 April 2019. Acting on Rape, Rape Attempt and Sexual Abuse a complaint by the victim, police arrested Gore Pariyar (35) of Raghuganga Bal Bahadur Rokka (35) and Jitendra Rural Municipality-3 was arrested on Jugjali (30) on 5 May and released them charges of raping a 84-year-old woman on on 20 May on bail of Rs. 25,000 each. Dis- 22 February 2019. On 13 May the District trict Court ruled that there had been no Court sentenced Pariyar to 15 years in castebased discrimination on 16 October. jail and ordered a fine of Rs 50, 000. The petitioner has filed the case for a re-

Nepal Human Rights Year Book 2020 211 view by the High Court’s Baglung Bench Municipality-1, Raghuganga Rural Mu- and had not been decided in 2019. nicipality- 5, Mangala Rural Municipal- ity- 3, Beni Municipality-2 and Beni Mu- ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND nicipality-3 on 22 February 2019. This CULTURAL RIGHTS attacks caused damages worth over Rs Destruction of property 700,000. Another Ncell tower at Beni Mu- Supporters of the banned Com- nicipality-2 was attacked on 31 July caus- munist Party of Nepalcarriedout arson ing damages worth over Rs 750,000. No attacks on Ncell towers of Malika Rural one was arrested for these attacks.

Number of Incident with Status of Legal Proceeding in 2019 CHILD RIGHTS Type of Events Closed Case Legal Proceeding Total Child Marriage 1 1 Rape 2 2 Sexual Abuse 1 1 Total 1 3 4 WOMEN RIGHTS Legal Type of Events Closed Case Compromise Total Proceeding Domestic Violence 14 14 For Practicing Witchcraft 1 1 Rape 1 1 Total 1 14 1 16 Number of Incident Type of Events Legal Proceeding Total Killing 1 1

212 Human Rights Situation of Gandaki Province in 2019 4.5 Kaski

Total Population 5,45,424

Women 2,84,686

No. of Constituency (HoR) 3

No. of Constituency (PA) 6

one case, a bomb placed near restricted Below Poverty Level 19,330 region of provincial parliament blasted during detonation causing injury on one. In second case, a bomb was blasted during No. of Migrant Workers 57,305 the election procession of Nepal Commu- nist Party leading to injury of five.

Population by Disability 9,219 THREAT/ BEATING In 2019, INSEC documented one victim of threat and five victims of bea- Literacy above 5 yrs (%) 82.04 ting.

ARREST Dependent Population 1,96,519 Of total 56 arrested this year from and six are female among n Kaski district 200 victims the total number. This year, INSEC re- Iof human rights violation and cords that the police arrested five leaders abuses were documented. Of which, 49 and activists of the banned Communist included violence against women – two Party of Nepal in Kaski district. Of the rapes, 47 domestic violence. There were arrested, two were cleared by the District 11 victims of child rights violation, in- Court, one case has been filed, and the cluding two rapes and four sexual abuses, case is under process, two were released four of Child labor, one of Corporal Pun- on bail, nine were re-arrested, two were ishment. Further, there were six victims sent to other districts, and nine were re- of murder and one death in detention. leased by the District Police Office. Three were released by the Supreme Court, one FIRING/INJURED IN AN EXPLOSION by the High Court and one by the District By Others Court send the detention for trial that re- INSEC documented two cases of cords from INSEC. bomb blast and six victims of injury. In

Nepal Human Rights Year Book 2020 213 By State By Others six to 10. Various communicable diseases were seen in the children due to lack of Type of Events water. While jails had health personnel to look after the inmates, the juvenile center

Female Male Total Female Male Total lacked those and were taken to Pokhara Arrest 6 50 56 Health Sciences Academy. Beatings 5 5 Death in Detention 1 1 Death in Detention Economic, Social and 1 1 Sandeep Shah (35) living in Chi- Cultural Rights pledhunga, located in Pokhara Municipal- Inhuman Behaviour 3 3 ity-4, originally from Motihari India died Injured 1 3 4 4 2 6 on 28 February 2019 while in the custody Killing 2 4 6 of District Police Office, Kaski. Shah was Right to Assembly 1 56 57 arrested on 17 December 2018 being in- Threats 1 1 volved in drug dealing. He was taken to Pokhara Health Sciences Academy for Child Labour 3 1 4 treatment after he started vomiting on 28 Corporal 1 1 February. The body was handed over to Child Punishment Rights Rape 2 2 the family on 6 March. Sexual Abuse 2 2 4 Total 7 4 11 CLASH/ INJURED Domestic Six people were injured in three 47 47 clashes in this district. Of which, one Women Violence Rights Rape 2 2 injured in clash between Nepal Student Total 49 49 Union and police while extracting spice procession, three injured in clash between Grand Total 8 110 118 62 20 82 police and students while opening the lock at Gandaki Medical College, INSEC JAIL AND DETAINEES records. The district jail is of D category and has the capacity of only 420 but al- RIGHT TO PROMPT AND FAIR TRIAL together 735 inmates reside. The district District Court jail had 441 convicts and 294 detainees Kaski District court has six judges. (total 735) out of which 60 are female. The District Court decided 327 criminal There are two dependent children below cases in 2019 out of 712, and 696 civil five years’ age, one elderly female and five cases out of 1001 were decided. Similarly, elderly males and two mental patients. there are 22 civil cases and 14 criminal Since it is overcrowded, had problems of cases exceeding two years. All cases at the electricity, drinking water supply and court had been there for more than two proper toilets. The jail also lacked books, years. sports and recreational materials for in- mates. Visitng hours for the inmates is High Court from 11 am to 3pm. Kaski High Court has seven judg- es. In 2019, the High Court decided 768 of Juvenile Rehabilitation Center 1164 criminal cases. Similarly, the court The Juvenile Detention Center decided 306 of 514 civil cases. There were Sarankot had 79 children from 22 dis- no cases exceeding two years. tricts. There were two teachers working for them. They conduct classes from grade

214 Human Rights Situation of Gandaki Province in 2019 CHILD RIGHTS Out of all of them 160 were reconciled and Educational Status 54 were going through legal processing This year 19,434 Dalits and 18,234 and were later reconciled through police. indigenous children were enrolled in INSEC documented 49 victims of community schools. Newly established violence against women – two rapes, 47 schools are not disability friendly. Schools domestic violence. Rape case of a 19 years give free education till grade 10 but mini- old woman received verdict of five years’ mal amount is charged for further educa- jail imprisonment and compensation of tion. This year four. Rs. 50,000. INSEC documented seven girls and four boys were victims of child rights Domestic Killing violations in Kaski district this year. Two INSEC records that two women victims were raped, four including two were victims of murder by family mem- boys were sexually assaulted, four were bers in Kaski district this year. The dis- involved in child labor cases and one was trict court ordered the accused in both victimized in physical torture cases. One cases to be detained for trial while both sexual abuse case got clearance, an elev- cases were not decided. en year-old girl’s case was adjourned for 6 times, in one of the rape cases, the ac- ECONOMIC SOCIAL AND cused was released on bail of Rs. 300,000 CULTURAL RIGHTS and another on bail of Rs 500,000. Destruction of Property This year Kaski District witnessed ALL KINDS OF DISCRIMINATION two arsons at Ncell Towers in one of which AGAINST WOMEN a cadre of the banned Communist Party of This year 299 women filed com- Nepal was arrested but later released due plaint at the Women, Children and Senior to lack of proofs. Vehicles of the Pokhara Citizen’s Service Center among which Municipality was burned by the activists there were 80 abandoned from their hous- of Nepal Student Union and there was a es, 73 deprived of fooding/clothing, four bomb blast on the car of the ward chair- lacked marriage registration and citizen- person by a group of unknown. ship, 12 polygamy, 130 family disputes.

Number of Incident with Status of Legal Proceeding in 2019 CHILD RIGHTS Type of Events Investigation Legal Proceeding Total Child Labour 1 1 Corporal Punishment 1 1 Rape 2 2 Sexual Abuse 3 3 Total 1 6 7 WOMEN RIGHTS Type of Events Closed Case Compromise Legal Proceeding Total Domestic Violence 47 47 Rape 1 1 2 Total 1 47 1 49 Number of Incidents Type of Events Legal Proceeding Total Killing 6 6

Nepal Human Rights Year Book 2020 215 4.6 Lamjung

Total Population 1,64,157

Women 91,049

No. of Constituency (HoR) 1

No. of Constituency (PA) 2

pacity of 25 prisoners. It has accommodat- Below Poverty Level 27,895 ed however 83 prisoners that includes 51 convicts and 32 under detainment. There are eight women convicts and there is ab- No. of Migrant Workers 21,161 sence of children. In absence of separate building for male and female, there has arisen the problem of comfortable accom- Population by Disability 4,745 modation in the prison. The building is in poor condition and even there is problem of toilet, said leader of prisoner Dinesh Literacy above 5 yrs (%) 71.1 Pariyar. Jailer Bishnu Prasad paudel claimed the presence of sports wares, drinking water and library in the prison Dependent Population 71,899 and occasional trainings on knitting and sewing, handmade bamboo wares an so on. n total of 30 Ivictims of human rights viola- RIGHT TO PROMPT AND FAIR TRIAL tions and abuses including two male from There was one Judge in district state was documented by INSEC. There court from January 2019 to January were five victims of child rights violation 2020. It has registered a total of 72 crimi- and 19 victims of women rights violation. nal cases (10 were adjudged) and 310 civil cases (133 were adjudged). Cases prior to ARREST 2018 are none in this court. According to INSEC, two cadres Out of all the registered cases in of the banned Communist Party of Nepal this District Court, 37.4 % of cases were were arrested from Lamjung. One of the able to meet the judgment. The Court arrestee was released on bail and one was has received a large proportion of cases still on custody at the end of the year. related to divorce, said Krishna Prasad JAIL AND DETAINEES Adhikari, chairperson, District Bar As- Category E District Jail has the ca- sociation.

216 Human Rights Situation of Gandaki Province in 2019 CHILD RIGHTS By State By Others Educational Status This district has 52 disable friend- Type of Events ly schools. Scholarships were given to Male Total Female Male Total 5341 boys and 4869 girls of marginalized Arrest 2 2 class. Fifteen students of conflict affected Beatings 2 2 families under 18 years of age were also Racial Discrimination 2 2 given scholarships. Child Marriage 2 2 In the year 2019, five victims (girls) Child Rape 3 3 of child rights violation were documented Rights Total 5 5 by INSEC. There were three rape victims Domestic 14 14 and three victims of child marriages. Con- Violence vict of rape was sent for judicial custody Women Rape 3 3 Rights in the order of District Court. However, Rape Attempt 2 2 the case was not given the final verdict. Total 19 19 One case of child marriage was solved on Grand Total 2 2 26 2 28 mutual agreement of the both concerned parties and next case on child marriage victims were of domestic violence. There was halted after the victim withdrew the was three victims of rape and two were case. the victims of rape attempt. The rape accused was sent for 12 years, imprison- ALL KINDS OF DISCRIMINATION ment and one accused of rape attempt got AGAINST WOMEN clearance, another is under judicial cus- Year 2019 saw a total of 25 cases tody. filed in Women, Children and Senior Citizen Citizen Service Center against Rape, Rape Attempt and Sexual Abuse women violence. There were thirteen vic- Ram Bahadur Kumal (42) original- tims of physical torture by husband, five ly from Palungtar Municipality, Gorkha, victims deprived of food and clothes and residing in Sundarbajar Municipality-7 other seven victim of different violence was filed with the case accusing him of a against them. Among them, 17 cases were rape of a 42 years old woman on 31 Janu- solved on mutual agreement, eight vic- ary 2019. He was arrested from his home tims were not in contact and not a single and was lodged a case in District Court. case of domestic violence was under judi- On the verdict of Judge Hari Chandra cial treatment. Dhungana, the convict was found guilty INSEC documented 19 victims of and was handed the imprisonment of 12 Women Rights violation out of which 14 years and a penalty amount of Rupees 50 thousands. Number of Incident with Status of Legal Proceeding in 2019 CHILD RIGHTS Type of Events Legal Proceeding Total Child Marriage 2 2 Rape 3 3 Total 5 5 WOMEN RIGHTS Total Closed Case Compromise Incomplete Legal Proceeding Total Domestic Violence 8 5 1 14 Rape 1 2 3 Rape Attempt 2 2 Total 1 8 5 5 19

Nepal Human Rights Year Book 2020 217 4.7 Tanahun

Total Population 3,26,749

Women 1,84,664

No. of Constituency (HoR) 2

No. of Constituency (PA) 4

ty of Nepal in 2019. The District Court re- Below Poverty Level 47,535 leased 14 of the detainees on bail of which five were re-arrested upon release court. Further, one was sent to prison and one No. of Migrant Workers 46,387 case is on investigation. One remained under police investigation in detention, while one of the 14 above could not depos- Population by Disability 6,668 it the bail amount and was sent to judicial custody.

Literacy above 5 yrs (%) 74.08 JAIL AND DETAINEES The category C District Jail has the capacity to accommodate 35 prison- Dependent Population 1,41,300 ers. However, it had 147 inmates includ- ing 69 convicts and 78 detainees. Two NSEC documented 117 Human prisoners are above 65 years of age. The IRights violations and abuses in prison lacked basic infrastructure, which Tanahu District in 2019. Out of them 66 combined with overcrowding had made were victims of Women Rights violations stay for inmates uncomfortable. The pris- and 10 of Child Rights violations. Women on lacked regular health facilities and the Rights violation victims included four prisoners had to be taken to the Damauli rape, one rape attempt, 60 domestic vio- Hospital for treatment. lence and one sexual abuse. Child Rights violation includes eight victims of rape RIGHT TO PROMPT AND FAIR TRIAL and two of sexual abuse. The police made The District Court has two Judg- 21 arrests in the district. es. It had registered 312 criminal cases of which 148 were decided and 864 civil ARREST cases (482 decided) in 2019. INSEC documented the arrest of 21leaders of the banned Communist Par-

218 Human Rights Situation of Gandaki Province in 2019 CHILD RIGHTS By State By Others Educational Status Tanahun had 52 schools with dis- Type of Events abled friendly facilities. These had been rebuilt after the earthquake of 2015 had Female Male Total Female Male Total Arrest 2 19 21 damaged the existing buildings. INSEC documented 10 victims of Beatings 4 4 Economic, Social and Child Rights violations including eight of 1 1 Cultural Rights rape and two of sexual abuse. The court sentenced the suspect in one case to life in Inhuman Behaviour 1 10 11 prison and a fine, and in another case was Killing 1 1 2 sentenced to jail. Another suspect of rape Racial Discrimination 1 1 was sent to the juvenile rehabilitation Right to Assembly 1 1 center. Both of the accused in the cases of Rape 8 8 sexual abuse was sent to judicial custody. Child Sexual Abuse 2 2 Rights Rape snd Sexual Abuse Total 10 10 Domestic Nabin Thapa (19) of Rising Rural 60 60 Municipality-1 was accused of raping a Violence Rape 4 4 five-years-old girl on 17 July 2019. On 2 Women Poush the court sentenced him to life in Rights Rape Attempt 1 1 prison and ordered a fine of Rs. 400,000. Sexual Abuse 1 1 Total 66 66 ALL KINDS OF DISCRIMINATION Grand Total 2 23 25 78 14 92 AGAINST WOMEN The Women, Children and Se- solved the suspects in three cases. One of nior Citizen Service Center registered the assused was absconding in December 234 complaints of domestic violence in 2019, and the court remained two sus- 2019 -- 66 were cases involving beating of pects to judicial custody. which all but 56 were reconciled. Two of the plaintiffs did not follow up their com- Rape, Rape attempt and Sexual Abuse plaints, while eight cases were referred Among those accused of rape, Som for judicial redress. Similarly, from Bahadur Thapa (65) of Bandipur Munici- among 80 cases of verbal abuse mistreat- pality-6 was arrested on 12 June 2019 on ment 53 were reconciled and 23 referred the charge of raping a 20-years-old girl to the judicial process. There were 44 cas- with disability. The District Court had es of which 34 were reconciled and eight sentenced him on 27 August. were in the judicial process. There 33 cas- es where plaintiffs had complained about ALL KINDS OF RACIAL the wife leaving the house with property DISCRIMINATION – 23 of these were reconciled and 12 were Police arrested Chet Bahadur referred to seek judicial redress. Malla (45) and Geeta Paudel (25) of Bhi- INSEC documented 66 victims of mad Municipality-6 on 21 March 2019 Women Rights violations. Women Rights on the charge of caste basd discrimina- violation victims included four rape, one tion against Suk Bahadur Pariyar (50). rape attempt, 60 domestic violence and The two accused had prevented him from one sexual abuse. The court sentenced joining other invitees in the kitchen at one of the accused to life in prison and ab- a wedding feast. On 16 MARCH 2019 the district released Paudel on a bail of

Nepal Human Rights Year Book 2020 219 Rs.20,000. The bail amount for Malla was Ncell in Ghiring Rural Municipality-2 on Rs. 10,000. 31 July 2019. The attack caused damages of about Rs. 200,000. Police later arrested ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND Dhan Bahadur Thapa (36), area in charge CULTURAL RIGHTS of the banned CPN who was set free by Destruction of Property the District Administration Office (DAO) An arson attack was carried out at on a bail of Rs. 5,000. the telecommunication tower belonging to

Number of Incident with Status of Legal Proceeding in 2019 CHILD RIGHTS Type of Events Closed Case Legal Proceeding Total Rape 2 6 8 Sexual Abuse 2 2 Total 2 8 10 WOMEN RIGHTS Type of Closed Legal No Legal Compromise Incomplete Investigation Total Events Case Proceeding Proceeding Domestic 50 8 2 60 Violence Rape 1 1 2 4 Rape Attempt 1 1 Sexual Abuse 1 1 Total 1 50 1 1 11 2 66 Number of Incident Type of Events Legal Proceeding Total Killing 1 1

220 Human Rights Situation of Gandaki Province in 2019 Nawalparasi 4.8 East

Total Population 3,21,755

Women 1,69,917

No. of Constituency (HoR) 2

No. of Constituency (PA) 4

Not re-arrested after release on the day they Below Poverty Level Available were released. The remaining six were re- leased on bail by the court of which three Not were sent to detention for failing to pay No. of Migrant Workers Available the bail amount. Further, one person who had been re-arrested was later released Not after he committed to dissociate from the Population by Disability Available activities of the party. One of those arrested was Dhan Singh Thagun (35) of Kawasoti Munici- Literacy above 5 yrs (%) 70.76 pality-1, a member of the banned Com- munist Party of Nepal. He was arrested Not on 12 June 2019 and charged him of col- Dependent Population Available lecting forced donations. The Court set his bail at Rs 30,000. n Nawalparasi East 46 victims He was sent to detention for failing to pay Iof Human Rights violations and and the case was not decided in 2019. abuses were documented in 2019. This included the murder of an elderly woman RIGHT TO PROMPT AND FAIR TRIAL and beating of a person. There were 13 The District Court has two judg- victims of Child Rights violations, and 16 es. They registered 639 criminal cases of Women Rights violations. of which 199 were decided and 336 civil cases (46 decided). The court had one case ARREST that was over two years old and 29 cases INSEC documented arrests of 14 that had not been decided for 18 months. cadres of banned Communist Party of Ne- pal in the district in 2019. Among them, CHILD RIGHTS District Administration Office released This year 9,892 Dalit children five on bail. Two of the detainees were were enrolled to school in Nawalpur East. released by the District Court but were There are 151 disability friendly build-

Nepal Human Rights Year Book 2020 221 By State By Others Bahadur Pariyar (50) of Nisdi Rural Mu- nicipality who was found guilty of raping a Type of Events 17-year-old disabled girl in April 2019. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison and

Female Male Total Female Male Total was ordered to pay a fine of Rs. 75,000. Arrest 1 13 14 Injured 1 1 ALL KINDS OF DISCRIMINATION Killing 1 1 AGAINST WOMEN Threats 1 1 Fifty-five women filed complaints Corporal of domestic violence at the Women, Chil- 1 1 Punishment dren and Senior Citizen’s Service Center Child Rape 6 6 in 2019. These included 15 cases of beat- Rights Sexual Abuse 6 6 ing, 17 of verbal abuse and 23 domestic disputes. Forty incidents reconciled at the Total 12 1 13 Centre and 15 were referred for judicial Domestic 5 5 Violence redress. The District Police Office had re- For ceived reports of 228 women and 57 girls Practicing 1 1 who had gone missing in 2019. It said, 80 Witchcraft women and 42 girls were later located. Rape 4 4 INSEC also documented four vic- Women Rape tims of rape, one of attempted rape, three Rights 1 1 Attempt of sexual abuse and one case of allega- Sexual tion of witchcraft. The District Court sen- 3 3 Abuse tenced on one accused of rape to jail and Women 2 2 a fine and one suspect was handed over to Trafficking the care of the family. Other cases had not Total 16 16 been decided by end-2019. Grand Total 1 13 14 29 3 32 The District Court found Samir Aslam (22) of Dev Chuli Municipality-1 ings in this district. Total 121 students guilty of raping a 52 years old woman received scholarship for disability and with disability 18 February 2019. He foreign employment. was sentenced to 10 years in prison and In 2019, there were 13 victims of was ordered to pay a compensation of Rs. child rights violations, six cases of rape 50,000. and six of sexual abuse. All of the sus- pects, except one were arrested. Five of ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND those accused of rape were released by CULTURAL RIGHTS Court four on bail and one under care of Destruction of Property guardians, while one of the accused had There were two arson attacks on absconded. Among those accused of sexu- private property in Nawalparasi East al abuse one was sentenced to jail by the in 2019. One attack involved a construc- court, two were sent to the juvenile reha- tion vehicle that caused damages of about bilitation center in Bhairahawa, and two Rs. 3.5 million. In another attack, a pet- were released in the case of their guard- rol bomb was hurled at a moving truck ians. INSEC also has records of a case going west on the Mahendra Highway. where a teacher was suspended for two This attack caused injuries to the driver days for beating a student at school. Amar B.K. (33) and losses valued at about The District Court sentenced Ram 700,000.

222 Human Rights Situation of Gandaki Province in 2019 Number of Incident with Status of Legal Proceeding in 2019 CHILD RIGHTS Legal Type of Events Closed Case Compromise Investigation Total Proceeding Corporal Punishment 1 1 Rape 1 5 6 Sexual Abuse 2 4 6 Total 1 1 2 9 13 WOMEN RIGHTS

Type of Events Closed Case Compromise Legal Proceeding Total

Domestic Violence 5 5 For Practicing Witchcraft 1 1 Rape 1 3 4 Rape Attempt 1 1 Sexual Abuse 1 2 3 Women Trafficking 1 1 Total 2 5 8 15 Number of Incident Type of Events Legal Proceeding Total Killing 1 1

Nepal Human Rights Year Book 2020 223 4.9 Syangja

Total Population 2,78,688

Women 1,59,337

No. of Constituency (HoR) 2

No. of Constituency (PA) 4

were sent for judicial custody and one was Below Poverty Level 33,909 released on general bail by District Court. Likewise, one was on detainment for fur- ther investigation, one was released on No. of Migrant Workers 50,476 bail with deposit and other was released on general bail.

Population by Disability 4,451 JAIL AND DETAINEES The category E district jail has the capacity of 50 but accommodates 157 in- Literacy above 5 yrs (%) 76.6 mates; 94 convicts and 63 under detain- ment. There are ten females and six el- derly males. There aren’t any dependent Dependent Population 1,21,823 children. The jail lacks basic infrastruc- tures and 27 prisoners are bound to sleep n Syangja a total of 67 victims in Verandah and kitchen in absence of Iof Human Rights violation adequate space. and abuses were documented in 2019. Throughout the year, a total of seven RIGHT TO PROMPT AND FAIR TRIAL were arrested (three females and four District Court with two judges males). Similarly, Syangja saw a total adjudicated 67 out of 191 criminal cases of 15 child rights violation; one victim of and 428 out of 475 civil case. Six criminal child marriage, nine victims of rape and cases and seven civil cases exceeding two five victims of sexual abuse. Of 40 victims years of time are there in the court. of Women Rights violation, 33 of domestic violence, one of polygamy, five of rape. CHILD RIGHTS Educational Status ARREST District lacks disability friendly Police arrested six cadres of newly constructed schools. Scholarships banned Communist Party of Nepal as doc- are provided to the marginalized children umented by INSEC. Three of the arrested

224 Human Rights Situation of Gandaki Province in 2019 to some extent but has not been totally By State By Others free. INSEC documented Syangja has Type of Events nine victims of rape, five victims of sexual abuse and one victim of child marriage. Female Male Total Female Male Total Arrest 3 4 7 Three convicts of rape and one of sexual Beatings 2 2 abuse were given prison penalty and re- maining were sent for judicial custody. Killing 3 3 One accused of rape is going through legal Child Marriage 1 1 processing. Child Rape 9 9 Rights Sexual Abuse 5 5 Rape and Sexual Abuse Total 15 15 A sixteen years old girl was raped Domestic on 15 January 2019 by Prashant Thapa 33 33 Violence (19) of Shukla Gandaki Municipality-4, Polygamy 1 1 Tanahu, Vijay Shrestha (25), Anjan Women Rape 5 5 Shrestha (19) and Bikram Rai (22) of Pi- Rights pal Madi Rural Municipality-3 of Sindhu- Rape Attempt 1 1 li. They were adjudged with prison time Total 40 40 of 14 years and a penalty of Rs 100,000. Grand Total 3 4 7 55 5 60 ation and 26 were sent to the court. Re- ALL KINDS OF DISCRIMINATION maining 24 cases are in process of punish- AGAINST WOMEN ments. One hundred and fifty victims filed INSEC documented Syangja faced cases for domestic violence in Women, 33 were victims of domestic violence, one Children and Senior Citizen Service Cen- victim of polygamy, five victims of rape in ter. Police solved 100 cases with reconcili- 2019.

Number of Incident with Status of Legal Proceeding in 2019 CHILD RIGHTS Type of Events Closed Case Legal Proceeding Total Child Marriage 1 1 Rape 3 6 9 Sexual Abuse 1 2 3 Total 4 9 13 WOMEN RIGHTS Type of Events Compromise Incomplete Legal Proceeding Total Domestic Violence 33 33 Polygamy 1 1 Rape 1 4 5 Rape Attempt 1 1 Total 33 1 6 40 Number of Incidents Type of Events Legal Proceeding Total Killing 2 2

Nepal Human Rights Year Book 2020 225 4.10 Parvat

Total Population 1,42,374

Women 79,894

No. of Constituency (HoR) 1

No. of Constituency (PA) 2

Below Poverty Level 18,426 fabricating exploded on 19 May 2019. No one was arrested in this incident. Gharti was treated at the Palpa Mission Hospital No. of Migrant Workers 21,735 and Rana was treated Gandaki Regional Hospital.

Population by Disability 3,653 ARREST In the year 2019, police arrested six cadres of the banned Communist Literacy above 5 yrs (%) 73.8 Party of Nepal. Among them, one was re- leased by the District Administration Of- fice (DAO) and the District Court released Dependent Population 62,488 two of them on bail. Another detainee was released following a case at the Supreme Court but was rearrested by police and n Parvat district 29 victims of sent over to the Myagdi Police Office. IHuman Rights violations and abuses were documented. This included JAIL AND DETAINEES five victims of violation of Child Rights The district has a category E pris- – three victims of rape and two of sexual on with the capacity to hold 25 prisoners. abuse. Similarly, there were 16 victims However, it had 95 prisoners -- 77 convicts of Women’s Rights – 11 cases of domes- and 18 detainees – including four women tic violence, two of rape and two of sexual in 2019. The jail was clearly overcrowded abuse. There was five arrests of cadres of and the facilities (beds, toilets, etc.) were the banned Communist Party of Nepal. inadequate. The jail had some television sets that inmates could watch, a library, BOMB BLAST/ INJURY some sporting goods and drinking water. Chhabilal Gharti (27) and Samir The prison also organized skills training Rana (16) of Bihadi Rural Municipality programs for inmates occasionally. were injured when an explosive they were

226 Human Rights Situation of Gandaki Province in 2019 RIGHT TO PROMPT AND FAIR TRIAL By State By Others The District Court has one judge. In 2019 the court registered 139 criminal Type of Events cases of which 59 were decided, and 288 civil cases (102 decided). The court did not Male Total Female Male Total Arrest 5 5 have cases that had been pending judge- ment for over two years. Injured 2 2 Killing 1 1 CHILD RIGHTS Rape 3 3 Child Right to Education Sexual Abuse 2 2 Parbat had 91 schools with dis- Rights Total 5 5 ability friendly facilities. This year 5231 Domestic 12 12 Dalit boys and 3819 Dalit girls received Violence scholarship. Children from the labor class Women Rape 2 2 families are deprived of education. Rights Sexual Abuse 2 2 INSEC documented five victims of violation of Child Rights – three vic- Total 16 16 tims of rape and two of sexual abuse in Grand Total 5 5 21 3 24 2019. In one case of sexual abuse, the District Court sentenced the suspect to physical torture, three were cases of po- six-months in detention at the juvenile lygamy and 11 cases involved other types rehabilitation center, and in another case of violence. The Center reconciled 21 com- the court remanded the suspect to judicial plaints, and seven were referred for judi- custody. Among two other suspects, one cial redress (three of the plaintiffs did not was released in the care of guardians and follow up on their reports). Among two one was sent to the juvenile rehabilitation cases of rape reports, in one the District center in Pokhara. Both of the suspects Court found the suspect guilty and sen- were found guilty of rape and were issued tenced him to eight years in prison. sanctions by the court. Narayan B. Kunwar of Phalebas In one case, Bipin Nepali (21) of Municipality-5 had been accused of rap- Jaljala Rural Municipality- 9 was found ing a 71-year-old woman on 8 January guilty of raping a 14-years-old girl on in 2019. He was sentenced on 2 June 2019 August 2019. The court sentenced him to for eight years. 18 years in prison and ordered him to pay a fine of Rs. 25,000 on 30 December 2019. ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS ALL KINDS OF DISCRIMINATION Supporters of the banned Commu- AGAINST WOMEN nist Party of Nepal carried out an arson Thirty-two women filed complaints attack on the tower of the telecom compa- of domestic violence at the Women, Chil- ny Ncell at Modi Rural Municipality on 31 dren and Senior Citizens Centre in 2019. July 2019. The attack damaged property Eighteen had reported of mental and worth about Rs. 500,000.

Nepal Human Rights Year Book 2020 227 Number of Incident with Status of Legal Proceeding in 2019 CHILD RIGHTS Type of Events Closed Case Legal Proceeding Total Rape 3 3 Sexual Abuse 2 2 Total 3 2 5 WOMEN RIGHTS Type of Events Closed Case Compromise Legal Proceeding Total Domestic Violence 2 7 3 12 Rape 2 2 Sexual Abuse 1 1 2 Total 5 7 4 16 Number of Incident Type of Events Legal Proceeding Total Killing 1 1

228 Human Rights Situation of Gandaki Province in 2019 4.11 Baglung

Total Population 2,68,605

Women 1,52,751

No. of Constituency (HoR) 2

No. of Constituency (PA) 4

Below Poverty Level 61,163 After the order of the Supreme Court, three and after the command of District Court, three were released with penalty- No. of Migrant Workers 42,623 one rearrested from the premises of the court and sent to Parbat whereas District Administration Office (DAO) released Population by Disability 6,179 three on penalty after they committed of not being involved in the activities of the party. One was sent to judicial custody by Literacy above 5 yrs (%) 71.9 the District Court. The DAO released one on penalty and another after committing of not being involved in the activities of Dependent Population 1,21,935 the party. Secretary of the banned Communist Party of Nepal Ram n Baglung, 104 victims of Hu- Bahadur Kunwar (32) of Badigad Rural Iman Rights violations and abus- Municipality-5, was arrested es were documented in 2019. Of which, on 24 September 2019. He was arrested 13 were victims from the state’s side and for threatening the police. He was pre- 85 females and six males from other’s sented to the court on 25 September. side. In this, there were two boys and 10 District Court of Baglung released him girls who experienced Child Rights viola- with penalty of Rs 15,000 on 9 December. tion. There were also 71 victims of Women Immediately after release, he was rear- Rights violation which included 50 domes- rested from the premises of the court and tic violence, seven polygamy, eight rapes, handed him to the District Court of Par- five attempt to rape and one sexual abuse. bat. This time he was kept in detention from 9 December for going against public ARREST welfare. His sister Manu Kunwar pre- This year, 12 cadres of the banned sented a writ of habeas corpus after which Communist Party of Nepal were arrest. he was released on 29 December. He was

Nepal Human Rights Year Book 2020 229 By State By Others judge. A total of seven out of 101 crimi- nal cases were adjudged and 63 civil cases Type of Events out of 242 were adjudged. There aren’t any cases exceeding 18 months. With the

Male Total Female Male Total increase of cases there seems to be lack Arrest 12 12 of judges because of which verdicts are Beatings 1 1 2 2 delayed. Injured 1 1 2 Killing 3 1 4 High Court Corporal There are four judges in the High 2 2 Punishment Court (Pokhara-Baglung). This year 36 Child Rape 4 4 criminal cases out of 141 were adjudged Rights Sexual Abuse 6 6 and nine civil cases out of 53 were ad- judged. There aren’t any cases exceeding Total 10 2 12 two years. Domestic 50 50 Violence Polygamy 7 7 CHILD RIGHTS Educational Status Women Rape 8 8 Rights The Education Development and Rape Attempt 5 5 Coordination Unit declared free educa- Sexual Abuse 1 1 tion till basic level in all the community Total 71 71 schools of Baglung. The literacy rate of Grand Total 13 13 85 6 91 the district is 97.57% (age group-15 to 60). There are 132 children from 5 to 12 years also released from the District Court after who are deprived of education. the order of the Supreme Court. He was This year INSEC documented, two rearrested from the premises of court and boys getting corporal punishment in their sent to Myagdi Police. The case was pend- schools. These cases were reconciled. ing till the end of this year. Four girls were raped and six girls faced sexual abuse. JAIL AND DETAINEES The category ‚E‘ district jail can Rape and Sexual Abuse accomodate 35 inmates but has 57 con- Complaint was filed against Re- victs and 57 detainees. There is a depen- sham Sunar (21) of Bareng Rural Munici- dent girl of 16 months. There is a mental pality- 3 accusing him of sexual abuse on patient as well. There are two different a 16-year-old girl. He was arrested on 24 buildings for male and females. Over- April 2019 from his residence. The victim crowding invites health issues at times. was abused on 11 April and her health Mental patients and long term diseased checkup was conducted on 25 April at the are kept seperately. They have one Health Dhaulagiri Zonal Hospital, Baglung. He Assistant for regular health checkups. was sentenced for ten years’ jail term and In case of seriousness they are taken to fined Rs 20,000 on 26 August. Dhaulagiri Zonal Hospital. There is dif- ferent provision for dependent children. ALL KINDS OF DISCRIMINATION There is lack of nutrotious food for them. AGAINST WOMEN RIGHT TO PROMPT AND FAIR TRIAL This year 60 women filed com- District Court plaint at the Women, Children and Senior Baglung District Court has one Citizen’s Service Center and 25 of these

230 Human Rights Situation of Gandaki Province in 2019 cases were reconciled. All these com- Domestic Violence plaints were mentioned humiliation from Bal Kumari Gharti (25) of Badigad husband or in-laws, deprivation of food, Rural Municipality-10 Patle was shot by beating by family members. These recon- her husband Chandra Bahadur Gharti ciliations were made keeping the victims, (35) on 28 February 2019. They had a dis- victimizer and their family members to- pute in terms of cooking vegetable. The gether with proper discussions and writ- locals complained against him at the Area ten agreements. There were 15 accused Police Office on 1 March and the victim who said they would go to the court but was taken to Health Center. they never reached the court. He was arrested from the village on 2 INSEC documented 71 victims of March and the victim filed a complaint Women Rights violation which included against her husband at the Baglung Dis- 50 domestic violence, seven polygamy, trict Police Office on 3 March. The- ac eight rapes, five attempt to rape and one cused as sent for four months’ jail term sexual abuse. All the cases of domestic vi- and fined Rs 4,000. olence were reconciled. In the case of mar- ital rape, the accused was sent for judicial ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND custody. Among these documented cases, CULTURAL RIGHTS one rape and one rape attempt received Destruction of Property verdict. One accused had absconded and Arson was caused at four Ncell wasn’t arrested till the end of the year. towers of Baglung. These towers were One accused was handed over to the fam- located at Baglung Municipality- 7 Mul- ily due to his sickness and wasn’t rear- pani, Municipality-8 , rested till the end of the year. Remaining Nishikhola Rural Municipality-7 other accused were in judicial custody. and Jaimani Municipality-7 Byarthala. On 21 February 2019- towers at Baglung Rape, Rape Attempt and Sexual Abuse Municipality- 7 Mulpani, Galkot Mu- A complaint was filed against Giri nicipality-8 Kandebas, Nishikhola Rural Lal B.K (33) of Taman Khola Rural Mu- Municipality-7 were burned. Again on 31 nicipality-2 on 5 January 2019 on charge July, towers at Nishikhola Rural Munici- of raping and 18 year old woman. The pality-7 and Jaimani Municipality-7 By- accused had raped the victim on 2 Janu- arthala were burned. ary. Health checkup of the victim was Likewise, on 21 August, the un- conducted on 4 January at the Dhaulagiri der construction building of Federation of Zonal Hospital. He was presented to the Nepalese Journalists located at Baglung District Court on 5 January and was sent Municipality-4 was sabotaged by un- for judicial custody on 28 February. Later, known group. The road loader kept at Ba- on 13 May he was imprisoned for 13 years glung Municipality-7 Kalimati was also and fined Rs 50,000. burned on 25 November 2019.

Nepal Human Rights Year Book 2020 231 Number of Incident with Status of Legal Proceeding in 2019 CHILD RIGHTS Legal Type of Events Closed Case Compromise Investigation Total Proceeding Corporal Punishment 2 2 Rape 1 3 4 Sexual Abuse 1 2 3 6 Total 2 2 2 6 12 WOMEN RIGHTS Legal Type of Events Closed Case Compromise Investigation Total Proceeding Domestic Violence 3 35 12 50 Polygamy 2 1 4 7 Rape 1 3 4 8 Rape Attempt 1 4 5 Sexual Abuse 1 1 Total 7 35 4 25 71 Number of Incident Type of Events Investigation Legal Proceeding Total Killing 2 1 3

232 Human Rights Situation of Gandaki Province in 2019 andaki Province in its Human Rights Situation in 2019 GPlans and Programs has In this province, 679 people prioritized in tourism, energy, agri- were victims of human rights viola- culture, industries, physical infra- tion and abuses. During this period structures, forest and environment, 24 people were killed, 26 people were science and technology, health, and victims of threat and beatings. In education. The programs mention to caste-based discrimination five peo- complete ‘Gandaki Province-Bright ple were victims, 310 were victims of Province’ campaign within one year. women rights violation and 90 were It has anticipated to be self-sufficient victims of child rights violation, 138 in main productions within three were arrestd, 58 people including one years. It has also planned to deliver by others in right to assembly, 14 of water pipe to every homes, to keep inhumane behaviour, 16 people clud- the province neat and clean, and to ing four by state were injured, one establish modern waste management death in detention was documented center. There is also plan to make by INSEC. the Province fully literate within two years of time.

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