8 Area: 20,300 sq.km. 8 Population: 55,29,452 8 Literacy Rate: 68.46 8 District: 13 8 Electoral Constituency (Parliamentary): 33 8 Electoral Constituency (Provincial): 66 8 Metropolitan City: 3 8 Sub-Metropolitan City: 1 8 Municipality: 41 8 Rural Municipality: 74 8 Total Ward No.: 1,121 Nepal Human Rights Year Book 2020 163 agmati Province has priori- providing safe drinking water. There is Btized several developmental plan to provide money to concerned Board programs in its Plans and Programs; in respective places and let them work ac- hay thatched free roof in Metropolitan, cordingly. encouragement for electric vehicles, one school one nurse, Chief Minister public Human Rights Situation in 2019 health checkup, legal mediator in local In this province, 1494 people were levels, common settlement development victims in human rights violation and to name few. It has also adopted the pol- abuses. During this period 747 victims of icy to provide access of agricultural prod- women rights violation, seven of torture, ucts from field to market. Government five victims of threatening, 375 victims of has planned to focus on construction of child rights violation, 21 victims of caste- agricultural roads. It has also planned to based-discrimination, 168 victims of ar- phase out vehicles running on petroleum rest, 12 of right to assembly, 29 injured, fuels from all main cities. Collaborating six of inhumane behaviour, seven of abdu- with Metropolitan, Sub-Metropolitan and tion, 43 of threat and beating were docu- Municipalities, it has planned to work on mented by INSEC. No. of Victims by Incident (In 2019) By State By Others 164 Human Rights Situation of Bagmati Province in 2019 3.1 Dolakha Total Population 1,80,032 Women 82,302 No. of Constituency (HoR) 1 No. of Constituency (PA) 2 ees- total of 103 inmates. There is one se- Below Poverty Level 48,064 nior citizen. Due to lack of space, there is crowding in the Jail. Two inmates die due to suicide in 2019. No. of Migrant Workers 10,121 RIGHT TO PROMPT AND FAIR TRIAL The District Court has the post- Population by Disability 5,587 ing of two Judges. In 2019, 115 out of 207 criminal cases were adjudged and 231 out of 425 civil cases were adjudged. There Literacy above 5 yrs (%) 95.41 are criminal and civil cases exceeding two years in the court. Dependent Population 86,772 CHILD RIGHTS Educational Status here were 22 victims of Human In 2019, a total of 4,778 girls and TRights violations and abuses 4,705 boys were admitted in schools. were documented in 2019. There were There is free education as provisioned four victims of Women Rights violation- by Nepal Government in Dolakha. There three victims of rape including a senior are 231 children from martyrs, conflict af- citizen and one with disability and one fected, marginalized families studying in victim witchcraft allegation. Similarly, Martyrs Memorial Residential School. All there were 14 victims of child rights viola- the amenities to these children are pro- tion- nine rapes and five sexual abuse. vided from Government. INSEC documented 14 victims JAIL AND DETAINEES of Child Rights violation in 2019. There Uncategorized District Jail is a were nine victims of rape including a six women lock up with the capacity of 17. years old child. Eight convicts of rape Male lockup is under construction. It has were in jurisdiction custody till the end accommodated 78 convicts and 25 detain- of the year. There were four victims of Nepal Human Rights Year Book 2020 165 By State By Others and Senior Citizens Service Center; 15 victims of beating and home extrude, nine Type of Events victims of deprivation of food and clothes, five victims of deprivation of citizenship Male Total Female Male Total and marriage registration, five victims of Death in Jail 2 2 polygamy and 58 victims of general do- Inhuman Behaviour 1 1 mestic disputes. There was mediation in Killing 1 1 52 cases and 45 cases were on process of Rape 9 9 punishment. Child Sexual Abuse 5 5 In 2019, INSEC documented four Rights women victims on women rights violation. Total 14 14 One senior citizen was raped for which For Practicing 1 1 Witchcraft the convict was arrested and sent in juris- Women diction custody the case of which was not Rights Rape 3 3 adjudged till the end of the year. Convict Total 4 4 of rape attempt was given exoneration by Grand Total 2 2 19 1 20 District court. Two convicts of rape were sexual abuse and one accused. Two of the in jurisdiction custody and one child con- convicts were in jurisdiction custody, one vict was sent to Juvenile Care Home. was adjudged imprisonment, penalty and compensation. Seven were freed on penal- WITCHCRAFT ALLEGATION ty, one was given exoneration by District Five culprits were arrested by po- Court and two were on run till the end of lice for treating inhumanly and accus- the year. ing so called witch to others. One of the convicts was sent in jurisdiction custody ALL KINDS OF DISCRIMINATION whose case was not adjudged till the end AGAINST WOMEN of the year. Other three were freed on This year 32 victims of domestic vi- penalty and one was released on general olence were appeared in Women, children bail by the order of District Court. Number of Incident with Status of Legal Proceeding in 2019 CHILD RIGHTS Type of Events Closed Case Legal Proceeding Total Rape 1 8 9 Sexual Abuse 1 4 5 Total 2 12 14 WOMEN RIGHTS Type of Events Legal Proceeding Total For Practicing Witchcraft 1 1 Rape 3 3 Total 4 4 Number of Incident Type of Events Legal Proceeding Total Killing 1 1 166 Human Rights Situation of Bagmati Province in 2019 3.2 Sindhupalchowk Total Population 2,80,960 Women 1,47,723 No. of Constituency (HoR) 2 No. of Constituency (PA) 4 Below Poverty Level 72,613 ARREST INSEC documented 26 arrests of cadres of the banned Communist Party of No. of Migrant Workers 19,712 Nepal in the year 2019. Police arrested cadres of banned Communist Party of Nepal, Indra Baha- Population by Disability 6,608 dur Thakuri (38), Resham Paudel (23) and Ajay Shrestha (24) on 2 March 2019 from Karkitar of Saga Chowk Gadi Mu- Literacy above 5 yrs (%) 98.85 nicipality -10. They were released on 27 March on penalty by the order of Court. They were however arrested again on Dependent Population 1,22,789 same day and were sent to Kavre. They were all in police custody till the end of the year. n the year 2019, 105 victims of IHuman Rights violations and INJURY IN CLASH abuses were documented by INSEC. Santosh Chaudhary (32), supervi- There are 31 victims of Child Rights viola- sor of Melamchi Drinking Water Project tion which includes 17 rapes, eight sexual and Bal Mukunda Adhikari (30) were abuses, one child marriage, four children injured by the bullets of Police during trafficking, and one corporal punishment. a protest rally regarding deprivation of There are 25 victims of Women Rights payment to workers of Amba Thanama violation which includes six rapes, four Drinking Water project of Helambu Rural attempt to rape, 10 polygamy, one woman Municipality-1 on 5 September 2019. The trafficking, one domestic violence and one workers were on protest from 4 Septem- sexual abuse. ber and was stopped after workers strug- gling committee and management of proj- ect reached an agreement to address their demands. Nepal Human Rights Year Book 2020 167 September 2019. Tamang was in custody By State By Others for murder case. Mahendra Darnal, In- Type of Events spector of the police station was warned of Departmental punishment. Female Male Total Female Male Total Abduction 1 1 JAIL AND DETAINEES Arrest 4 22 26 Category ‘D’ district jail has accom- Beatings 1 1 modated 84 convicts and 36 detainees. Injured 2 2 There are no female inmates, dependent Killing 4 4 8 child and senior citizen. Inmates are tak- en to Chautara Hospital for treatment. Racial Discrimination 1 3 4 There is good provision of water and toilet Torture 6 1 7 in the Jail. Child Marriage 1 1 Child RIGHT TO PROMPT AND FAIR TRIAL 4 4 Trafficking The District Court has the post- Corporal Child 1 1 ing of one Judge. In 2019, 49 out of 167 Rights Punishment criminal cases were adjudged and 111 out Rape 17 17 of 267 civil cases were adjudged. There Sexual Abuse 8 8 are criminal and civil cases exceeding two Total 31 31 years in the court. Domestic 1 1 Violence CHILD RIGHTS For Practicing 2 2 Educational Status Witchcraft In 2019, a total of 46,531 girls and Polygamy 10 10 42,608 boys were admitted in schools. Women Rape 6 6 There are 344 elementary and 51 second- Rights Rape Attempt 4 4 ary schools. Scholarships of Rs 356,000 Sexual Abuse 1 1 were distributed to 32 children of conflict Women victim families. Free education up to class 1 1 Trafficking 8 was realized. However, free education Total 25 25 up to class 12 was still not effective. Grand Total 10 25 35 62 8 70 INSEC documented 31 victims of child rights violation in 2019. There were TORTURE 17 victims of rape and 23 convicts. Ten Police arrested Manisha Shrestha convicts were sent in jurisdiction custody (17), Sushmita K.C. (16), Kalpana Rumba and four were freed on penalty. Two were (32) and Ramita Adhikari (18) from Saga given jail to be served after they reach age Chowk Gadi Muncipality-10 on 2 March and one was sent to Juvenile Care Home 2019.