Human Rights Watch (HRW) in a report released today, outlined that the increased restrictions on Tibetans in Nepal were a result of strong pressure from China.
The report, 'Under China’s Shadow: Mistreatment of Tibetans in Nepal', highlighted bans on political protests, restrictions on public activities promoting Tibetan culture and religion, and routine abuses by Nepali security forces. Further cases of excessive use of force, arbitrary detention, ill-treatment in detention, threats and intimidation, intrusive surveillance and arbitrary application of vaguely formulated and overly broad definitions of security offenses were also condemned.
Speaking on the human rights situation in Nepal, the Asia director for HRW, Brad Adams, said,
The report, 'Under China’s Shadow: Mistreatment of Tibetans in Nepal', highlighted bans on political protests, restrictions on public activities promoting Tibetan culture and religion, and routine abuses by Nepali security forces. Further cases of excessive use of force, arbitrary detention, ill-treatment in detention, threats and intimidation, intrusive surveillance and arbitrary application of vaguely formulated and overly broad definitions of security offenses were also condemned.
Speaking on the human rights situation in Nepal, the Asia director for HRW, Brad Adams, said,
“The situation for the Tibetan refugee community in Nepal has markedly deteriorated since China’s violent crackdown on protests in Tibet I 2008. While Nepal continues to offer some protections to Tibetan, it is succumbing to Chinese pressure to limit the flow of Tibetans across the border and imposing restriction on Tibetans in violation of its legal obligations. China cloaks its demands as security concerns, but they are really just an extension of its repression in Tibet and aimed at making it harder for Tibetans to tell the world of their plight.”