Ian Martin
Ian Martin
closed democratic peaceful protests rights
Democratic rights do not exist. The opportunities for peaceful protests have been closed down.
assembly carry excessive guaranteed legitimate peaceful political remain risk time
The internationally guaranteed right is the right to peaceful assembly, and OHCHR-Nepal has called for demonstrations and rallies to remain peaceful. Excessive restrictions on peaceful assembly at a time of legitimate political debate, however, carry the risk of contributing to violence.
concern peaceful
Our concern is that the right to peaceful rallies should be respected...There should not be unnecessary use of force.
arrested assembly detained exercising nobody peaceful respected
The right to peaceful assembly should be respected and nobody should be arbitrarily arrested or detained for exercising their right to a peaceful assembly.
arbitrary carrying deny detention government leaders organize peaceful people program protest rights
The government shouldn't deny the fundamental rights of people to organize peaceful protest program by carrying out arbitrary detention of leaders like in the past.
absolute forces hear law message minimum peaceful protests security upheld
What I hear is not the message I would like to hear from the government, that peaceful protests is a right and should be upheld and security forces should use only absolute minimum force in maintaining law and order.
determined east issue people side whatever
The people of East Timor, whatever side of the issue they are on, are determined to have their say in this ballot.
conflict nepal people tragedy
It is a tragedy for the people of Nepal that full-scale conflict has now resumed.
access detention people police seeking
We have been told by police that around 70 people have been arrested. We have not yet had access to them in detention but we are seeking it.
excessive force trend witnessed worrying
We have witnessed a worrying trend of excessive use of force.
face greater noticed numbers though victims women
We have noticed that there are women victims but the numbers are not so big, though women face the greater fatalities.
democratic exist rights
Democratic rights do not exist presently in Nepal.
clear continue gathering numbers people places reports today
It's clear that (the protests) will continue today as well. We're already getting reports of numbers of people gathering at some of the same places as yesterday.
actively ensure excessive force general strike
We will be actively monitoring the general strike ... to ensure there is no excessive use of force.