excerpts from a prisoner's testimony to Jana Aastha at Nakkhu Jail)
... I was rushed to an army barrack soon after my arrest last year, where I was blindfolded, handcuffed and kicked to the ground. Then they put me in a sack, hung me upside down, beaten and submerged in water. Later, I found that there were different levels of torture. Those in Grade A were electrocuted. Detainees in B were choked and their bodies slashed while prisoners classed as C were hung up and beaten until they died and in some cases were raped, buried alive or shot to death. There were three or four detainee camps inside the Bhairabnath Barrack.
... A pregnant Tamang girl was kicked until she bled to death despite her pleading to him to spare her unborn infant. Suchendra Maharjan’s neck was slit and his head was squashed with a hammer while Bhim Maharjan’s beating left him bleeding all over. Haribahadur Roka and Buddhi Lama were caned severely. Dhirendra Basnet, Puspa Basnet and Ashok Akela were beaten until they were half dead.
.... The army used to bring in 100-200 detainees a day and take them to unknown places the same night. Dipendra Pant, BK Shrestha and Pipal Shrestha were beaten to death in front of our own eyes. Renu Dulal was stripped naked and then beaten to death.
to read full article: http://www.nepalitimes.com/issue/290/FromtheNepaliPress/11315
to read related article about missing persons: http://www.nepalitimes.com/issue/292/Nation/11489
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forgot to add:
Nepal has more state sponsored disappearances than any other country going through an armed conflict. In 2001 alone, 1,726 people were reported missing to the NHRC. The whereabouts of 708 of them are still unknown. There are said to be many hundreds more who haven’t reported their missing relatives.
The focus of the investigation is the alleged disappearance two years ago of up to 47 detainees at the Bhairabnath Batallion in Maharajganj who were executed and buried in the Shivapuri National Park.
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