Kathmandu Aug-18-The president of Nepal Bar Association (NBA), Shambhu Thapa, and chairman of the Federation of Nepalis Journalists (FNJ), Bishnu Nisthuri, have refused to represent their professional organizations on a rights panel of the government under the chairmanship of the Attorney General.
Thapa and Nisthuri said that they would not sit on the rights panel formed by the ‘autocratic regime’, according to reports.
The government last week had formed a committee under the Attorney General with representatives from the cabinet secretariat, presidents of Nepal Press Council, FNJ, NBA and other three members representing organizations of civil society.
Dissolving existing human rights committees functioning under different ministries, the government formed the National Coordination Committee for Protection and Promotion of Human Rights (NCCPPHR).
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