Nepal: WHRD threatened whilst pursuing justice for rape victim
Event- Country
- Nepal
- Initial Date
- Feb 9, 2013
- Final Date
- Feb 9, 2013
- Event Description
On 9 February 2013, Ms. Apsara Upreti, a journalist and social worker associated with the Integrated Community Development Campaign (ICDC), Dhading district, was threatened by a UCPN-M district member,Ram Krishna Acharya, for trying to get legal support to a rape victim. This is not the first time she has received threats from this group. As early as 2010 Ms Upreti received a death threat from Binod Luitel, a District Committee Member of Unified Communist Party of Nepal- Maoist (UCPNM) and Ram Nepali, secretary of Maoist affiliated Dalit Mukti Morcha for supporting Ms. Shanti Rupakheti WHRD of Jivanpur VDC-8 in Dhading to seek justice.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Woman
- Violation
- Intimidation and Threats
- Sexual Violence
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Not active
- Event Location
Latitude: 27.76221
Longitude: 85.10125
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
09/02/2013 - Apsara Upreti - a WHRD was threatened by a UCPN-M district member for attempting to get legal support to a victim of rape.