Appeasing China: Restricting the Rights of Tibetans in Nepal

Appeasing China

Restricting the Rights of Tibetans in Nepal

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I. Summary

Key recommendations

Methodology

II. Background

III. Violations of the Right to Peaceful Assembly

Unnecessary and excessive use of force

Dispersing crowds

Police assaults against protesters

Attacks on journalists

Sexual assault of women during arrest

IV. Arbitrary Arrest and Detention

Preventive arrest and detention

Preventive detention under the Public Security Act

V. Treatment in Detention

Beatings

Sexual harassment of women

Denied or restricted medical care

Substandard conditions in detention

VI. Threats, Harassment, and Intimidation of Tibetans

Threats of deportation

Threats of violence

Police surveillance and visits

Taking of photographs

Making lists of those to be detained

VII. Restrictions on Freedom of Movement, Expression, and Assembly

VIII. China’s Role

IX. Recommendations

To the government of Nepal

To the government of China

To concerned states and donors

To the United Nations agencies and mechanisms

Acknowledgements

July 2008 ISBN: 1-56432-365-X