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<o:p></o:p> </span></p> <div></div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.wunrn.com">http://www.wunrn.com</a> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>PRESS RELEASE&nbsp;Via WOREC Nepal - 5/24/11</span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>WOREC - <a href="mailto:worec.whrd@gmail.com">worec.whrd@gmail.com</a>; <a href="http://www.worecnepal.org/">http://www.worecnepal.org/</a></span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </div> <div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Nepal </span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Women's Campaign for&nbsp;&nbsp;Democratic and Progressive Constitution.</span></strong><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS THRASED AND DETAINED</span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'>&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>NEPAL - Despite the call for a nationwide strike by a respective political party, the <b>Women's Campaign for Democratic and Progressive Constitution</b> defied this call, and continued their campaign for the 23rd Day. &nbsp;The campaign has been led by 7 women's network&nbsp; involving different sections of women's movement, under one umbrella as Women's Campaign for Democratic and Progressive Constitution.&nbsp; The movement constitutes of Defenders advocating for different thematic issues such as equality and non discrimination in the areas of disability, sexual orientation, land rights, squatter rights, natural resources and workers rights respectively. The campaign has been supported, and promoted by numerous members of civil society, networks, institutions respectively, creating a campaign of/for all. The campaign has involved used social networking&nbsp;(facebook) as a tool to disseminate the information as widely as possible. </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'>&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>The Campaign has been organizing sit in protest in front of the Constituent Assembly from 14th April.&nbsp; One of the core strategies of the Campaign is, to demand for a conducive environment to implement the pledges committed by the Political Parties, to bring the Peace Process to an end by promulgating the constitution on the stipulated time of 28 May, 2011. </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'>&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt; line-height:150%'>The demands of the Campaign are:</span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>a)</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:150%'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>To update the citizens about the current status of the constitution, and promulgate the draft constitution on 28 May;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>b)</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:150%'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>To create a dependable environment to implement the peace process;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>c)</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:150%'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;To ensure the 33% representation of women in all Portfolios of Ministries, and other structures related to Peace Building </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'>&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>This morning, the government declared the areas around the Constituent Assembly as &quot;a Prohibited Zone&quot;.&nbsp; No one is allowed to organize any forms of protest around the area. &nbsp;Around 11 AM, as a part of the regular campaign activities, the women activists entered the zone, and continued their protest peacefully stating that the Constituent Asssembly cannot be dissolved, and the Constitution has to be promulgated on stipulated time. However, the Police intervened, and started abusing the women in foul languages; one of the activists claim that&quot; it was a way to destroy our spirit, and insult and harass us for just being women.&quot;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'>&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The first group of 21 Women Human Rights Defenders entered the zone, and protested peacefully. The Police intervened, and started baton charging the women. The detained Defenders claim that when the Women Police made hesitant gestures to the Male Police, it created anger amongst the male, and they started charging the women vehemently with their batons. Most of the women sustained injuries, while four defenders sustained minor injurites&nbsp;while one Defender,&nbsp;Shyam Sah from Siraha district&nbsp;who was standing behind the group was chased all the way outside of the Prohibited zone, and when she tried to take seek refuge inside the house, she was&nbsp; mercilessly dragged out, and charged repeatedly with batons. All the 21 Defenders were arrested and then detained at the Baneshwor Police Station. Some of the injured have been taken to the hospital upon the request made by the activists to the Police Personnels. </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>We condemn such brutal act of the Goverment.</span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'>&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt; line-height:150%'>Please disseminate this widely to your networks.</span></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt; line-height:150%;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>We will update the videos and photos later.</span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt; line-height:150%'>Thank you for your continous support.</span></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt; line-height:150%;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Women's Campaign for Democratic and Progressive Constitution</span></b><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt; line-height:150%;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The names of the detained defenders as below:</span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;line-height:150%'>1.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:150%'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>Sabitri Neupane</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;line-height:150%'>2.<span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:150%'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>Archana Lama</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>3.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt; line-height:150%'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>Rita Dhakal</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>4.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt; line-height:150%'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>Nirmala Kafle</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>5.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt; line-height:150%'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>Sunaina Thakur</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>6.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt; line-height:150%'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>Sharad Kumari Chaudhary</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>7.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt; line-height:150%'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>Rijana Khatri</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>8.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt; line-height:150%'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>Apsara Upreti</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>9.</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt; line-height:150%'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>Ankita BK</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>10.</span><span style='font-size: 7.0pt;line-height:150%'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt; line-height:150%'>Niva Singh</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>11.</span><span style='font-size: 7.0pt;line-height:150%'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt; line-height:150%'>Babita Jaiswal</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>12.</span><span style='font-size: 7.0pt;line-height:150%'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt; line-height:150%'>Rita Thapa</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>13.</span><span style='font-size: 7.0pt;line-height:150%'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt; line-height:150%'>Chanda Thapa</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>14.</span><span style='font-size: 7.0pt;line-height:150%'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt; line-height:150%'>Stella Tamang</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>15.</span><span style='font-size: 7.0pt;line-height:150%'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt; line-height:150%'>Merita Kesakar</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>16.</span><span style='font-size: 7.0pt;line-height:150%'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt; line-height:150%'>Susan Risal</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>17.</span><span style='font-size: 7.0pt;line-height:150%'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt; line-height:150%'>Renu Sijapathi</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>18.</span><span style='font-size: 7.0pt;line-height:150%'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt; line-height:150%'>Durga Sob</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>19.</span><span style='font-size: 7.0pt;line-height:150%'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt; line-height:150%'>Smriti Karki</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>20.</span><span style='font-size: 7.0pt;line-height:150%'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt; line-height:150%'>Gita Thapa</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>21.</span><span style='font-size: 7.0pt;line-height:150%'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt; line-height:150%'>Bidanu Kumari Lamichhane</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>22.</span><span style='font-size: 7.0pt;line-height:150%'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt; line-height:150%'>Tulasa Lata Amatya</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>23.</span><span style='font-size: 7.0pt;line-height:150%'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt; line-height:150%'>Shyam Sah</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>24.</span><span style='font-size: 7.0pt;line-height:150%'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt; line-height:150%'>Laxmi Thapa</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>25.</span><span style='font-size: 7.0pt;line-height:150%'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt; line-height:150%'>Urmila KC</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>26.</span><span style='font-size: 7.0pt;line-height:150%'>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt; line-height:150%'>Nira Fadel</span><br> ---------------------------------------<br> Jyotsna Maskay<br> National Coordinator on Violence Against Women Campaign<br> WOREC<br> P. O. Box 13233<br> Balkumari, Lalitpur<br> Nepal <br> Phone: 977-1-5006373/74,<br> Fax: 977-1-5006271<br> Email: <a href="mailto:worec.whrd@gmail.com" target="_blank">worec.whrd@gmail.com</a><br> Website: <a href="http://www.worecnepal.org/" target="_blank">www.worecnepal.org</a><br> -----------------------------------------------</p> </div> </div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br> </span></p> </div> </body> </html>