This interview was done for a trail and unpublished issue of the Nation Weekly magazine. Sushil Pyakurel, member of the National Human Rights Commission, talked with Sushma Joshi of the Nation Weekly about the follow-up to Doramba, the new Human Rights Promotion Center set up under the auspices of the Prime Minister, and the urgent need for the Army to stop protecting perpetrators who perform acts of impunity. The National Human Rights Commission only made the report on Doramba public after pressure from the European Union. Why was this? We investigated in Doramba. 19 people were taken into custody, and then killed. It was a gross violation of human rights by the RNA. Even the Prime Minister said there would be a civilian investigation. The Commission has repeatedly said the perpetrators have to be brought to justice, but neither the Army, nor the government, have followed up the case. The government is so insensitive it didn't even send an acknowledgement after we sent the report....
The civil wars of the twenty-first century: Sushma Joshi's slightly twisted perspective of the universe.