Nepal: New Government Should Address Rights
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Letter to Prime Minister Deuba Sets Out Major Concerns
(New York, July 29, 2021) – Nepal’s newly installed prime minister, Sher Bahadur Deuba, should ensure that his administration focuses on upholding the rights of citizens and strengthening the rule of law, Human Rights Watch said this week in a letter outlining several key human rights issues.
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected Nepal citizens’ basic rights, including access to health and education. After decades of progress in reducing maternal and neonatal deaths, a study has shown a massive drop in the number of births at health facilities overstretched by the pandemic is a huge setback for maternal and neo-natal health, while school closures and inadequate government assistance are pushing children back into exploitative and dangerous child labor, reversing gains made in recent years, Human Rights Watch found.
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