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Supreme Court Of Nepal Releases Tibetans After 20 Days
By KTM Metro Reporter
July 13, 2011: on Sunday, July 10, 2011 hearing on the case concerning the Tibetans arrested by the Nepal Police, the Supreme Court of Nepal has ruled to release twelve Tibetans the Nepal Police had arrested charging them with causing a major threat to ‘one-China Policy’ of Nepal; a small crowd of Tibetans gathered there to hear the ruling breathed a sigh of relief after the verdict according to the news posted on the Phayul.com
The Nepal Police had arrested the twelve Tibetan men from the Boudhanath premises on June 21, 2011 while returning from a monastery after attending a ceremony to offer prayers during the Buddhist holy month of Saka Dawa. The Nepal Police had charged them with causing a major threat to Nepal’s ‘One China Foreign Policy’ but the police had been unable to produce evidence to support the charge.
Members of the regional Tibetan Youth Congress had worked with United Nations Human Rights Commission to press for the release of the Tibetans.
In a similar case last March, the Nepal police arrested 15 Tibetan exiles in Kathmandu following a scuffle with police near Boudhanath. Police had baton charged the Tibetans gathered near the shrine for a prayer service held by the Tibetan Refugee Welfare Office to mark the 52nd anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising. They were released after eleven days of custody.
