"Like we are not Nepali" : protest and police crackdown in the Terai Region of Nepal.

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	[New York, N.Y.] : Human Rights Watch, [2015].
Description:	1 online resource (44 pages) : color map, color photograph.
Language:	English
Subject:	Political violence -- Social aspects -- Tarai (India and Nepal) Demonstrations -- Tarai (India and Nepal) Discrimination -- Tarai (India and Nepal) Police misconduct -- Tarai (India and Nepal) Minorities -- Civil rights -- Tarai (India and Nepal) Indigenous peoples -- Civil rights -- Tarai (India and Nepal) Demonstrations. Discrimination. Indigenous peoples -- Civil rights. Minorities -- Civil rights. Police misconduct. Politics and government. Social conditions. Nepal -- Social conditions -- 21st century. Nepal -- Politics and government -- 21st century. Asia -- Tarai. Nepal.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10393953

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	Protest and police crackdown in the Terai Region of Nepal Nepal, "like we are not Nepali"
Other authors / contributors:	Human Rights Watch (Organization), author, issuing body.
Notes:	"October 16, 2015"--Table of contents page. Includes bibliographical references. Online resource; title from HTML title page (Human Rights Watch, viewed November 3, 2015).
Summary:	"This 44-page report documents Human Rights Watch investigations into the killings of 25 people, including 16 members of the public and 9 police officers, in five Terai districts between August 24 and September 11, 2015. Human Rights Watch found no evidence that any of these victims were posing a threat at the time that they were killed"--Publisher's description.

Table of Contents:

Summary
A Controversial Constitution
Key Recommendations: To the Government and Security Forces
To Protesters and Protest Leaders
Map of Nepal
Methodology
I. Context of the Violence: A History of Discrimination
Protests against Nepal's New Constitution
II. Lethal Violence in Kailali : Background on Communal Relations in Kailali
Events Before August 24
Events in Tikapur on August 24
Events at Tikapur Hospital
Events in Tikapur on the Evening of August 24 and on August 25
The Police Investigation
Police Intimidation in Tharu Villages
III. Rights Violations in the Eastern and Central Terai: Deadly Clashes in Birgunj on August 31
Deadly Clashes in Birgunj on September 1
September 1 Shooting at Narayani Sub-regional Hospital in Birgunj
Bara District: The Killing of Hifajat Miya, 19, in Kalaiya on September 1
Mahottari District: September 9 Incident
The Killing of Assistant Sub-Inspector Thaman Bishwokarma on September 11
Two More Deaths in Mahottari on September 11
Janakpur: Events in Janakpur on September 11
Records of Injuries Treated at the Janakpur Zonal Hospital
IV. Recommendations: To the Government and Security Forces
To the Protesters and Protest Leaders
To the International Community
Acknowledgements.

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