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<事件番号:Case NPL 011106>
No. 3887 ネパール:インド国籍の男性が窃盗容疑で逮捕され、拷問により死亡しました。

(ジュネーブ発 11月1日)

 SOSトーチャー国際事務局は、ネパールにおける下記の状況に関して皆様の緊急の働きかけをお願いします。

<事件の概要>

 SOSトーチャー国際事務局は、SOSトーチャーネットワークのメンバーであるINSEC(インフォーマル・セクター・サービス)を含む複数の信頼できる情報筋より、2006年10月16日、ネパールにてインド国籍のマノジュ・ダスさんが警官により拷問を受け、拘禁中に死亡したという情報を受けました。

 情報によれば、マノジュ・ダスさんは10月15日午後3時頃、窃盗の容疑で逮捕され、ニュー・ロード・カトマンドゥのジャナセワ警察に拘禁されました。同日夜8時頃、ナラヤン・パンディ警部補と、ヅレンドラ・アドヒカリ警視正は、ジャナセワ警察署長のスレンドラ・アドヒカリ警視正の指示のもと、同警視正が同席する中、自白強要のためにマノジュ・ダスさんを殴りはじめました。

 情報によれば、マノジュ・ダスさんはプラスチックのパイプで足の裏をたたかれ、地べたを歩くよう強要されました。彼は翌日16日の午前1時まで拷問を受けたと伝えられています。マノジュ・ダスさんと一緒に逮捕され拘禁されたアルヌ・ダスさんによれば、マノジュ・ダスさんはその日の夜中に3度トイレに行ったそうです。朝6時45分頃、警察が彼をビル病院に連れて行きましたが、そこで死亡が確認されました。

 2006年10月17日、INSECのメンバーなどを含む事実調査団がナンティ・ラジュ・グルング警視正と面会して、事件について問い合わせを行ないました。さらに、同じ日、法医学専門家のチームが、マノジュ・ダスさんの死体の検死を行いました。発見によれば、被害者の死因は身体に残っている複数の鈍器損傷でした。

 SOSトーチャー国際事務局は、マジョジュ・ダスさんを死に至らしめた拷問に深く憂慮し、現在、ハヌマン・ドーカの警察署に拘禁されていると伝えられるアルヌ・ダスさんが拷問をうける恐れがあるものと危惧します。

<行動要請>

 ネパール関係当局に以下の内容の要請をお願いします。

1.いかなる情況にあろうとも、アルヌ・ダスさんの心身の安全を保障すること。

2.正当な嫌疑が不在の中で拘禁されているアルヌ・ダスさんを即時釈放すること。もしそのような嫌疑があるならば、速やかに公正な裁判に付し、その間、彼の手続き上の権利をすべて保障すること。

3.責任者を特定し、裁判に付し、法にもとづき刑事あるいは行政処罰を適用できるよう、これら事件、とりわけ拷問の申し立てとそれによる死亡に関して、綿密で公正な調査を命じること。

4.マノジュ・ダスさんの家族に適切な補償を保障すること。

5.国内法および国際人権基準にしたがって国内全体における人権尊重と基本的自由を保障すること。

<要請先>

ギャネンドラ王:His Majesty King Gyanendra
Narayanhity Royal Palace
Durbar Marg, Kathmandu Nepal
Fax: + 997 1 4 227 395 / 411 955

国内人権委員会委員長:Mr. Nain Bahadur Khatri
Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission
Pulchowck, Lalitpur, Nepal
Fax: + 997 1 5 547 973 Email: nhrc@ntc.net.np

ネパール軍人権局
Lieutenant Colonel Pankaj Karki
Royal Nepal Army, Human Rights Cell
Royal Nepalese Army Headquarters
Bhadrakali, Kathmandu, Nepal
Fax: + 977 1 4245020 Email: humanrights@rna.mil.np

国連大使:Ambassador Gyan Chandra Acharya
Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Nepal to the United Nations in Geneva
rue de la Servette 81, 1202 Geneva
Switzerland
Fax: +41 22 733 27 22 Email: mission.nepal@bluewin.ch


<手紙の例文>

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His Majesty King Gyanendra
Narayanhity Royal Palace
Durbar Marg, Kathmandu
Nepal

Your Majesty King Gyanendra,

I am writing you to express my concern at the report of death of Mr. Manoj Das during detention on October 15, 2006, and the continued detention of Mr. Arun Das who is reported to be currently detained in District Police Office, Hanuman Dhoka. I would like to urge you the following.

1. To guarantee, in all circumstances, the physical and psychological integrity of Mr. Arun Das;

2. To order his immediate release in the absence of valid legal charges, and if such charges exist, ensure that he is given a prompt and fair trial, in which his procedural rights are guaranteed at all times;

3. To order a thorough and impartial investigation into these events, notably the allegations of torture and resulting death of Mr. Manoj Das, in order to identify all those responsible, bring them to trial and apply the penal and/or administrative sanctions as provided by law;

4. To guarantee that adequate compensation is awarded to Mr. Manoj Das family;

Ensure the respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms throughout the country in accordance with national laws and international human rights standards.

I thank you for your kind attention to my request.

Yours truly,

<以下、原文>

Case NPL 011106
Arbitrary arrest/Torture/ Death in detention

Geneva, 1 November 2006

The International Secretariat of OMCT requests your URGENT intervention in the following situation in Nepal.

Brief description of the situation:

The International Secretariat of OMCT has been informed by reliable sources including by the Informal Sector Service (INSEC), a member of the OMCT network, of the torture and subsequent death in detention of Mr. Manoj Das (35), Indian national, by police officers on 16 October 2006 in Nepal.

According to the information received, Mr. Manoj Das was arrested by police officers on 15 October 2006 at around 3.00pm and detained in Janasewa Police Office, New Road Kathmandu based on allegations of theft. At around 8.00pm, Assistant Police Inspector Narayan Pandit and Police Inspector Surendra Adhikari reportedly started to beat Mr. Manoj Das following instructions and in the presence of Inspector Nanti Raj Gurung, chief of the Janasewa Police Office, to extract a confession.

According to the information received, Mr. Manoj Das was repeatedly beaten on his sole with a plastic pipe and was forced to walk on the ground. He was allegedly subjected to torture until 1.00am on 16 October 2006. According to Mr. Arun Das, who was arrested and detained along with Mr. Manoj Das, the victim went three times to the toilet during the night. At around 6.45am, he was brought to Bir Hospital by police officers where he was declared dead.

On 17 October 2006, a fact finding team, composed among others by a representative of INSEC, met with Inspector Nanti Raj Gurung and inquired about the case. Moreover, on the same date, a team of forensic experts conducted a post mortem examination on the body of Mr. Manoj Das. According to its findings, the cause of the victim’s death was multiple blunt force injury on his body.

The International Secretariat of OMCT expresses its deep concern over the torture resulting in the death of Mr. Manoj Das and fears of torture of Mr. Arun Das who is reportedly currently detained in District Police Office, Hanuman Dhoka.

Action requested:

Please write to the authorities in Nepal urging them to:

i.                    Guarantee, in all circumstances, the physical and psychological integrity of Mr. Arun Das;

ii.                 Order his immediate release in the absence of valid legal charges, and if such charges exist, ensure that he is given a prompt and fair trial, in which his procedural rights are guaranteed at all times;

iii.               Order a thorough and impartial investigation into these events, notably the allegations of torture and resulting death of Mr. Manoj Das, in order to identify all those responsible, bring them to trial and apply the penal and/or administrative sanctions as provided by law;

iv.                Guarantee that adequate compensation is awarded to Mr. Manoj Das family;

v.                  Ensure the respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms throughout the country in accordance with national laws and international human rights standards.

Addresses:

His Majesty King Gyanendra, Narayanhity Royal Palace, Durbar Marg, Kathmandu, Nepal, Fax: + 997 1 4 227 395 / 411 955

Mr. Nain Bahadur Khatri, Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Pulchowck, Lalitpur, Nepal; Fax: + 997 1 5 547 973, Email: nhrc@ntc.net.np

Lieutenant Colonel Pankaj Karki, Royal Nepal Army, Human Rights Cell, Royal Nepalese Army Headquarters, Bhadrakali, Kathmandu, Nepal, Fax: + 977 1 4245020, Email: humanrights@rna.mil.np

Ambassador Gyan Chandra Acharya, Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Nepal to the United Nations in Geneva, rue de la Servette 81, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland, Fax: +41 22 733 27 22, Email: mission.nepal@bluewin.ch

Nepalese Embassy in Bruxelles, Mr. Thata Yarayan, Avenue Brugmann 210, 1180 UCCLE, Tel: +32 (0)2 346 26 58 / +32 (0)2 346 66 38, Fax: +32 (0)2 344 13 61, Email: rne.bru@skynet.be

Please also write to the embassies of Nepal in your respective country.

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Geneva, 1 November 2006