11/20/08
On November 18th, a press release from the New York times stated that the Napali government should be aware that they are being closely watched by HRW.org because of the spread of abuse and ill treatment to children in the Napali police custody. Today, November 20th has been declared Napali Children's Day. The police have a duty to protect and prevent crime, so why would they hurt children. The police are said to abusing the children by kicking them, inserting metal in their nails, hitting them in various regions of the body with certain objects. It is a cruel method of abusing children for the petty crimes these kids have committed. Under Nepali law, torture is unconstitutional and prohibited but not consider a crime. Only the misuse and abuse of children brings a small punishment of a year in prison with a fine. With many known officials suspected of beating the children, no one has been accused or arrested. The human rights watch organization believes that my declaring today, November 20th Napali Children's Day then the world and the public will know that acts such as these are absolutely prohibited.
My main concern with the news about the abuse is that, it nots abuse from everyday people, but it is abuse from those high ranking officials who is supposely going to protect the citizens. Children most of all are the citizens we are hoping to grow and mold into a better society in the future, how can the Napali people expect them to be human if the police is treating them like trash. It is a horrible situation that needs another alternative. Maybe the police needs to go to a school or learn about abuse and the harmful affects of it. This is something I will continue to look into to.
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2008/11/18/nepal-end-torture-children-police-custody
4 comments:
The fact that torture is against the law and it is police which reprsent the law if appalling. They are like you said the ones that need to be trained better or actual punishment taken place.
This is borderline psychotic, to say the least. It just goes to show that even in the modern world people are still capable of acting like horrid beasts to each other. Children are no exception.
It is crazy that this kind of crime is only punishable with one year in jail. However just because the police are supposed to "serve and protect" doesnt mean that they are not commiting these crimes. Plenty of police officers break the law. But I think it is important that they have set aside a day to help bring attention to this problem.
As you as well as some of our other classmates have mentioned, the most disturbing factor is that these are high ranking officials. These officers are placed in positions to uphold the law, not contribute to injustice. I'm glad that these has gained awareness and that necessary attention has been raised in the matter.
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