Nepal: Government urged to save 5 Nepalis on Indonesia death row

Kantipur.com
Informal Sector Service Center (INSEC) has urged the government to immediately take up diplomatic initiatives to save the lives of 5 Nepalis on death row for drug related charges in Indonesia.

According to a press statement issued by INSEC on Monday, Bahar Tamang, Bir Bahadur Gurung, Indra Bahadur Tamang, Nar Bahadur Tamang and Til Bahadur Bhandari have been reportedly convicted and handed death sentences.

The organisation made the appeal a day after Indonesia executed 6 people including 5 foreigners on drug trafficking charges.

It is the moral responsibility of government to protect its citizens from death penalty as Nepal has signed an international treaty for abolishing the death penalty.

Nationals of Brazil, Malawi, Nigeria, Vietnam and the Netherlands were executed along with one Indonesian on Sunday.

Indonesia had stopped capital punishment for 5 years until 2013. However, the recent resumption of the capital punishment by the Indonesian government has drawn criticisms from the local human rights activist as well.

Meanwhile, it is learnt that Brazil and the Netherlands have recalled their ambassadors in protest against the execution of their citizens.