Amnesty International Nepal Thursday started Write for Rights, a campaign as part of its annual human rights letter-writing programme, appealing to Nepal’s authorities to launch an independent and impartial investigation into all incidents of custodial deaths.

Issuing a press statement, the Amnesty Nepal said through the campaign, it will be calling upon Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and all other concerned agencies to launch a set of actions designed to ensure there are fair investigations into all incidents of custodial deaths and those found guilty of inflicting torture and causing subsequent deaths of detainees are held accountable.

At least six incidents of custodial deaths have been reported in the last six months. However, neither the Nepal Police or the Office of the Attorney General has maintained a record of such deaths, according to the statement.

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