{"id":2443,"date":"2020-09-30T13:25:32","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T07:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=2443"},"modified":"2020-09-30T13:25:32","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T07:40:32","slug":"drinking-water-and-electricity-issues-prominent-in-prisons-during-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=2443","title":{"rendered":"Drinking water and electricity issues prominent in prisons during COVID-19\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KATHMANDU: The National Human Rights Commission has monitored the status of prisoners\u2019 human rights during the COVID-19 pandemic.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A team headed by NHRC member Sudeep Pathak had monitored the situation of inmates in Jumla on Tuesday. The monitoring team arrived in Jumla after taking stock of inmates\u2019 human rights status in 12 districts of the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The human rights team also held interactions with security agencies, journalists and human rights defenders in the district. On the occasion, NHRC commissioner Pathak highlighted the importance of human rights protection along with the efforts to prevent and control the pandemic.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He further shared that the NHRC monitoring team has arrived in Jumla to take stock of the impacts of COVID-19 in the human rights sector, the situation of prisoners and detainees and violent activities recently taking place in the jail.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He said that the team would present a report to the government covering the problems faced by the citizens in the time of crisis.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among the key problems shared with the monitoring team were road conditions, electricity and human resource in health facilities.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The nine inmates of the district prison who had contracted the virus have now recovered. The inmates are facing an acute shortage in drinking water and electricity. \u201cThe inmates here are always vulnerable to different diseases as we are still compelled to drink contaminated water supplied from the Tila River,\u201d said Khadkajeet Rokaya, who is an inmate.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although the doctors have diagnosed water-borne diseases among the prisoners, concerned authorities have been turning away from the issue.<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KATHMANDU: The National Human Rights Commission has monitored the status of prisoners\u2019 human rights during the COVID-19 pandemic.\u00a0 A team headed by NHRC member Sudeep Pathak had monitored the situation of inmates in Jumla on Tuesday. 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