NHRC call to end strike

Himalayan News Service

Nepalgunj, June 14:

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today asked the Maoist-affiliated student union, ANNISU-R, to call off the educational strike in Banke district. In a press statement issued today by the NHRC Regional Office, Nepalgunj, the Regional Director Ram Kumar Thapa said the NHRC strongly condemns the educational strike and said chaos has ruled after the closure of the educational institutions. The NHRC urges all the warring parties to refrain from engaging civilians in their war, the statement said.