Caste discrimination against Dalits is systemic and widespread: Amnesty International report

There is an urgent need to take special measures to improve the situation of Dalit women and girls, the organisation says in a new report.

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Incredibly important work by Amnesty to document the human rights situation for Dalits in Nepal - including distrust in police & justice system; Inadequate measures to address systemic discrimination & a culture of impunity; the highest risk faced by Dalit women and girls

'Authorities in #Nepal are not doing enough to counteract the culture of impunity for human rights violations related to descent-based discrimination against Dalits, Dalit women and girls in particular,” Fernanda Doz Costa

Our new Amnesty International report 👇🏾
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Fernanda Doz Costa, Director of Gender, Racial Justice and Refugees Programme, speaks about Amnesty International's latest report 'No One Cares' and discrimination against Dalit people in Nepal with prarambha dahal of Kantipur TV HD.

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Nepal: Our new report details how caste-based segregation creates entrenched discrimination and violence against Dalits in Nepal, and how #Dalit women and girls are more exposed to this violence due to their intersecting identities.

Full report out now: amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

An important reminder.

Authorities in Nepal are failing to protect Dalits, particularly women and girls, from systemic and widespread caste-based discrimination.

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Amnesty International, Nepal launches a report: 'No One Cares': Descent-Based Discrimination Against Dalits in Nepal.
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