Kathmandu May 12.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the government to immediately rescue Nepalis being stranded along the Nepal-India borders and subsequently keep them under quarantine. Issuing a press release today, NHRC Secretary Bed Prasad Bhattarai has urged to keep those stranded citizens under quarantine or isolation as per the WHO standards and ensure their needed health tests. The constitutional human rights body has also drawn the attention of the government to protect and promote the citizens’ fundamental rights and human rights, and fulfill the responsibility of the state as per the Article 52 of the Constitution of Nepal. The NHRC further states that the vulnerable situation of Nepalis in the border areas was against the citizen’s right to respectful life, right to freedom, right to equality and different international conventions. Similarly, the NHRC has stated that its serious attention was drawn to the insecurity of some citizens in the border areas while adding that some Nepalis are entering into Nepal by using alternative routes as the security personnel barred them to enter Nepal for the fear of COVID-19.