NEPALI POLICE 'TORTURE CHILDREN' !
The international pressure group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused police in Nepal of torturing children.
The New York-based group said it had received credible claims of more than 200 cases of torture or abuse.
Methods included sticking sharp objects under the toenails and beating the soles of the feet.
Police deny that children are still being harmed, but a spokesman said a number of officers had been punished for past abuses.
HRW said most of the children involved were suspected of minor crimes or were living on the streets.
It said children had been hit on the thighs, upper arms, backs of hands, backs, and the soles of feet with bamboo sticks and plastic pipes.
"The Nepali police have a duty to protect children and to prevent crime," said Bede Sheppard, the group's Asia researcher.
"Instead, by torturing children in custody they are committing crimes against those they are supposed to be protecting."
BBC NEWS REPORT.The New York-based group said it had received credible claims of more than 200 cases of torture or abuse.
Methods included sticking sharp objects under the toenails and beating the soles of the feet.
Police deny that children are still being harmed, but a spokesman said a number of officers had been punished for past abuses.
HRW said most of the children involved were suspected of minor crimes or were living on the streets.
It said children had been hit on the thighs, upper arms, backs of hands, backs, and the soles of feet with bamboo sticks and plastic pipes.
"The Nepali police have a duty to protect children and to prevent crime," said Bede Sheppard, the group's Asia researcher.
"Instead, by torturing children in custody they are committing crimes against those they are supposed to be protecting."
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