Bhandari, a retired teacher and social worker from Lamjung, was arrested by Nepalese security forces in 2001. Suspected of being a Maoist sympathizer, he was arbitrarily arrested and badly beaten by the Royal Nepal Army. Since that day he was never seen again, leaving his family grieving on his disappearance. For many years his son Ram Bhandari, a prominent human rights activist in Nepal, fought to obtain justice before national tribunals: “I kept filing complaints before national tribunals but all I obtained in return was silence and denial from the Nepalese authorities”.
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