To: Amnesty International Nepal

Subject: Formal Human Rights Complaint Regarding the Forced Displacement of Sukumbasi Communities in Nepal

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am writing to formally raise serious human rights concerns regarding the treatment and forced displacement of sukumbasi communities in Nepal.

As an LGBTQIA+ advocate, I am deeply concerned about the ongoing demolition and removal of informal settlements, particularly where vulnerable people are living in poverty, insecurity, and social exclusion. Many of those affected include people already at high risk, including LGBTQIA+ individuals, sex workers, migrant workers, and other marginalized people who often live in slum areas or low-cost rented accommodation because they have no safe or affordable alternatives.

It is deeply troubling that, instead of first identifying who is genuinely homeless, landless, or socially vulnerable, authorities appear to be using bulldozers to destroy homes and settlements. This approach is inhumane, cruel, and inconsistent with basic human rights principles. No democratic society should respond to poverty and housing insecurity with forced eviction and destruction.

These actions raise serious concerns about violations of the rights to housing, dignity, safety, equality, and protection from inhuman and degrading treatment. For already marginalized communities, forced displacement does not only destroy shelter. It also destroys safety, stability, health, community networks, and access to survival. For LGBTQIA+ people and sex workers in particular, being displaced can expose them to even greater violence, exploitation, stigma, and homelessness.

It is especially painful to witness this happening in a country where democracy, people’s rights, and social justice have long been spoken about with hope and promise. The language of democracy should protect poor and vulnerable people, not leave them under further fear, displacement, and suffering.

I respectfully urge Amnesty International Nepal to:

1. Investigate the reported forced evictions and demolitions affecting sukumbasi communities.

2. Monitor whether proper legal safeguards, consultation, and resettlement processes are being followed.

3. Advocate for the identification and protection of genuinely landless and homeless families before any eviction or demolition takes place.

4. Highlight the disproportionate impact of these actions on marginalized groups, including LGBTQIA+ people, sex workers, and those living in extreme poverty.

5. Call on the Government of Nepal and relevant local authorities to adopt a humane, lawful, and rights-based response rather than punitive displacement.

A just and democratic government must distinguish between unlawful land use and genuine human vulnerability. Where people are truly landless, homeless, poor, or socially excluded, the response should be protection, rehabilitation, verification, and fair settlement, not destruction and cruelty.

I submit this complaint in the hope that urgent attention will be given to this issue and that the rights and dignity of affected communities will be respected and protected.

Thank you for your attention to this important matter.

Yours faithfully,

Babi Rani Poudel

Forced displacement without proper identification, consultation, and protection is not development. It is a human rights failure. The poorest and most vulnerable people in Nepal should not be treated as disposable. Their lives, dignity, and safety