‘We have nowhere to go. The state doesn’t count us as humans’

After years of endless hardships, Thapathali’s squatter settlers tell their pleas to the visiting UN Special Rapporteur, Olivier De Schutter.

On Tuesday, Olivier De Schutter, the UN Special Rapporteur on poverty and human rights, made an informal visit to the squatter settlement in Thapathali. Schutter was greeted by the residents of the squatter settlement and shared with him the problems and challenges the community has been facing.