Caste discrimination against Dalits is systemic and widespread: Amnesty International report

There is an urgent need to take special measures to improve the situation of Dalit women and girls, the organisation says in a new report.

On July 14, 2016, Ajit Mijar, 18, was found dead in Dhading in suspicious circumstances. The boy belonging to the Dalit community was in a relationship with a girl from the so-called ‘upper caste’, which her family opposed.