NEPAL’S CRIMINALISATION OF CONVERSION SEEMS TO PROTECT HINDUISM AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHER RELIGIONS
Three years on from the date that Nepal adopted its new constitution, there are concerns about its ‘anti-conversion’ clause, which seemed designed to specifically protect Hinduism at the expense of other religions. The clause, in Article 26 (3) of the constitution, states: “No person shall, in the exercise of the right conferred by this […]