Kathmandu, May 4 -- era victims have urged the National Human Rights Commission to withdraw its member from the committee to nominate the candidates for the two transitional justice mechanisms, saying the selection process is opaque and politically manipulated.

A day after demanding that the government dissolve the former chief justice Om Prakash Mishra-led panel, the victims' representatives, submitting their memorandum to the commission's leadership, said the panel cannot pick the right persons to lead the mechanism. They have taken a serious exception to the shortlist of candidates made public on April 27.

"We asked commission chairperson Top Bahadur Magar and his team to recall their representative immediately," said Gopal Shah, cha...