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Nepal fails to implement laws (kp 09/03/2010)
Mutineers' detention without trial draws NHRC's flak (ht 05/03/2010)
OHCHR fate uncertain, by Anil Giri (kp 02/03/2010)
DPM Geneva-bound to attend UN Human Rights council (ht 28/02/2010), Deputy PM Koirala in Geneva (nn 01/03/2010), Sujata to int'l community: Govt is committed to end impunity (nn 03/03/2010) [This is in contradiction to real facts!!]
Govt, parties behind worsening HR: INSEC (kp 20/02/2010) [see executive summary of the INSEC yearbook 2010], PM disagrees with report (kp 20/02/2010) [???], Democracy fertile ground for human rights (rn 20/02/2010), HR Violation (rn 21/02/2010)
INSEC paints grim pic of mid region violence (ht 19/02/2010)
Envoys lobby for OHCHR extension: Government in a dilemma, by Anil Giri (kp 18/02/2010)
New act soon to regulate refugees, says Sujata (rn 18/02/2010)
OHCHR rights report wrong, says govt: Government has withdrawn cases only after Supreme Court’s consent (kp 23/01/2010)
WHR selects 22 leaders (ht 16/01/2010)
Freed Kamlaris to launch campaign (rn 13/01/2010), Awareness must to end Kamlari tradition (ht 14/01/2010), Govt to provide scholarships to kamalaris, by Kokila K.C. (ht 14/01/2010), Ad agency launches campaign to root out Kamlari tradition (ht 16/01/2010), Kamalari tradition to be eradicated in Bardiya by 10th June (rn 16/01/2010) [It will only be eradicated after these children have been rehabilitated!!]
Righting the wrongs: The government and rights defenders must own UDHR document, by Gopal Krishna Siwakoti (kp 12/01/2010)
Govt flouts SC stay on cash for singless (ht 08/01/2010)
‘Guarantee human rights’ (rn 29/12/2009)
Wrong Deal, by Abijit Sharma (sp 25/12/2009)
Human rights violation down (rn 23/12/2009)
Human rights violations up (rn 19/12/2009)
Year Against Gender-based Violence, by Trilochan Upreti (rn 08/10/2009)
UN: Execute recommendations (kp 15/09/2009)
End to harassment, by Bhuwan Thapaliya (kp 04/09/2009)
Intl community calls for action against culprits of forced disappearances (nn 29/08/2009), Into thin air (kp 31/08/2009)
OHCHR booklet on Rights (kp 27/08/2009)
Nepal: Truth, Reconciliation and Upholding the victims’ cause, by Prawash Gautam (tg 26/08/2009)
Chhaupadi, the menstrual isolation continues in Surkhet (rn 20/08/2009)Release arrested Melamchi duo: HURPES (ht 08/08/2009)
Human rights situation: The worrying trend, by Ram Dayal Rakesh (ht 05/08/2009)
ICJ calls for amendments to Bill on Disappearances (nn 16/07/2009), ICJ: Correct flawed Disappearances Bill (kp 17/07/2009), Improve Bill on rights: ICJ (rn 17/07/2009)
OHCHR shouldn’t compete with us (kp 13/07/2009)
Call to ratify UN rights instruments (kp 02/07/2009)
NHRC: Send OHCHR packing, by Kamal Rj Sigdel (kp 27/06/2009) [The argumentation is total nonsense and contradicts international standards of human rights observation!], Rights activists ring alarm (kp 27/06/2009)
OHCHR says it’s not competing with NHRC (kp 18/06/2009)
Disappearance: News That Never Comes, by Laxman Datt Pant (rn 16/06/2009)
LGBTs want inclusion in new curriculum: Sexual minorities call for rights (kp 10/06/2009)
Lighting a lamp: Activist's work shows there is no point just cursing the darkness, by Kunda Dixit (nt 08/05/2009)
Chintan destroys copies of own book (ht 26/04/2009)
All must combat discrimination: Nepalese envoy to UN (nn 23/04/2009)
OHCHR should stay: Human rights and justice are more than nice-sounding Western inventions (kp 15/04/2009)
Nepal: Government fails to protect women human rights activists from violent attacks (Amnesty International 10/04/2009)
Somalis pine for home (kp 10/04/2009)
Two women human rights activists murdered after government fails to protect them from violent attacks (Amnesty International 10/04/2009)
Disappearance ordinance flawed, by Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp 29/03/2009)
Govt makes rights body hackles rise (kp 29/03/2009)
US state dept: HR abuses rife in Nepal (kp 28/03/2009)
11,000 languishing in foreign jails: HURON (ht 22/03/2009)
Govt fails to implement SC directives on dance bars, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 22/03/2009)
Call to redress parlours’ woes (kp 20/03/2009)
Rights project in limbo due to NHRC-OHCHR rift: Accord was supposed to be signed in February, by Rabin Giri (ht 19/03/2009)
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to visit Nepal (nn 17/03/2009), UN rights chief on maiden visit (kp 19/03/2009), Pillay pledges to better rights situation (kp 20/03/2009), Pillay concerned about culture of impunity (ht 20/03/2009), UN rights chief meets PM, President (nn 20/03/2009), Justice urged for Nepal's abused, by Charles Haviland (BBC News 20/03/2009), Pillay urges PM to expedite TRC (kp 21/03/2009), PM nod sought for UN officials’ trip (kp 21/03/2009), Pillay meets Koirala (kp 22/03/2009), Rights violations on rise: GPK (ht 22/03/2009), UN rights chief raises concern over impunity (rn 22/03/2009), UN High Commissioner likens Nepal's rights situation to Rwanda (nn 22/03/2009), Pillay draws Nepal, Rwanda parallel (kp 23/03/2009), Pillay seeks formation of powerful truth commission (rn 23/03/2009), Nepal has historic opportunity: UN human rights chief (One World South Asia 23/03/2009), Pillay’s report at HR Council (kp 27/03/2009), 'Pledge' to promote human rights (ht 27/03/2009)
Serfdom survives, thrives in Nepal Police: 3,000 lower-rank employees made to work as domestic help, by Rabi Dhami (ht 14/03/2009)
The right stuff: We must upgrade our efforts to strengthen the human rights movement, by Gauri Pradhan (kp 13/03/2009)
Victims Await Justice From New Government: Lack of Action on Accountability Could Fuel More Rights Abuses (Human Rights Watch 10/03/2009), Rights groups ask Nepal to prosecute Maoists, security forces (Hindustan Times 10/03/2009)
Clamour to shield rights defenders (kp 09/03/2009)
Call to ratify Rome Statute without delay (kp 06/03/2009), ICC accession bill back to square one (kp 07/03/2009)
Rights situation on right track: OHCHR (kp 06/03/2009)
Prez told about rising impunity (ht 27/02/2009)
State, non-state parties involved in rights violations’ (nn 26/02/2009) [see report by U.S. Department of State, 25/02/2009], Rights abuse blatant in Nepal: US (ht 27/02/2009)
OHCHR chief in Rolpa (kp 24/02/2009)
Contradictions galore in ordinance on missing, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 24/02/2009)
Nepal should implement the Geneva Convention (kp 23/02/2009)
Weightless form (ht 23/02/2009)
Red activists killed 21, abducted 326 (kp 19/02/2009), Statistics detail growing lawlessness: Blot on NHRC’s record in Human Rights Year Book 2009 (ht 19/02/2009)
Forms and Origins of Discrimination, by Krishna B, Bhattachan (tg 19/02/2009)
Human rights organisations appeal for early end of impunity (nn 18/02/2009), Impunity goes on: OHCHR-N (kp 19/02/2009)
Ordinance on disappearance Serious shortcomings, by Govinda Sharma Bandi (ht 17/02/2009)
UN hails SC order on disappearances (kp 06/02/2009)
FNJ: Women journalists face psychological terror (kp 03/02/2009)
Dowry greed: Principal expels wife from home (kp 02/02/2009)
Dalit parents denied right to prayer (kp 02/02/2009)
UN: Nepal must address victims of insurgency (iht 02/02/2009)
Send Human Rights Bills to Parliament: Reconciliation and Disappearances Measures Too Important to Enact by Ordinance (Human Rights Watch 29/01/2009)
Gang-rape accused granted amnesty, by Shiva Puri (kp 28/02/2009) [Raping is a crime and has to be punished severely! Stop these politics of impunity immediately!!], Govt under fire on rights issues (kp 28/01/2009)
Prachanda vows to ban dowry, end untouchability (Gulf Times 26/01/2009), Nepal bans dowry, caste-based discrimination (One World South Asia 27/01/2009), Bride and prejudice (kp 06/02/2009)
Balance
custom, practices by guaranteeing child rights: SC; Says kumaris'
should not be deprived of right to education, freedom of movement, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 25/01/2009)
Divorce a curse to Muslim women (rn 25/01/2009)
OHCHR concerned over risks to victims (nn 22/01/2009)
Activists form forum to highlight women's rights (ht 19/01/2009)
Woes aplenty for widows, by Laxmi Maharjan (ht 19/01/2009)
Nepal’s Commitment To Human Rights, by Tapan Kumar Dahal (rn 13/01/2009)
Lady journalist fighting against dowry system killed (nn 12/01/2009), Female journalist killed in southern Nepal (Monster and Critics, 12/01/2009), Female journalist murdered by mob (Daily Telegraph 12/01/2009), Janakpur erupts in protest, home minister under fire: Journo killed in cold blood, by Rabindra Upreti (kp 13/01/2009), Woman scribe done to death (ht 13/01/2009), Journalists protest killing of Uma Singh (rn 13/01/2009)
Govt told to end Kamlari practice (kp 08/01/2009), Cry to declare 5 districts free of Kamalari (ht 09/01/2009), UN urges end to Nepal's Kamalari practice (One World South Asia 09/01/2009), Over 5,000 girls working as kamlaris in mid, far-west, by Damodar Bhandary (ht 12/01/2009)
Censorship of conscience, by Abhi Subedi (kp 07/01/2009)
Armed outfits at forefront of human rights violation (rn 26/12/2008)
Need to protect rights of women, child victims, witnesses of crime, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 25/12/2008)
‘Make status of disappeared people public’ (rn 22/12/2008), ICRC proposes changes in draft law on missing persons (nn 24/12/2008)
Human rights: Dismal Picture (sp 19/12/2008)
Into thin air: The Disappearances Bill seeks cosmetic changes that’ll allow those guilty of crimes to to live in peace, by Sam Howard (kp 17/12/2008)
Study
reveals sordid tales of human bondage: An NGO survey lays bare the
deplorable plight of a majority of women, who work in dance bars and
massage parlours in the Valley, by Laxmi Maharjan (ht 15/12/2008)
Red Cross to help probe Nepal civil war’s missing people (Daily Times 14/12/2008)
Sensitivity urged for VAW news (kp 12/12/2008)
NHRC exposes govt's rights record: PM made to eat humble pie at Int'l Human Rights Day function (ht 11/12/2008), Rights body hauls up ruling coalition for flouting child rights (ht 11/12/2008), Freedom of expression in peril (rn 11/12/2008), Govt firm to safeguard human rights, says PM (rn 11/12/2008), End Impunity (rn 11/12/2008), Existing impunity should be done away with: Subedi (rn 11/12/2008), Maoist victims held, only to be released later (ht 11/12/2008), Right to peaceful assembly violated on HR Day, by Phanindra Dahal (kp 11/12/2008), Sadly, there is widespread ambivalence towards the basic principles of human rights: Whose rights? (kp 12/12/2008), Righting the wrongs (ht 12/12/2008)
Landmine scare (ht 11/12/2008)
Rights and wrongs, by Gopal Krishna Siwakoti (kp 10/12/2008), International Human Rights Day, by Hemanta Raj Dahal (kp 10/12/2008)
Human rights an empty concept without positive action (Scoop 09/12/2008)
NHRC's call to end human rights abuse (ht 07/12/2008)
Local
boost to global campaign against gender violence: The annual
international exercise to safeguard women against all forms of
atrocities has been a non-starter at home, by Kokila KC (ht 01/12/2008)
Regional HR meeting from today (rn 30/11/2008)
Report: cases of school torture on rise in Nepal (Xinhua 30/11/2008)
No justice, by Gyanendra Raj Aran (kp 27/11/2008)
UN official urges women to take on violence (kp 25/11/2008)
ICJ urges effective Disappearance Bill (kp 25/11/2008), Call for adopting bill on missing people in Nepal (Peninsula 27/11/2008)
16-day drive to end gender violence (kp 24/11/2008)
On the rights track, by Richard Bennett (kp 24/11/2008), Towards Respect For Human Rights, by Richard Bennett (rn 24/11/2008)
Nepal violated int’l law: UN: Wants a 2002 disappearance probed, by Manesh Shrestha (kp 22/11/2008)
261 killed last year: State, non-state actors blamed (kp 21/11/2008), Human rights in pathetic state (rn 21/11/2008)
Putting victims on the agenda: Govt’s attempts are not enough to establish a credible Disappearance Commission, by Jyotsna Poudyal (kp 20/11/2008)
Govt to act on NHRC fiats (ht 20/11/2008)
End Torture of Children in Police Custody: Nepali Children’s Day Marred by Ongoing Reports of Abuse (Human Rights Watch 18/11/2008), Police in Nepal torture children in custody: HRW (nn 19/11/2008), Rights group: Nepal police beat kids in custody (iht 19/11/2008), Stop child abuse in police custody: HRW (kp 20/11/2008)
Disappearance bill to be retroactive (kp 16/11/2008), Loopholes in bill on disappearances (ht 16/11/2008)
Women as prey, by Sarita Nepal (kp 14/11/2008)
Strengthening human rights, by Seira Tamang (kp 13/11/2008)
Women Leaders Reject "State of Living Death", by Wolfgang Kerler (Inter Press Service 13/11/2008)
Nine girls en route to Indian brothels rescued (nn 09/11/2008)
A daughter's kidnapping in Nepal, by Kamala Sarup (Scoop 09/11/2008)
Where’ve all the missing Kamlari gone?, by Durgalal KC (kp 09/11/2008), Increasing number of young girls sold as Kamlaris go missing in Dang (nn 12/11/2008)
Regulate trade in small arms: HR workers (kp 07/11/2008)
64 Rights activists faced risk in 3 months (kp 05/11/2008)
Report condition of 33 missing: Supreme Court (kp 04/11/2008)
Duhabi tense after APF excesses (rn 03/11/2008)
An alliance for rights: NHRC and OHCHR have complementary roles to play in the protection of human rights, by Jyotsna Poudyal (kp 28/10/2008)
A true story of a disappearance in Nepal, by Kamala Sarup (OpEdNews 28/10/2008)
Human Rights: A Crosscutting Issue, by Ambar Mainali (rn 22/10/2008)
OHCHR and NHRC organise workshop on transitional justice (nn 20/10/2008)
Somalis in Nepal seek refugee status, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp 16/10/2008), Mean nation (kp 25/10/2008)
Military justice system questioned (kp 30/09/2008)
5 minors living with shrapnel injuries, by Santosh Pokharel (kp 18/09/2008)
Enact strict torture law: Activists (kp 16/09/2008)
Illegal Tibetans to be returned (nn 11/09/2008) [Handing over Tibetan refugees to the authoritarian Chinese authorities is a fundamental crime against humanity!!]
Transitional justice in South Asia, by Gopal Krishna Siwakoti (kp 09/09/2008)
Int’l day of dissappeared persons: Kin of 1200 missing still waiting in agony (kp 30/08/2008), Human rights body takes up missing’s cause (ht 30/08/2008), Call to make disappeared’s status public (ht 30/08/2008), No habeas corpus: The frustration of and with activism on disappearances in Southasia, by Ingrid Massage (hs 01/09/2008), Where Are They?, by Nandalal Tiwari (rn 05/09/2008), Cases of disappeared: Trauma of Conflict, by Keshab Poudel (sp 05/09/2008), In memory of disappeared, by Navaraj Pudasaini (kp 07/09/2008)
Police beat up Maoist victims (kp 30/08/2008)
OHCHR finds holes in Kapilvastu riot probe (ht 27/08/2008)
‘YF violating human rights’ (kp 09/08/2008)
Standing up for their rights, by Pawan Neupane (kp 09/08/2008)
‘HR worsening in mid and far west’ (kp 08/08/2008), HR violation cases up in far west (rn 12/08/2008)
52 killed in first quarter (rn 05/08/2008)
Police bar women activists from protesting semi-nude (nn 03/08/2008) [The
continued beating of unprotected persons with wooden sticvks by the
police violates human dignity and is a crime that comes close to
attempted murder!!!], At least six women injured, dozens arrested (kp 04/08/2008), 70 women taken in police custody (ht 04/08/2008), NHRC cautions against excessive use of force (kp 04/08/2008), We want law against “intersectionality” abuse, interview with Sapana Malla Pradhan (kp 04/08/2008), Govt forms task force to end VAW: Women denounce structure (kp 05/08/2008), Women’s demand (kp 05/08/2008), Women rights activists suspend strike (nn 05/08/2008), Women end strike (nn 06/08/2008), Women end protest after task force expanded (kp 07/08/2008)
Nepal records least human rights violation in South Asia (nn 01/08/2008)
Legitimize prostitution: sex workers (rn 29/07/2008)
HRW slams govt for assaulting Tibetans (kp 25/07/2008), Govt violating Tibetan protesters’ rights: HRW (ht 25/07/2008), HRW claims Nepal suppressing Tibetan protests under Chinese pressure (nn 25/07/2008) [see HRW report]
Kotwada Victims Await Justice: Gov't needs to take any action against those involved in grave human rights violations, by Pratibedan Baidya (on 24/07/2008)
AWC questions US firm's report (kp 15/07/2008), Don’t pardon criminals, says rights activist (ht 15/07/2008), Pardoning the perpetrators, by Mallika Aryal (nt 18/07/2008), The long, long wait: Families of the disappeared want truth and justice, by Ramkumar Bhandari (nt 18/07/2008)
OHCHR tenure over: NHRC Commissioner says it has been weakening rights movement here, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 12/07/2008) [???]
Daughter-in-law tortured over dowry (kp 01/07/2008), Woman thrashed, expelled from home over dowry, by Prabhat Kumar Jha (ht 01/07/2008)
HR bodies stress more efforts to end torture (kp 27/06/2008), UN Day against Torture: Torture rampant in Nepal: NHRC (ht 27/06/2008)
Culture of impunity in Nepal, by Dipendra Jha (ht 27/06/2008)
Begin at the beginning: The disappearances, impunity and terror started 23 years ago, by CK Lal (nt 20/06/2008)
OHCHR-Nepal visits Kapilvastu victims (kp 19/06/2008)
OHCHR lashes out at police highhandedness (nn 30/05/2008)
Truth and reconciliation, by Gopal Krishna Siwakoti (kp 29/05/2008), Politics of impunity, by Gauri Pradhan (kp 29/05/2008)
Human rights situation hasn't improved significantly: AI (nn 28/05/2008), YCL violating rights with impunity: AI (ht 29/05/2008), YCL, police involved in massive HR violations: AI (kp 30/05/2008)
NHRC paints grim rights scene (ht 27/05/2008)
Cops torture teens caught stealing, by Himal Dhungel (ht 17/05/2008)
SC to govt: Enact law against excessive force (kp 13/05/2008), SC fiat to criminalise excessive use of force (ht 13/05/2008)
Protect torture victim Lama: AI (kp 30/04/2008)
Rights violation of minors still rampant: UN report (nn 24/04/2008)
12 students hurt in police baton-charge (kp 23/04/2008)
Stop illegal detention of Tibetans: HRW (kp 21/04/2008),HRW concerned over illegal detention of Tibetans (nn 21/04/2008)
UML voter accidentally attacked by UML cadre! (kp 03/04/2008) [This
is not a political incidence as the police claims but a crime. The
offender should stop to call himself 'human rights activist'!!], Violence against women in politics alarming (kp 03/04/2008)
AI, HRW ask PM to restore rights of Tibetans (kp 02/04/2008), AI, HRW rap govt for curbing Tibetan refugees’ movement (ht 02/04/2008)
CA polls and human rights, by Navaraj Pudasaini (kp 01/04/2008)
NHRC to blacklist rights violators (ht 29/03/2008)
Why the deafening silence?, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp 19/03/2008) [on the open or silent support of attrocities against Tibetan people committed by the Chinese authorities and the Nepali police!!], Rights activists condemn police action on Tibetans' demonstrations (nn 19/03/2008), Human Rights Watch urges Nepal to stop crackdown on Tibetan protesters (iht 20/03/2008), Nepal action on Tibet 'excessive' (BBC News 20/03/2008), End Attacks, Arbitrary Arrests, and Harassment of Tibetans: Nepali Government Should Stop Doing Beijing’s Bidding, by Human Rights Watch (20/03/2008), Stop harassing Tibetans: HRW (kp 21/03/2008)
US slams Nepal human rights record (ht 13/03/2008) [see report by U.S. Department of State, 11 March 2008]
They are guilty too, by Ramesh Dahal (kp 08/03/2008)
Political developments affecting HR (kp 06/03/2008)
HR Council Meeting: Nepal committed to HR: Sahana (kp 05/03/2008)
Ensure accountability to protect HR: Arbour (kp 04/03/2008), OHCHR praises progress in human rights situation (nn 04/03/2008), No TRC through ordinance: Victims (kp 04/03/2008)
Gross HR violations in tarai: NHRC (kp 23/02/2008), NHRC says human rights situation has worsened in Terai (nn 29/02/2008)
Disappearance bill on anvil, by Kiran Chapagain (kp 21/02/2008)
514 killed in 2007 by non-state actors: INSEC (ht 20/02/2008), Human Rights Situation (rn 21/02/2008)
Maina Sunuwar, 15, Killed 4 Years Ago; Justice Denied, by Richard Bennett (Nepal Monitor 18/02/2008)
The basis of the TRC, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp 15/02/2008), ‘Political will needed to end impunity’ (kp 17/02/2008)
Impunity remains unchecked in Nepal: Kang (nn 04/02/2008)
Father repays with daughter after losing in gambling (nn 03/02/2008)
NHRC seeks action against 3 security men (kp 01/02/2008)
Overlooking TRC, by Navaraj Pudasaini (kp 01/02/2008)
Senior UN human rights official to visit Nepal (nn 29/01/2008)
Human rights and sovereignty, by Trilochan Upreti (kp 24/01/2008))
Uphold human rights: NHRC (kp 23/01/2008)
OHCHR-Nepal hands over human rights pocketbook to Nepal Police (nn 17/01/2008)
Envoys meet Sitaula to raise concern on disappearance bill (nn 15/01/2008)
'Guarantee security to human rights defenders' (nn 12/01/2008)
Western diplomats express concern over TRC bill (nn 11/01/2008)
Woman forced to sign agreement with torturers, by Jitendra Khadka (kp 09/01/2008)
OHCHR urges govt to delay TRC bill (kp 05/01/2008)
Impunity Prohibition Act, by Raj Kumar Siwakoti (kp 05/01/2008), Justice for a just society, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp 05/01/2008)
Govt neglects Maina case: Activists (kp 04/01/2008)
House
panel to summon PM, army chief over Shivapuri (kp 23/12/2007), Helter-skelter (kp 24/12/2007), Shivapuri Site: Govt unwilling to probe past atrocities: HRW (kp 30/12/2007) [A 'new Nepal' will never have any chance as long as the crimes of the past are not punished!!]
HR
defenders rap criminalization in politics (kp 23/12/2007)
‘Safeguard
rights of Nepali workers abroad’ (kp 22/12/2007)
Fatal
prejudices, by Deepa Bhatta (kp 22/12/2007)
I
know my rights (kp 11/12/2007)
HR
violation on the rise: NHRC (kp 09/12/2007)
‘Implement
UN Resolution 1325’ (kp 08/12/2007)
Single women narrate woes: Some
face sexual exploitation from in-laws (kp 06/12/2007)
Kin
seek whereabouts of disappeared, by Dambar Singh Rai (kp 06/12/2007)
Is
politics fuelling human trafficking, too?, by Surendra Phuyal (kp 05/12/2007)
Women
forced out of home over dowry, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp 04/12/2007)
'Adopt victim centred approach to deal with sexual violence' (kp 27/11/2007)
Govt to set up 3 rehabs for trafficking victims (kp 24/11/2007)
Sexual minorities warn of agitation against 'discrimination' (nn 19/11/2007)
Thousands of students and teachers abducted in Nepal in 5 years: UNESCO report (nn 09/11/2007)
Deteriorating rights situation, by Navaraj Pudasaini (kp 08/11/2007)
No improvement in HR situation: NHRC (kp 07/11/2007)
Nepal ready to promote human rights: Acharya (nn 31/10/2007)
Women accused of witchcraft, tortured (kp 17/10/2007)
EU unveils plan to support human rights defenders in Nepal (nn 10/10/2007), EU initiative for rights defenders (kp 11/10/2007)
Statement by Richard Bennett,
Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
in Nepal - Delivered at a media briefing at OHCHR-Nepal, Kathmandu
(Relief Web 01/10/2007)
Masculine aggression, by Sorrel Retchford (kp 21/09/2007)
HR bodies voice solidarity with Badis (kp 20/09/2007)
Human rights lawyer threatened: AI (nn 29/08/2007)
HR in Siraha, Saptari grim (kp 09/08/2007)
OHCHR concerned about Truth and Reconciliation Commission Bill (nn 03/08/2007), Truth, reconciliation bill dismays OHCHR (kp 04/08/2007)
CoAS Katawal to face human rights questions while in UK (nn 23/07/2007), Rights defenders protest Katawal’s UK visit (kp 25/07/2007), Nepal army chief's Britain visit stirs fresh controversy (wi 25/07/2007)
Govt weakening rights bodies: activists (samn 21/07/2007)
Nepal urged to ratify Rome Statute (kp 18/07/2007), Rights groups ask govt to accede to Rome Statute (nn 25/07/2007)
Torture Persists in Democratic Nepal, Say Advocates, by Haider Rizvi (One World 16/07/2007)
AI, ICJ ask govt to ratify Rome Statute (samn 07/07/2007)
OHCHR concerned over Disappearance Commission (kp 06/07/2007)
Three injured as police baton charge at army petrol pump (nn 02/07/2007) [The "security" forces will never learn to respect fundamental human rights!!], 3 hurt in police-motorists scuffle over fuel (kp 03/07/2007)
Most dangerous disappearing act, by Chris Randall (kp 30/06/2007)
Rights organisations want end to torture (nn 26/06/2007), 1,313 torture cases after April movement (kp 26/06/2007), UN asks Nepal for torture law (wi 26/06/2007), Torture still exists in Nepal: report (samn 27/06/2007), Nepal asked to curb torture (Peninsula)
Human rights and democracy, by Narayan Prasad Wagle (kp 20/06/2007)
Govt slams UNHCR on urban refugees, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp 20/06/2007)
‘Protect human rights defenders’ (kp 16/06/2007)
'Anti-trafficking efforts ineffective' (samn 14/06/2007)
APF men beat us up: locals (kp 09/06/2007)
Bennett named as new OHCHR chief in Nepal (nn 08/06/2007)
Even wars have limits: Humanitarian law still has an important role in Nepal, by Raoul Forster (nt 08/06/2007), Int'l laws being ignored in Nepal: ICRC (samn 08/06/2007)
Disappearance bill should meet int’l standards: Sundh (kp 26/05/2007)
Defending human rights at UN committee, by Trilochan Upreti (kp 21/05/2007)
NHRC laments human rights abuses during Terai agitations (nn 29/04/2007), NHRC concerned over rights violations in Terai (kp 30/04/2007)
'HR information must be communicated' (kp 26/04/2007), 80 killed in clashes in one year: report (samn 26/04/2007), ‘Rights situation better' (samn 26/04/2007), UN brings together local leaders for talks on human rights in peace process (UN News Centre 26/04/2007)
OHCHR expresses concerns over disappeared people (nn 24/04/2007)
Anti-disappearance laws in the offing, by Kiran Chapagain (kp 23/04/2007)
UN rights experts arriving today (kp 22/04/2007), UNHCR experts arrive on 6-days visit (samn 23/04/2007)
OHCHR-Nepal calls for probing disappearances (sp 20/04/2007)
Weaknesses of law enforcement agencies responsible for Gaur massacre: OHCHR (nn 20/04/2007), Police, CDO did not act on time (kp 27/04/2007)
Impunity on the rise: NHRC (kp 20/04/2007)
Carter's team finds high level of fear, violence in Nepal (wi 17/04/2007), OHCHR, NHRC discuss rights issues with leaders, civil society activists (nn 17/04/2007)
Bhairavnath probe termination likely, by Kiran Chapagain (kp 12/04/2007), Uncertainty over Bhairavnath probe draws OHCHR concern (kp 13/04/2007), UN body seeks probe into disappearances (samn 13/04/2007), Dashed hope (kp 14/04/2007)
'Planned disappearance massive' (samn 09/04/2007)
NHRC records 640 cases of human rights abuses in four months (nn 03/04/2007)
Ratify Rome statute immediately, say experts (nn 30/03/2007)
Gyawali to attend UN Human Rights Council meeting (nn 12/03/2007)
Rights situation improving: US report (nn 07/03/2007) [see report], Some improvement in Nepal HR situation: US, by Kiran Chapagain (kp 07/03/2007)
Anti-trafficking strategy should incorporate rights-based approach, says Sundh (nn 07/03/2007)
Rights situation improved after democracy: INSEC (nn 20/02/2007), Rights situation improved after political change: OHCHR (nn 22/02/2007), Implementation of HR pacts unsatisfactory: OHCHR (kp 23/02/2007)
Refugees, asylum seekers continue sit-in (kp 31/01/2007), Refugees, asylum seekers end stir (kp 02/02/2007)
ICJ urges Nepal to ratify Convention against Enforced Disappearances (nn 29/01/2007)
56 rights violation cases in Tanahun (samn 26/01/2007)
Arbour visits Sindhupalchowk (nn 23/01/2007), Arbour's second visit, by Sushil Pyakurel (kp 23/01/2007), Arbour takes stock in Sindhupalchowk (kp 24/01/2007)
Rights situation improved markedly after April change: HRW (nn 12/01/2007), Right Turn: The latest report of Human Rights Watch (HRW) notes marked improvement in rights situation (sp 19/01/2007)
UN refugee agency reduces assistance to urban refugees (nn 08/01/2007), Refugees to stage sit in at UNHCR (kp 08/01/2007), Refugees stage sit-in against UNHCR (kp 09/01/2007)
Human rights violation still on: NHRC (samn 01/01/2007)
HR abuse still on but numbers are less (samn 26/12/2006)
Louise Arbour to Visit Nepal in January (samn 25/12/2006), UN human rights chief to visit Nepal in January (nn 29/12/2006), Arbour arriving today (nn 19/01/2007), End of 11-year conflict a great achievement: Arbour (nn 19/01/2007)
AFAD 3rd congress kicked off (kp 17/12/2006)
Nepal ranks third in human rights violations (nn 14/12/2006)
OHCHR worried about violent demos, police actions (nn 05/12/2006), Over dozen agitating students injured in police action (nn 05/12/2006), 20 students, 4 cops injured (kp 05/12/2006), Cops’ highhandedness reminiscent of April: OHCHR (kp 06/12/2006), Use of force on students concerns OHCHR (samn)
Siraha’s good soldier (nt 01/12/2006)
Implement Resolution 1325 for protection and promotion of women’s rights: Sundh (nn 28/11/2006)
Rights bodies demand to stop torture in custody (nn 23/11/2006)
New OHCHR-Nepal chief arrives (nn 13/11/2006), Human rights basis for sustainable peace: Sundh (nn 15/11/2006)
After long legal battle, torture victim’s family finally receives compensation (nn 07/11/2006), Family of torture victim recompensed years later, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp 07/11/2006)
Political parties urged to protect right (samn 04/11/2006)
Arbour tables report on Nepal at UN General Assembly (nn 19/10/2006)
Human Rights Watch honors Nepali activist (Relief Web 18/10/2006)
Rome Treaty ends impunity, by Lalit Bahadur Basnet (kp 11/10/2006)
Landmine
victims barely survive (samn 21/09/2006)
HR
situation ‘improved significantly’ in Nepal: Arbour (nn
20/09/2006)
Kamlaris
in Dang: Young Tharu girls sold into indentured labour are slowly being
brought home, by Suman Pradhan (nt 15/09/2006)
Landmines
kill nearly 1,300 in Nepal (samn 12/09/2006)
Bhairavnath
detained 66: NHRC (kp 28/08/2006)
Prime
minister committed to ratifying ICC Statute (kp 27/08/2006)
Girl
at mental hospital wants to be rescued (kp 25/08/2006)
OHCHR
demands revision in army bill, by Kiran Chapagain (kp 22/08/2006)
Tortured
repeatedly, a pro-democracy activist battles for life
(nn 14/08/2006)
Janakpur
to Geneva: a ‘disappeared’ trail, by Kosh Raj Koirala & Guna
Raj Luitel (kp 13/08/2006)
Nepal
joins the cause of 'comfort women' (wi 09/08/2006)
From
guns to grown-up jobs: Women and children are vulnerable to the effects of
conflict, but are more resilient than expected, by Marty Logan (nt
04/08/2006)
Govt
asked to ratify ICC treaty (kp 04/08/2006)
U.S.
Senate Discusses Landmines: Campaigners in Nepal urge Nepalese government
to sign the Ottawa Convention, by Rajan Pokhrel (on 02/08/2006)
Make
torture a crime in Nepal: activists (samn 28/07/2006)
602
people still missing: Govt report ‘Form all-powerful commission’
(kp 27/07/2006)
Make
whereabouts of Yadav public: HURON (samn 27/07/2006)
Nepali
parliament directs gov't to sign Rome Statute
(pd 26/07/2006), Importance
of ICC (kp 27/07/2006)
Come
back, Ian: Why has Kofi yanked off the UN’s human rights man just when
Nepal needs him the most? by Kanak Mani Dixit (nt 21/07/2006)
Nepalese
Circus Girls Tortured: Indian industry accused of routinely abusing
workers, by Ram Hari Sapkota (Ohmy News 19/07/2006)
Nepal:
Women Face Widespread Violence; Even home is not safe when laws to protect
women are not seriously implemented, by Rajan Pokhrel (Ohmy News
17/07/2006)
A
miracle called Nagen Sunuwar, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp 16/07/2006)
Can’t
get away with torture: Torture is still not a crime in Nepal despite this
country having signed the UN convention against it, by Naresh Newar
(nt 14/07/2006)
Maoists
torture bigamist (kp 14/07/2006), Maoists
continuing atrocities; tortures one on the charge of polygamy (nn
14/07/2006)
NHRC
indicts army for Kotwada killings [Political
and moral responsibility goes to their then supreme commander!] (kp
10/07/2006)
NA
soldiers beat locals, by Shiva Puri (kp 08/07/2006)
Torture
widespread in Nepal: Report (nn 07/07/2006)
Father
seeks son’s whereabouts, by Kamal Panthi (kp 06/07/2006)
Action
against rights violators sought (kp 27/06/2006)
Stringent
law sought to stop torture (samn 27/06/2006)
No
justice for torture victims (kp 27/06/2006)
Law
against enforced disappearance, by Mohan Kumar Karna (kp 27/06/2006)
Police
involved in abduction: OHCHR concerned
(kp 25/06/2006)
World
Refugee Day being observed; UNHCR unhappy with Nepal (nn 20/06/2006), UNHCR
unhappy with Nepal, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp 20/06/2006)
917
people still missing: NHRC (kp 17/06/2006)
Asian
rights body concerned at Nepal HR (samn 16/06/2006)
‘Tortured’
detainee in national park dies in hospital, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp
14/06/2006)
DPM
Oli leaves for Switzerland (rn 13/06/2006), Oli
to appraise UN on rights situation (samn 13/06/2006)
Squatters
injured in evacuation drive (kp 11/06/2006)
13-yr-old
girl left to fend for herself (samn 09/06/2006) [Take
the king and his former army into responsibility!]
Army
refutes report (kp 07/06/2006)
Govt
urged to end ‘impunity’ (kp 05/06/2006)
Govt.
not serious in the issue of Human Rights: Rights Activists (nn
01/06/2006)
Control
small arms: AI to Govt (kp 29/05/2006)
Building
Unity Of Purpose (sp 26/05/2006)
Majority
of people trafficked are girls and women: Study (nn 24/05/2006)
Rights
situation sharply deteriorated during King’s direct rule: AI (nn
24/05/2006), HR
during king's rule grim: AI (kp 24/05/2006)
HoR
forms panels to probe Nagarkot, Belbari incidents (nn 11/05/2006)
Govt,
Maoists urged to respect rights (samn 05/05/2006)
Torture
‘conducted on systematic basis’ in Nepal: UN rapporteur
(UN News Centre 03/05/2006), ‘Torture
systematic in Nepal’ (kp 04/05/2006)
Forces
grossly violated HR in Belbari: HRTMC (kp 02/05/2006)
"Will
they beat us?" Nine-year-old Pratikshya Gurung finds herself in
prison (nt 21/04/2006)
Rights
Situation Continues to Exacerbate In 2005: INSEC (nln 10/04/2006), ‘HR
situation worsned after Feb 1’ (kp 10/04/2006), Rights
situation deteriorated in 2005: INSEC (nn 10/04/2006)
Trafficking
survivors for life of dignity (kp 04/04/2006)
13-yr-old
domestic escapes from 'hell' (samn 24/03/2006)
Sheer
madness (kp 22/03/2006)
Bruised
and battered, cop seeks help (kp 22/03/2006), Bagale
charged with public offence (kp 23/03/2006), Court
orders judicial custody to Bagale (nn 24/03/2006), Court
remands sacked cop Bagale (kp 24/03/2006), Court
releases Bagale (nn 29/03/2006), Bagale
freed (kp 29/03/2006)
Community
mediation helping poor, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (kp 15/03/2006)
AHRC
concerned over safety of cop (samn 02/03/2006)
Nepal:
Police on ‘Sexual Cleansing’ Drive; Transgender People Routinely
Subjected to Physical and Sexual Abuse (Human Rights Watch
12/01/2006), Nepal:
Police on 'Sexual Cleansing' Drive (Reuters AlertNet 12/01/2006), Letter
to Nepal's Minister of Justice and Minister of Home Affairs: On the
arbitrary arrest and police violence against transgender people (Human
Rights Watch, 13/01/2006), Nepal
cops on 'sexual cleansing drive': rights watchdog (wi 13/01/2006), Nepal
gays fight for Indian peers (wi 13/01/2006), Nepal
transsexual 'abuse' concern (BBC News 13/01/2006), Nepal
Accused Of 'Sexual Cleansing' (364Gay.com 13/01/2006), Nepal
police step up attacks on transgender people (Advocate 14/01/2006), Group
petitions Nepal on transgender rights, by Christopher Curtis (Gay.com
16/01/2006), Nepal “abusing”
transsexuals, by Ben Townley (Gay.com 17/01/2006)
Asylum
seekers protest UNHCR (samn 11/01/2006), Resettlement
process of protesting asylum-seekers underway: UNHCR (nn 16/01/2006), UNHCR
Clarifies On Refugees Issue (nln 16/01/2006), UNHCR's
no on written guarantee for refugees (kp 17/01/2006)
Girls
sold for sexploitation in India's residential areas (kp 04/01/2006)
Declare
torture as criminal offense: Activists (nn 02/01/2006), Torture
widespread: Study (kp 03/01/2006)
Human
Rights Resource Centre comes into operation (nn 09/12/2005)
UN
panel says torture is widespread in Nepal (Peninsula 26/11/2005), Nepal
troops draw UN flak for torture
(samn 26/11/2005)
UN
Committee against torture begins review of Nepal report
(nn 10/11/2005)
The
Conflict in Nepal: Gender and Human Rights Perspectives, by Geeta
Pathak Sangroula (tg 09/11/2005)
45
prison stints, but still fighting for democracy
(wi 09/11/2005)
15
years in Pakistani jail for no reason, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp
25/10/2005)
Role
Of The OHCHR In The Protection Of Human Rights, by Lalit Bdr. Basnet
(sp 02/09/2005)
Locals,
police clash 18 arrested, 60 injured (kp 31/07/2005)
Beyond
the risk-talk, by Anil Bhattarai (kp 16/07/2005)
Cops
harass family without proof (kp 02/05/2005)
Brutal
Start to Nepali New Year as Police Beat Metis, by Sunil Pant (UK Gay
News 14/04/2005), Rights
group accuses cops of thrashing metis (ht 20/04/2005)
Rights
abuses increase by three-fold: INSEC (rn 31/01/2005)
UN
rights chief urges govt, rebels to sign HR accord (kp 25/01/2005), NHRC
meet urges govt, Maoists to sign HRA (kp 26/01/2005), Human
rights accord (kp 26/01/2005), Human
rights visitors and political will, by Seira Tamang (kp 26/01/2005), Curb
impunity: Arbour (kp 27/01/2005), UN
rights official asks Maoists to come to talks: Strong message sent to
rebels to respect popular wish (rn 27/01/2005), Call
To Respect Rights (rn 28/01/2005), RNA
sore over news tainting its image (rn 29/01/2005)
Mission
human rights, by Bipin Adhikari (kp 24/01/2005)
3
rearrested by police (kp 23/01/2005)
Reverse
discrimination, by Prerana Marasini (kp 21/01/2005)
Rising
extra-judicial killings worries AI (kp 21/01/2005), 'Govt,
Maoists should sign rights accord' (rn 21/01/2005)
Breadwinner
killed by RNA, family left destitute (kp 19/01/2005)
Appeal
for release of arrested kin (kp 17/01/2005)
HR
Watch raps army (kp 15/01/2005)
International
Concerns (rn 13/01/2005)
Human
rights (kp 07/01/2005)
Human
rights violation, by Yadav Khanal (kp 06/01/2005)
Probe
indicts RNA of killing NC cadre (kp 06/01/2005)
Safekeeping
rights of people, by Binod P Bista (kp 05/01/2005)
RNA
warns rights activists against falling prey to Maoist propaganda (ht
01/01/2005), Refute
‘baseless news’: Army chief to SC, by Kiran Chapagain (kp
06/01/2005)
For older links see
archive
Background
Landmines
Nepal, the unseen danger in Nepal
Stop
dissappearnces in Nepal, a web site organized by Asian Human Rights
Commission (AHRC), Kong Kong
Between
a Rock and a Hard Place: Civilians Struggle to Survive in Nepal’s Civil
War, a report by Human Rights Watch (07/10/2004)
Nepal
Human rights defenders under threat (Amnesty International,
28/07/2004)
Victims
of conflict, press release by INSEC, 11 December 2003
Nepal:
Widespread "disappearances" in the context of armed conflict
(Amnesty International, 16/10/2003)
A
Deepening Human Rights Crisis (Amnesty International, 19/12/2002)
A
Spiralling Human Rights Crisis (Amnesty International, 04/04/2002)
Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2008, by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, February 25, 2009
Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007, by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, March 11, 2008
Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2006, by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, March 6, 2007
Country
Report on Human Rights Practices 2005, by U.S. Department of State,
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, 08/03/2006
Country
Report on Human Rights Practices 2004, by U.S. Department of State, 28/02/2005
Country
Report on Human Rights Practices 2003, by U.S. Department of State,
25/02/2004
Country
Report on Human Rights Practices 2002, by U.S. Department of State,
31/03/2003
Country
Report on Human Rights Practices 2001, by U.S. Department of State,
March 2002
Country
Report on Human Rights Practices 2000, by U.S. Department
of State, February 2001
Country
Report on Human Rights Practices 1999, by
U.S. Department of State, 25 February 2000
Country
Report on Human Rights Practices 1998, by
U.S. Department of State, 26 February 1999
Human
Rights and People's War in Nepal
Human
Rights Watch reports and papers on Nepal
Amnesty
International reports and papers on Nepal
Amnesty
International Report 2004, Nepal Summary (January - December 2003)
Amnesty
International Report 2003, Nepal Summary (January -
December 2002)
Amnesty
International Report 2002 (January - December 2001)
Amnesty
International Report 2001 (January - December 2000)
amnesty
international report 2000
amnesty international Jahresbericht: 2002,
2001,
2000,
1999,
1998, 1997, 1996 (in German)
Amnesty
International, Nepal section
Informal
Sector Service Centre (INSEC), including the internet versions of the Yearbooks 2001,
2000, 1999,
1997, 1996,
1995, 1994,
1993, 1992
Refugees
in Nepal
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