Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong Around two hundred Nepalese have been witnessed to be crossing the border into India every hour, escaping the atrocities of both government and Maoist […]
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Appendix II: List of some known forced disappearances in Nepal 1999-2004
NAME DISTRICT SUB-DISTRICT 1 Aaite Muktan Kathmandu Lapsephadi-7 2 Aakash Lama Sindhupalchok Sindhupalchok 3 Aalaram Pun Rolpa Harjang-1 4 Aasta Raj Bajracharya Lalitpur Bhichhu Bahal 5 Abdual Gumar Kathmandu Kalikasthan […]
Appendix I: Taking and killing: Recent forced disappearances and extrajudicial killings committed by the Nepalese security forces
Advocacy Forum, Kathmandu, Nepal A. Taking: Forced disappearances and quashed habeas corpus bids 1. Anjan Kumar Rawat, a 51-year-old farmer and permanent resident of Katari-8, Udayapur District, was arrested by […]
What the absence of parliament means for the rule of law and society in Nepal
Basil Fernando, Executive Director, Asian Human Rights Commission This April 2004, democratic groups in Nepal have been engaged in daily demonstrations in the capital. They have been brutally attacked by […]
The government of Nepal must stop the deliberate use of cruel and unnecessary force
Asian Human Rights Commission A group of journalists, law practitioners, intellectuals and human rights activists have come from various parts of Nepal to participate in the five-day (April 4?) Consultation […]
Legal measures for torture prevention in Nepal
Rajendra Ghimire, Advocate, Supreme Court, Kathmandu, Nepal Nepal is passing through a difficult time in its history. The present conflict has affected our society, communities, the national economy, the quality […]