Editorial board, article 2 The daily escalating disappearances, killings, torture and other gross abuses of human rights committed by the state security forces in Nepal are the subject of this […]
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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 […]
Appendix IV: Nepalese exodus from impending disaster cannot be ignored
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 […]
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 […]
Waiting for answers in Thailand
Editorial board, article 2 Scant respect for the physical integrity of human beings remains one of the major obstacles to the realisation of human rights in Asia. This is manifest […]
Urgent Appeals File: Tahmeena & Abida Bhutto–A trip to visit grandparents ends in an unmarked grave
Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong & Human Rights Education Forum, Pakistan On 1 May 2004, Tahmeena Bhutto, 17, and her cousin Abida Bhutto, 18, left their village of Jano, […]
The mechanics of ‘honour’ in Pakistan
Iqbal Detho, Coordinator, Human Rights Education Forum, Pakistan & Amélie Barras, Researcher, Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong Pakistani society is built on the Purdah system, which discourages contact between […]
naccessible justice in Pakistan
Ali Saleem, Project Coordinator, Asian Legal Resource Centre, Hong Kong Access to justice has emerged as a top priority and main area of international funding in Pakistan in recent years. […]
Effects of Pakistan’s Legal Framework Order on the judiciary
Naeem Shakir, Advocate, Lahore High Court, Pakistan The Legal Framework Order, or LFO as it is commonly known, has been under fire inside and outside Pakistan for the changes it […]