Archive human rights general 2004

... And they cut my tongue, living martyr Khadka says, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp 08/11/2004)
A report of the gruesome police atrocities in defence of the absolute royal system in 1990, but also an accusation against the neglect of party political leaders

Man sent to 180 days detention (kp 08/11/2004)

King to pardon 12 women convicted of abortion, by Kiran Chapagain (kp 08/11/2004)

Circus agents on the prowl, victims live in fear, by Pratap Bista (kp 07/11/2004)

“The Use Of Torture Is Rising Exponentially”, interview with Bhogendra Sharma, president of Center for Victims of Torture, Nepal (CVICT) (sp 05/11/2004), Use of Torture: A Terrible Situation, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 05/11/2004)

HR workers briefly detained (kp 05/11/2004), Human rightists against amended TADO Clauses (rn 05/11/2004), An unpatriotic act: TADO will foster more impunity, by Seira Tamang (nt 05/11/2004)

‘Torture Compensation Act ineffective’ (kp 01/11/2004)

RNA to tell SC whole truth on Yadav, Magar (ht 01/10/2004), Nidhi skeptical of Cabinet’s reply on Maoists (kp 01/11/2004), ‘Govt to make public two Maoist leaders’ condition’ (rn 01/11/2004), Govt claims not to have detained Yadav, Ale Magar (ni 02/11/2004) Ministry mum on Magar (ht 03/11/2004), RNA too mum on Ale Magar (ht 04/11/2004), Yadav in detention under TADA: RNA (kp 04/11/2004), Yadav, Magar detained in Kanchanpur, by Kiran Chapagain (kp 07/11/2004)

Rights issue a challenge for South Asia, by Akanshya Shah (ht 01/11/2004)

Police patrol kills youth (kp 30/10/2004)

SC notices to PMO, army on illegal detentions (ht 26/10/2004), Defence ministry denies hand in ‘detention’ (ht 28/10/2004), Ministry ‘ignorant’ of arrests (kp 28/10/2004), RNA contradicts defense ministry’s denial (kp 29/10/2004)

Garuda bazaar remains tense after locals clash with cops (ht 25/10/2004)

Mystery shrouds detainee’s death, kin of 3 others worried, by Hem Dulal (ht 21/10/2004)

NC to protest against TADO provision (kp 20/10/2004), Draconian ordinance (kp 20/10/2004), TADO worsens HR situation: US rights group (kp 27/10/2004), NHRC flays TADA ordinance (ht 28/10/2004), Danger from draconian measure, by Shreedhar Gautam (kp 28/10/2004), UML cries foul over TADO provision (kp 29/10/2004), The sword above our heads: TADO may be part of Deuba’s preparation for elections, by CK Lal (nt 29/10/2004), Bar slams TADO, threatens stir (kp 30/10/2004), TADO provision draws scorn (kp 01/11/2004), Mixed views aired on anti-terror ordinance (rn 01/11/2004), TADO draws flak from all sides (kp 02/11/2004), TADO a major step backward: Human Rights Watch (ni 02/11/2004), Coalition leaders express 'ignorance' over TADO (ni 02/11/2004), Govt. can withdraw the TADO provision: Experts (ni 02/11/2004), SC notices to govt on TADO (ht 03/11/2004), SC issues show cause on TADO (kp 03/11/2004)

Police come clean on disappearances before SC (ht 20/10/2004)

RNA releases lawyer-journalist (kp 19/10/2004)

Security bodies cock snook at SC's directives (ht 19/10/2004)

Human Rights For Peace, Progress, Prosperity, by Bharat Lal Rajbhandari (rn 18/10/2004)

Illegal detention (ht 15/10/2004)

Interference in the name of human rights?, by PR Pradhan, a blatant attack against the open critique of HRW and AI as it is typical for human rights offending states (pr 14/10/2004)

Conflict causing gross rights violations (kp 14/10/2004)

AI seeks info on missing (ht 14/10/2004), AI shows concern for party activists’ detention (kp 14/10/2004)

SC directs Home Ministry to file report on missing (ht 13/10/2004), SC gives 3 days for information on 447 missing persons (rn 13/10/2004), UN special rapporteur to assess cases of missing (ht), Security agencies duping court, by Kiran Chapagain (kp 13/10/2004)

Govt makes names of 126 disappeared public (ht 12/10/2004), State of 126 missing public (kp 12/10/2004), Report on whereabouts of 126 persons presented (rn 12/10/2004)

An Abuse Of Authority: The guardians of the state bear the greatest responsibility to behave morally and, hence, the greatest blame when they fail, by Bhogendra Sharma (na 11/10/2004)

‘US Congress concerned over rights abuses’ (kp 09/10/2004)

A climate of intense fear: A 102 page report by Human Rights Watch (nt) [see corresponding report], Diasappeared rights (nt 08/10/2004)

AI team concerned over rights violations (ht 07/10/2004), ‘Give HR teams free access to barracks’ (kp 07/10/2004), AI reports rights violation in Maoist-affected areas (rn 07/10/2004)

SC tells govt to put an end to illegal detentions (ht 07/10/2004)

Army blamed for killing 2 civilians, raping women (kp 06/10/2004)

Kin of missing to begin fast unto death (ht 06/10/2004)

UN rights experts to visit Nepal, by Dikshya Thakuri (ht 01/10/2004)

35 locals beaten for no reason (kp 30/09/2004)

Human trafficking cases on rise (ht 27/09/2004), Concern over human trafficking report (kp 27/09/2004)

Duped whammy: Torture follows trickery, by Razen Manandhar (ht 26/09/2004)

NHRC threatens to go international (kp 25/09/2004), RNA, govt draw NHRC flak (ht 25/09/2004), Donors envoys find fault in rights record (ht 25/09/2004), What it means to internationalize HR issues, by Tilak P. Pokharel (kp 18/11/2004)

Torture As A Tool: The trend to use extreme forms of torture as a tool to subdue others is disturbingly growing along with the escalation of insurgency, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 24/09/2004)

Govt directed to provide info on missing in 3 days (ht 22/09/2004)

Rising number of torture cases worry activists (ht 21/09/2004), Torture victims tormented physically, mentally (kp 21/09/2004)

Kin of missing persons blame govt apathy (kp 18/09/2004)

Govt to legalize illegal detention by security forces, by Kiran Chapagain (kp 17/09/2004)

Wife of missing demands details (kp 17/09/2004)

Whereabouts of 54 missing made public (kp 15/09/2004), Govt makes public status of 54 persons (rn 15/09/2004)

AI concerned about ‘disappeared’ (kp 14/09/2004), AI wants info on missing people (kp 15/09/2004)

Compensation eludes Jogimara victims, by Dipendra Singh Thapa (kp 12/09/2004)

Security forces accused of gang rape, by Rabi Dhami (ht 10/09/2004)

Prisoners released, rearrested (ht 06/09/2004)

State responsibility, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 05/09/2004)

White or Whitish: Violence is Skin Deep, by Bindu Chaudhary (tg 01/09/2004)

Army blamed for killing 2 innocents (kp 30/08/2004)

UN body concerned over enforced disappearance (kp 30/08/2004), Int’l day of the disappeared : Highest incidence of disappearances in Nepal, says AI (ht 31/08/2004), Disappearance cases alarming: AI report (kp 31/08/2004), AI concerned over growing cases of disappearances 378 citizens go missing last year (rn 31/08/2004), Dubious distinction (ht 01/09/2004)

Birgunj locals foil abduction bid (ht 30/08/2004)

Police firing terrorizes locals (kp 28/08/2004)

Awareness for migrants to reduce trafficking stressed (ht 27/08/2004)

PIL seeks whereabouts of 433 (ht 26/08/2004)

Remembering Doramba: A Human Rights Accord needs to be implemented immediately, by Seira Tamang (nt 20/08/2004)

Misery piled upon upon misery (nt 20/08/2004)

No impunity to perpetrators, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp 17/08/2004)

SC show cause on detainees (ht 17/08/2004)

Govt, Maoists urged to respect HR (kp 16/08/2004)

Police opened fire in hospital: NHRC (ht 16/08/2004)

NHRC demands change in MoU (kp 15/08/2004)

Disclose whereabouts, AI tells RNA (ht 15/08/2004)

UNHRC meet to discuss disappearance cases (ht 14/08/2004)

Meti detainees facing atrocities: BDS (kp 13/08/2004), Respect rights of sexual minorities: AI (kp 14/08/2004), Gays held for bad conduct, says SSP (ht 17/08/2004), Kathmandu DAO releases 39 gays (kp 21/08/2004)

Report on missing submitted (ht 12/08/2004), Probe on abducted persons underway (kp 12/08/2004), Govt discloses whereabouts of ‘missing’ (rn 12/08/2004), Kin of ‘missing’ to stage hunger strike (kp 13/08/2004), Report on missing persons ‘misses many’, by Dikshya Thakuri (ht 14/08/2004), NHRC slams govt report on disappearance cases (kjp 18/08/2004), NHRC writes to HMG over disappearances (rn 18/08/2004)

AI tells RNA to free 6 persons (ht 10/08/2004)

Human Rights Defenders Under Threat, by Bipin Adhikari (sp 06/08/2004)

Supreme Court order against detention (ht 03/08/2004)

Plainclothes securitymen arrest NC cadres (kp 03/08/2004)

Armed group abduct Everesteer (kp 02/08/2004), Famous mountaineer abducted (rn 02/08/2004), RNA releases Everesteer after 24-hr detention, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp 03/08/2004), Everest Summiteer Sherpa released (rn 03/08/2004), Say sorry! (kp 04/08/2004), Army confirms detention, release of Everest hero (pr 05/08/2004)

AI appeals to Maoists, govt to protect rights (ht 29/07/2004), HR violations rampant: AI report (kp 29/07/2004), AI report exposes rights violation (rn 29/07/2004)

RNA to enforce rights training in all wings, by Danda Gurung (rn 27/07/2004), HR Training For Soldiers (rn 28/07/2004)

So close yet so far from her husband, by Kiran Chapagain (kp 24/07/2004), Police defy apex court order (ht 28/07/2004), Police deny Adhikari freedom (ht 28/07/2004)

US group expresses concern over SC writ on sexual minorities’ rights (ht 24/07/2004), BDS accuses police of harassing sexual minorities (ht 26/07/2004)

Scribe’s 8-month-long ordeal in army custody, by Ishwar Khanal (ht 24/07/2004)

UNCHR team flays abuses (ht 16/07/2004), UNCHR shows grave concerns over Nepal’s poor HR record (kp 16/07/2004)

Human rights action plan released (ht 15/07/2004), Govt unveils HR action plan (kp 15/07/2004), Govt’s NHRAP draws mixed reactions (ht 16/07/2004), NHRAP aims at improving HR situation (rn 16/07/2004)

HR abuse cases rise in Parbat (kp 14/07/2004)

Home secy furnished false info: SC (ht 14/07/2004)

Army to SC: We haven’t detained them (ht 13/07/2004)

Disappeared rights: We are trapped between the cultures of fear and impunity, by Seira Tamang (nt 09/07/2004)

Fiat to produce five policemen in SC today (ht 09/07/2004), Cops defy SC order (ht 10/07/2004)

‘RNA killes 4 Maoists under their control’ (kp 07/07/2004), Army killed four Maoists after arrest: Rights body (ht 08/07/2004)

RNA battalion accepts habeas corpus petition (kp 07/07/2004)

Compensation eludes families of slain students (kp 04/07/2004), Govt fails to compensate families of Beni victims, by Ghanashyam Khadka (kp 05/07/20045)

AI asks RNA to free the ‘missing’ (kp 04/07/2004)

US couple launches drive to bring adopted daughter from Nepal, by Bill Novak (kp 03/07/2004)

Govt forms panel to probe into disappearances (rn 02/07/2004)

Army refuses to furnish details to SC, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 30/06/2004), RNA challenges SC jurisdiction ‘Not bound to furnish details’, by Kiran Chapagain (kp 30/06/2004), RNA again turns down SC order, by Kiran Chapagain (kp 01/07/2004), Jurisdiction row (kp 01/07/2004), RNA gets one more SC fiat (ht 02/06/2004), Army has no authority to interpret statute: Experts (ht 02/07/2004), Royal Nepalese Army: Needless Controversy (sp 09/07/2004)
Another proof that the army and their responsible head, the king, do not feel bound to constitution and international law.

The Human Rights Situation to the Conflict, by D.B. Gurung (tg 30/06/2004)

New envoy to US to focus on economic diplomacy, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp 29/06/2004)
Nepal's new abassador starts his job by playing down the grave human rights violations in his country.

Court Calls The Army should obey the court orders before more and more Nepalis start wondering: does it have a moral superiority over those it is fighting against?, by Jogendra Ghimire (na 28/06/2004)

Human Trafficking An Affront On Nation’s Image, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn 27/06/2004)

Peace must for curbing rights violations, say leaders (ht 27/06/2004)

Rebels, forces in Nepal guilty of ‘violations’, by Rupesh Nepal (kp 26/06/2004), Custodial torture rampant, says report (ht 27/06/2004), The healing touch for victims of torture, by Bhogendra Sharma (ht 27/06/2004), Tortures linked to weak laws (kp 27/06/2004)

Media and Human Rights Violations, by Bipin Adhikari (sp 25/06/2004)

We don’t plan to disrespect SC, says Army chief (ht 25/06/2004)

‘No entry’ in units: RNA (kp 24/06/2004)
This declaration gives the king full responsibility for all human rights violations by "his" army.

AI puts Nepal under ‘country at risk’ (kp 22/06/2004)

Suggestions welcome (ht 22/06/2004)

Cops out to nab court-freed men, by Surendra Kafle (ht 22/06/2004), Forces still out to nab court-freed, by Surendra Kafle (ht 23/06/2004)

PM offers to probe cases of vanished (ht 22/06/2004)

Govt ‘failure’ on rights front irks legal eagles (ht 21/06/2004)

INSEC condemns serial kidnapping of HR activists (rn 20/06/2004)

Army assaults journalist (kp 18/06/2004)

Locals up against army atrocities (kp 16/06/2004)

Govt, Maoists irresponsible, say human rights activists (ht 09/06/2004)

Follow Geneva pact: Experts tell govt, Maoists (ht 05/06/2004)

Civilians released on promise of paying Rs 500,000 (kp 03/06/2004)

Abductee’s release sought (ht 03/06/2004)

50 pc arrests illegal: Report (ht 30/05/2004)

Nepal tops in rights abuse: AI (ht 27/05/2004), AI indicts Nepal for ‘worst atrocities’ (kp 27/04/2004), Cases of disappearance in Nepal critical: Amnesty (rn 27/05/2004)

Govt reluctant to let in int’l HR monitors (kp 22/05/2004)

Maoists violated Geneva Convention: Report (ht 21/05/2004)

Torture in Nepal: Why It Is An Issue, by Bhogendra Sharma (rn 16/05/2004)

RNA shootout victims yet to get compensation (ht 11/05/2004)

Kin accuse forces of abducting two (ht 06/05/2004)

ICJ, HRW urge govt, donors to aid HR cause (kp 06/05/2004)

AI urges donors to prioritize HR (kp 05/05/2004)

OHCHR country rep’s extension runs into rough weather, by Damakant Jayshi (kp 30/04/2004)

NGOs to report rights abuses to UN rapporteurs (ht 26/04/2004)

Appeal for information on daughter’s whereabouts (kp 26/04/2004)

Flak spurs RNA’s rights education campaign, by Rekha Shrestha (ht 25/04/2004)

Probe into rights violation sought (ht 18/04/2004)

Govt bans maize plantation (kp 17/04/2004), RNA blocks supplies in Achham (kp 18/04/2004)

Cops thrash students taking practicals (kp 17/04/2004)

Step could jeopardize funds at May 5-6 NDF meet: US tries blocking move on Nepal’s HR again, by Damakant Jayshi (kp 17/04/2004), Disturbing developments in Geneva, repercussions in Nepal, by Damakant Jayshi (kp 19/04/2004), External assistance on rights monitoring agreed, by Damakant Jayshi (kp 23/04/2004), UN Commission on Human Rights: Item 19 Statement on "Human Right's Assistance to Nepal", by Bipin Adhikari (sp 30/04/2004)

Enduring umpteen hardships for democracy, by Madhav Dhungana & Dipendra Baduwal (kp 14/04/2004)

TADA again (ht 12/04/2004)

Observe rights norms (kp 12/04/2004)

No peace without peace, by Pushparaj Poudel (kp 11/04/2004)
A review of Conflict, Human Rights & Peace: Challenges Before Nepal, ed. by Bipin Adhikari

World should unite to halt human rights catastrophe: AI (kp 11/04/2004), AI wants US spotlight on Nepal rights abuses (ht 11/04/2004)

‘Rights hijacked in the name of people’ (rn 10/04/2004)

Defeat in victory: In Geneva, the spotlight is on Nepal, by Suhas Chakma (nt 09/04/2004)

HRW raps govt for police atrocities (kp 09/04/2004)

Army detain 41 SLC students, by Bedprakash Timilsina (kp 09/04/2004))

Human rights and wrongs, by Bishnu Sapkota (kp 08/04/2004)

Securitymen ‘take away’ scientist (kp 08/04/2004)

IBA demands lawyers’ release (kp 07/04/2004)

Armymen beat SLC students (kp 05/04/2004)

Security forces accused of abducting civilians (ht 04/04/2004)

India, US to bail out Nepal in Geneva, by Damakant Jayshi (kp 30/03/2004)

Govt unveils HR commitment paper, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp 27/03/2004), NHRC, EU still harbours some doubts (kp 27/03/2004), Govt for full protection of rights: PM: 25-point HR commitment made public, including the text of the commitment (rn 27/03/2004), Jeffrey James concerned over rights (rn 27/03/2004), Long on paper, short on commitment, by Damakant Jayshi (kp 29/03/2004), Commitments, again (ht 29/03/2004), Rights abuses on despite PM’s words (ht 01/04/2004), Promises To Keep: The government comes up with fairly comprehensive commitment to protect human rights, now it has to put it into practice, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 02/04/2004), Declaration of Commitment on the Implementation of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law, by Bipin Adhikari (sp 02/04/2004), Amnesty sceptical of govt claim on rights (ht 03/04/2004)