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That’s an order: Keep your hands inside the pocket
(kp 27/12/2003)
RNA accused of killing unarmed students
(kp 27/12/2003)
The disappeared
(nt 26/12/2003)
A list of 808 disappeared since 2000, published by NHRC. See also official
NHRC document with more details.
Army accused of torturing squatters,
by Dinesh Regmi (kp 26/12/2003)
RNA man shoots at dance restaurant owner
(ht 22/12/2003)
Miserable Situation,
by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 19/12/2003)
INSEC issues list of RNA killings
(kp 17/12/2003)
See corresponding list
(11/12/2003)
Police shower bullets at youth:
Went to help, returned a corpse, by Kul Chandra Neupane (kp
14/12/2003)
SC verdict on Geneva Convention on Jan 2
(ht 13/12/2003)
Villagers accuse army of killing three,
by Shahiman Rai (kp 13/12/2003)
Human Rights Alerts: Don’t Cross Your Bridges Until You Come to Them,
by Bipin Adhikari (sp 12/12/2003)
Forces killed two of our cadres: UML
(kp 12/12/2003)
13-yr-old Dalit girl is the youngest illegal detainee,
by Sangeeta Rijal (kp 11/12/2003)
Rights abuse statistics make for dismal reading,
by Ghyanashyam Ojha (kp 10/12/2003)
Human rights situation,
by Vijaya Chalise (ht 08/12/2003)
Gays accuse security men of torture
(ht 08/12/2003)
AI publishes list of enforced disappearances in Nepal
(kp 07/12/2003)
Parties to set up body to check rights abuses
(ht 06/12/2003)
Doing what is right:
Human rights and democracy are two sides of the same coin, by C.K. Lal
(nt 05/12/2003)
Human Rights and Inhuman Wrongs: "Pity Him Who is Struck by Eighteen, But not by his Own Reason",
by Bipin Adhikari (sp 05/12/2003)
Commitment To Human Rights:
The chief of the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) asks soldiers to respect human rights in the operation against the Maoists,
by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 05/12/2003)
717 missing in three years: NHRC
(ht 04/12/2003)
Parties, rights bodies to monitor HR situation
(kp 03/12/2003)
Missing, disappeared or killed: Will somebody solve this mystery?,
by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp 01/12/2003)
Govt likely to call in UN human rights experts,
by Dikshya Thakuri (ht 30/11/2003)
Yet Another Human Rights Entity!!! Come on, "Jack Sprat would Teach His Grand-Dame",
by Bipin Adhikari (sp 28/11/2003)
AI appeals against ASI’s detention, torture
(kp 28/11/2003), AI wants ASI ‘torture’ probed
(ht 28/11/2003)
Int’l pressure mounts on govt to respect HR
(kp 25/11/2003), Human right advocates want UN experts
(rn 26/11/2003)
Envoys save poet from army
(ht 23/11/2003)
Enforced Disappearances: A Clean-up Too Far,
by Bipin Adhikari (sp 21/11/2003)
Concerns raised over illegal arrests by security personnel
(kp 19/11/2003)
Nepal rapped for human rights abuses,
by Damakant Jayshi (Kathmandu Post, 14/11/2003), Secret detentions worry UN experts
(Himalayan Times, 14/11/2003)
Emerging trends of insecurity,
by Indra Adhikari (Kathmandu Post, 08/11/2003)
Innocent youth shot dead for brushing car against army bus
(Kathmandu Post, 07/11/2003)
Whereabouts of six arrested civilians sought
(Kathmandu Post, 06/11/2003)
AI concerned over teachers’ safety
(Himalayan Times, 02/11/2003)
Whereabouts of arrested people sought
(Kathmandu Post, 31/10/2003)
SC unhappy with government reply
(Kathmandu Post, 30/10/2003), Come clean on Tripathi’s arrest, orders SC
(Himalayan Times, 30/10/2003)
AI concerned over scribe’s arrest
(Kathmandu Post, 29/10/2003)
58 illegal detention cases filed at SC after ceasefire
(Himalayan Times, 26/10/2003)
RNA men gun down schoolgirl
(Himalayan Times, 26/10/2003)
AI concerned over disappearance of 2 citizens from town
(Himalayan Times, 25/10/2003)
Amnesty worried over missing youth’s safety
(Himalayan Times, 23/10/2003)
AI slams Govt, Maoists
(Kathmandu Post, 17/10/2003), AI flays govt over abductions
(Himalayan Times, 17/10/2003)
For the full text of the report, please
go to "Nepal:
Widespread "disappearances" in the context of armed conflict",
see also Amnesty
International's 14-Point
Program for the Prevention of "Disappearances"
ANNFSU cadre not in our custody: RNA
(Kathmandu Post, 17/10/2003), Activist’s wife pleads for his release
(Kathmandu Post, 18/10/2003)
ICJ concerned over rights condition in
Nepal
(Kathmandu Post, 14/10/2003)
Four
weddings and a mass funeral (Statesman, Calcutta, 10/10/2003)
y Terry Friel (Alert
Net, 28/05/2003), AI report on Nepal highlights massive rights abuse
(Kathmandu Post, 29/05/2003), Wronged rights
(Himalayan Times, 30/05/2003)
Amnesty Int’l concerned over increasing HR abuses
(Kathmandu Post, 20/05/2003)
Still
in detention despite two release orders from court (Kathmandu
Post,07/05/2003)
Reported instances of HR violation in mid-west
(Kathmandu Post, 06/05/2003)
Nepal elected to UN body on human rights
(Kathmandu Post, 01/05/2003)
Another student’s beheaded body recovered:
Rally taken out against serial killings (Kathmandu Post, 28/04/2003)
Rights activists denied permission to visit Rolpa
(Kathmandu Post, 25/04/2003)
Human
Rights Yearbook 2003: Year Of Gloom, by Sanjaya Dhakal (Spotlight,
18/04/2003)
Human rights situation yet to improve: NHRC
(Himalayan Times, 15/04/2003)
Killings reached Himalayan scale in 2002
(Himalayan Times, 11/04/2003)
Reporting under Convention against Torture,
by Bipin Adhikari (Spotlight, 11/04/2003)
Maoists go one up on Govt in notching up rights violations
(Kathmandu Post, 11/04/2003)
US report points at serious rights violation in Nepal
(Kathmandu Post, 03/04/2003), Poor record
(Kathmandu Post, 04/04/2003)
See report
(U.S. Department of State, 31/03/2003)
'Rights condition worsening'
(Rising Nepl, 20/03/2003)
HR action plan to be presented in April
(Himalayan Times, 15/03/2003)
Human rights education:
Topmost agenda for peace talks, by Padma Khatiwada (Space Time Today,
06/03/2003)
Missing
persons: Probe Pledge, by Sanjaya Dhakal (Spotlight, 28/02/2003)
Amnesty calls for end to rights abuse
(Himalayan Times, 02/02/2003)
The widely wronged human rights,
by Prakash Dahal (Himalayan Times, 30/01/2003)
Rights groups raise concern over arms purchase
(Kathmandu Post, 01/01/2003)
Human rights situation deteriorating: Activists
(Space Time Today, 29/12/2002)
Army refutes Amnesty,
by Manjushree Thapa (Nepali Times, 27/12/2002)
Highhanded behaviour
(Kathmandu Post, 25/12/2002)
AI concerned over threats to victims
(Kathmandu Post, 24/12/2002)
See also Amnesty raps RNA for persecuting rape victims
(Kathmandu Post, 25/12/2002)
Child traffickers arrested
(Kathmandu Post, 21/12/2002)
AI seeks intl aid to set Nepal human rights scene right
(Himalayan Times, 19/12/2002)
See Nepal:
human rights abuses have reached unprecedented levels (Amnesty
International, 19/12/2002),
Amnesty report tells of gross human rights violations
(Space Time Today, 19/12/2002), Civilian
slaughter in Nepal, interview with Ingrid Massagé (Radio Netherlands,
19/12/2002), AI report calls for Int’l action over rights violations in Nepal
(Kathmandu Post, 20/12/2002), Serious indictment
(Kathmandu Post, 21/12/2002), Torture, rape and custodial deaths
(Kathmandu Post, 21/12/2002), Human rights and wrongs,
by Daniel Lak (Nepali Times, 20/12/2002)
Rights’ violation cause of conflict
(Himalayan Times, 10/12/2002)
Ratification of conventions alone is not enough
(Space Time Today, 09/12/2002)
Violation of human rights in Nepal : Who is responsible ?
(Kathmandu Post, 02/12/2002)
Police to adopt humane approach while dealing with crimes
(Kathmandu Post, 23/11/2002)
RNA looking into human rights abuses:
Wants ISDP in all 75 districts (Kathmandu Post, 01/11/2002)
Rights bodies form monitoring committee to press
government (Himalayan Times, 26/10/2002)
We work for outcome not for
publicity, interview with Shobha Gautam (People's Review, 24/10/2002))
Sen tortured to death on May 28, claims report
(Kathmandu Post, 19/10/2002)
See also Reporters sans Frontiers expresses outrage
(Kathmandu Post, 20/10/2002)
Torture:
Crime Against Humanity, by Bhagirath Yogi (Spotlight, 20/09/2002)
Respecting Human Dignity And Freedom,
by Henning Karcher (Spotlight, 06/09/2002)
Human Rights branch
(Kathmandu Post, 11/07/2002)
Nepal, one of the worst examples of HR
violation (Midweek Post, 10/07/2002)
Interview with Sushil Pyakurel, NHRC member
Govt flayed for failing to implement HR treaties
(Kathmandu Post, 27/06/2002)
NHRAP, a reality,
by Bishnu P. Sapkota & Anne Marsoe (Kathmandu Post, 06/06/2002)
Unconditional release of activists sought
(Kathmandu Post, 05/06/2002)
Nepal human rights situation worsens: Amnesty Int’l report
(Kathmandu Post, 29/05/2002)
HR activists file writ against ‘call for rebels’ heads’,
by Rudra Sharma (Kathmandu Post, 18/05/2002)
A death in police custody: Police image in question,
by Manoj Poudel (Kathmandu Post, 14/05/2002)
Now, boys also trafficked to India, finds a new study,
by Tilak Pokharel (Kathmandu Post, 17/04/2002)
Lack of special courts prevent detainees from trial
(Kathmandu Post, 12/04/2002)
1,164 people killed in 2001: HR yearbook
(Rising Nepal, 10/04/2002)
See also All-Out Assault,
by Bhagirath Yogi (Spotlight, 12/04/2002)
Nepal:
A spiralling human rights crisis (Amnesty International press release,
04/04/2002)
See also HR situation spiralling out of control in Nepal: Amnesty
(Kathmandu Post, 04/ß4/2002)
INSEC records over 6,500 rights violations in central region
(Kathmandu Post, 07/03/2002)
Declaration of emergency should be communicated to the
UN (Kathmandu Post, 18/02/2002)
Interview with Jeremy McBride is Reader in International Human Rights Law at the University of Birmingham,
UK
Mumbai brothel-returned Maili bags HR award
(Kathmandu Post, 11/02/2002)
Govt urged to sign Ottawa Treaty
(Kathmandu Post, 31/01/2002)
When vested interests hijack HR platforms...,
by Subas Risal (Kathmandu Post, 08/01/2002)
Cross-border trafficking : Highway to hell,
by Gopal Krishna Siwakoti (Kathmandu Post, 06/01/2002)
Separate laws sought on trafficking, prostitution
(Kathmandu Post, 31/12/2001)
Application of refugee rights regime,
by Gopal Krishna Siwakoti (Kathmandu Post, 27/12/2001)
Emergency and human rights,
by Gopal Krishna Siwakoti (Kathmandu Post, 12/12/2001)
AI
Nepal asks govt to okay int'l criminal court (Rising Nepal,
05/10/2001)
House ratifies ILO conventions on forced and child labour
(Rising Nepal, 14/09/2001)
See also Declaration Against Racism And
Child Labour (Rising Nepal, 25/09/2001)
Day to Stop Child Trafficking’ observed
(Kathmandu Post, 24/08/2001)
See also National
Children's Day: Usual Formality (Spotlight, 24/08/2001)
Lawmakers work for women, children
(Kathmandu Post, 20/08/2001)
Human Rights Violations: Meeting People’s Security Challenge,
by Khilendra Basnyat (Rising Nepal, 08/08/2001)
Individual and group rights,
by Mahendra Lawoti (Kathmandu Post, 21/07/2001)
Nepal not doing well in fighting human
trafficking, by Krishna Sharma (Rising Nepal, 16/07/2001)
From human rights to animal rights,
by Shirish B Pardhan (Kathmandu Post, 06/07/2001)
Concern raised over Khanal’s re-arrest
(Kathmandu Post, 27/06/2001)
Incarceration of innocents,
by R. Khadka (Nepali Times, 22/06/2001)
Amnesty condemns Govt, rebels for rights violations
(Kathmandu Post, 31/05/2001)
See also dfcf]jfbL / k|x/L b'j}af6 u}/sfg'gL xTof
(Kantipur, 31/05/2001)
Concerns over HR violations
(Kathmandu Post, 26/05/2001)
/fhgLlts cl:y/tfsf sf/0f dfgjclwsf/ cf]em]ndf,
by Krishna Kudel (Kantipur, 25/05/2001)
RNA ex-servicemen demand end to ‘slavery’
(Kathmandu Post, 20/05/2001)
dfgjclwsf/sf] cfjfh a'nGb eP klg ckf·sf] xftdf z"Go
(Samacharpatra, 03/05/2001)
k|]; / dfgj clwsf/,
by Boli Soyenka (Kantipur, 03/05/2001)
Laborers deprived of minimum human rights: experts
(Kathmandu Post, 01/05/2001)
HR & Decentralisation: Participation Is The Key,
by Mukti Rijal (Rising Nepal, 17/04/2001)
Human Rights Year Book-2001 launched
(Rising Nepal, 10/04/2001)
See also Violations Continue
(Spotlight, 13/04/2001) and OG;]ssf] k|ltj]bg M ;/sf/eGbf dfcf]jfbLx? q'm/ / cdfgjLo
(Saptahik, 13/04/2001)
dfgjflwsf/sf] /fhgLlts/0f / a]kQf kfl/Psf dflg;x¿,
by Krishna Kudel (Kantipur, 10/04/2001)
ljut b; jif{df g]kfndf dfgjflwsf/sf] l:ylt
M b08xLgtf dfgjclwsf/ pNn+3gsf] h8,
by Krishna Kudel (Kantipur, 26/03/2001)
Krishna
Sen: Free At Last (Spotlight, 23/03/2001)
Arbitrary Arrest, Detention, or Exile in Nepal
(Telegraph, 21/03/2001)
Govt deny long-term visas to ICRC officials: Tactic aimed at hiding rights abuses, some fear,
by Ameet Dhakal and Damakant Jayshi (Kathmandu Post, 21/03/2001)
See also ICRC chief refutes DPM’s claim Says Govt in the know about visa applications,
by Ameet Dhakal (Kathmandu Post, 23/03/2001)
Racial bigotry at TIA,
by Bahul Shrestha (Sunday Post, 18/03/2001)
Govt flayed for not abiding by court decisions
(Kathmandu Post, 17/03/2001)
Editor Krishna Sen released,
by Rabindra Upreti (Kathmandu Post, 16/03/2001)
Sen transferred to Jaleswor jail,
by Rabindra Upreti (Kathmandu Post, 15/03/2001)
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in Nepal
(Telegraph, 14/03/2001)
Editor Sen missing after ‘release’
(Kathmandu Post, 12/03/2001)
See also Sen's re-arrest confirmed
(Kathmandu Post, 14/03/2001) and Beyond Sen’s ‘disappearance’
(Kathmandu Post, 14/03/2001)
Country report released by US Department of State, Feb.2001: Denial of Fair Public Trial in Nepal
(Telegraph, 07/03/2001)
See also text
of the report
AI asks govt to define torture as crime
(Kathmandu Post, 04/03/2001)
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xf] (Saptahik, 16/02/2001)
Interview with Sudip Pathak, chairman
of Human Rights Organization of Nepal
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(Kantipur, 16/02/2001)
Bandhs and human rights violation,
by Reghu Kozhikanam (Kathmandu Post, 04/02/2001)
Human rights violations on the
rise (Kathmandu Post, 28/01/2001)
‘Chintan’, IT and growing intolerance,
by Pratyoush Onta (Kathmandu Post, 26/01/2001)
See also Chintan convalescing
(Nepali Times, 26/01/2001)
Interaction on role of civil society on nationality
(Rising Nepal,17/01/2001)
HR groups rap Govt, Maoists
(Kathmandu Post, 09/01/2001)
HR Violations: Expression In Different Forms,
by Indira Rana, member of National Human Rights Commission (Rising Nepal,
05/01/2001)
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