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Krishna Adhikari
On 6 June 2004, Krishna Prasad Adhikari, a resident of Fujel village of Gorkha District, was murdered in Chitwan District by Maoist cadres. Krishna Prasad was visiting his grandparents after having taken the SLC examinations, and he was abducted from Bakullahar Chowk by men who came on a motorcycle ... Maina Sunuwar
Around 6 am on February 17, 2004, a group of RNA soldiers arrested Ms
Maina Sunuwar, a 15-year-old schoolgirl of Kharelthok VDC-6, Kavre
district. She disappeared since her arrest. Her family members, with
support from villagers and school where Maina was a student, visited
detention centers ... Sanjeev Kumar Karna
Sanjeev Kumar Karna was one among the 11 persons arrested on October 8, 2003. On that fateful day, they had gone to attend a picnic program organized by the students at a place called Kariyachauri VDC-4, and from picnic, they went to Kataiya Chowri Area of Dhanusha district where they ate some food ... Arjun Bahadur Lama
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Nepal: Stop Torture and Criminalize it!
Nepal has not yet enacted legislation criminalizing torture. Despite the ratification of UN Convention against Torture in 1991 and the commitments made before national and international forums, the government of Nepal failed to bring a legislation which criminalizes torture. As a result, still many detainees are tortured in police detention centers.
Advocacy Forum – Nepal call upon the government of Nepal to immediately enact legislation criminalizing torture. This 3 minutes and 29 seconds advocacy video provides the fact on the situation of torture in Nepal and need for criminalization of it to stop torture in government detention facilities.
AF Speaks in UN Security Council: 10th Anniversary of Security Council Resolution 1325 - Press Conference
21 October 2010. Inter-agency press conference to mark the 10th anniversary of Security Council resolution 1325. The press conference will focus on the work of women peace advocates, United Nations priorities in advancing the resolution, the achievements of resolution 1325 in the last ten years, and the challenges ahead. Participants include Said Djinnit, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, UN Office for West Africa; and Mandira Sharma, Executive Director, Advocacy Forum, Nepal.
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