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Krishna Adhikari

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 ...
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Close Encounters

Stories from the Frontline of Human Rights Work in Nepal

Close Encounters
During Nepal’s armed conflict and its aftermath, human rights violations not only scarred and destroyed the victims but had a devastating effect on the lives of human rights defenders.
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Mukunda Sedhai (Disappearance)

On 19 December 2003, Mukunda Sedai was arbitrarily arrested by plain-clothes men while playing cards at a tea stall nearby his apartment at Bhimsensthan, Ward No. 20, Kathmandu.  According to the testimony of the witnesses, he was subsequently detained in the custody of the Jagadal Batallion stationed at Chhauni Army Barracks to the west of Kathmandu but there have been no reported sightings of him since mid-February 2004. His wife received a handwritten note from the victim on 16 January 2004 which states that Mukunda was being detained at Chhauni Barracks.
The state authorities repeatedly denied detaining the victim, but the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), which conducted an investigation into the disappearance of the victim, concluded that he had been arrested by Army personnel and was detained at Chhauni Barracks.  Despite repeated attempts by his wife, friends and family members to locate the victim, his whereabouts remain still unknown.

His wife petitioned the HRC in late 2008 invoking breaches of Articles 6, 7, 9, and 10 in conjunction with Article 2(3) of the ICCPR. The case was registered by the Human Rights Committee on 14 February 2009.
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