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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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Maina Sunuwar

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 ...
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Sanjeev Kumar Karna

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 ...
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Arjun Bahadur Lama

Arjun Bahadur Lama, 48 years in age, permanent resident of Chhatrebas VDC -5, Dapcha in Kavre district was abducted by a group of Maoist cadres, three in number, on 29 April 2005 (2062.1.16 BS) from the premises of Sri Krishna Secondary School at Chhatrebas VDC-1 of the district.
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Hari Prasad Bolakhe

Hari Prasad Bolakhe, 35 (while missing) a permanent resident of Phulbari VDC-8, Kavre district, a pastor by profession, had been missing since the arrest December 27, 2003, was reportedly killed by security persons. A team of National Human Rights Commission discovered a human skeleton in a jungle ...
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Sarala Sapkota

Around 11 p.m. on July 15, 2004, a group of 12 armed soldiers arrested Sarala Sapkota at her grandfather’s house. The family, who witnessed the arrest, stated that soldiers gave Sarala no reason for her arrest. After her arrest, Sarala’s family went to Baireni barracks and the DPO ...
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Birendra Shah

On the evening of 5 October 2007, Mr. Birendra Shah, 34, resident of Inruwasira VDC-8, Bara district, a local journalist of Bara district and correspondent of Nepal FM, Avenues Television and Dristi weekly, was abducted by Maoists from Pipara Bazaar in Kalaiya, the district headquarters of Bara ...
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Bishwanath Parajuli, Tom Nath Poudel and Dhan Bahadur Tamang

Three persons namely Bishwonath Parajuli (also called Nagendra Parajuli), Tom Nath Poudel and Dhan Bahadur Tamang of Hasandaha VDC, Morang were shot dead by the security personnel on 28 September 2004. According to the eyewitnesses, other victims and the villagers, about 16 people were arrested ...
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Chot Nath Ghimire and Shekhar Nath Ghimire

Chot Nath Ghimire, a 58-year-old farmer, resident of Ishaneshor VDC-4, Ratamate Majhpokhari of Lamjung district was allegedly arrested by the Joint Security Forces of Joint Security Camp stationed at Bhorlatar VDC, Lamjung district on February 2, 2002 (2058.10.20). The security camp called Mr. ...
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Bhauna Tharu

Bhauna Tharu (Bhauna Chaudhary in the citizenship card), 21 years old male (at the time of the incident; Date of Birthe: 8 September 1978), son of Purna Bahadur Chaudhary, permanent resident of Sujanpur village, Neulapur VDC-4, Bardiya district, and an employee of Rastriya Gobar Gas, Gulariya, ...
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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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Lives of Inmates at Risk in the wake of Surging cases of Corona Virus

Kathmandu, 23 August 2020: The inmates in Banke district prison are under threat of corona virus infection due to high number of prisoners, new prisoners coming wihtout PCR test and infection cured prisoners are brought back in the prison. The Banke District Prison can shelter 350 (300 males and 50 females) inmates, however, currently it is housing 773 inmates. After the ruling of High Court, Nepalgunj bench, a total of 45 female inmates were transferred to prisons based in Dalekh and Bardiya districts on 11 August. However, after that 26 new male inmates were sent to the Banke district prison.

The High Court Nepalgunj bench ruled in the wake of the application filed by AF lawyers along with other advocates to protect the basic human rights of the detainees including the compulsory PCR testing of all the inmates as well as the prospective prisoners and to follow the preventative health measures. Following the court ruling, PCR testing of 26 inmates detected that 8 prisoners including one female prisoner corona positive.

After 14 days isolation 7 male prisoners were found corona negative and brought back to the prison. According to the jalior Davendra Shrestha, "7 males prisoners who were kept in isolation were found corona negative after 14 days and were brought back to the jail. Now they are kept with other prisoners. However, one famale prisoner was still found corona positive even after 14 days and is kept in the isolation. However, 26 new male prisoners are kept separatly in the female section after transfer of all female prisoners to Dailkeh and Bardiya prisons."

When AF laywer inquired about the PCR testing of all the inmates, jailor Davendra Shrestha said that PCR test of all inmates is not possible due to resources constraints. He further said that the court’s ruling demands everyone’s PCR testing, however, the governments’ policy is conducting the PCR testing of inmates only if some symptoms are seen on them.

When talked to the Chief District Officer Ram Bahadur Kurumwang, he said that women inmates were transferred to different prisons in order to minimize the crowd and to create some space for prospective inmates. But the administration is unable to conduct PCR testing of all inmates because of insufficient funding and government’s policies.

Advocacy Forum found that living conditions of jail is very poor and denied their basic needs despite the ruling of the court. They are confronted with inadequate amenities such as limited space inside the cells, inadequate toilets and so on. They are crammed into a single room. They have to take turns to sleep because of the insufficient space inside the cell. They have to set a tent to stay in and their living is aggravated during rainy days. Some of the inmates have to sleep outside the cell under the tap due to scarcity of space.

Prisoners have submitted a letter to the District Court and District Administration Office reqesting to send inmates only after PCR test.

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