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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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Torture Victim File Case against Alleged Police Officers

6 September 2011. Accusing police officers of inflicting severe torture during a criminal investigation, torture victim Mr. Bablu alias Nijamuddin Sekh, a resident of Nepalgunj Municipality – 16, Belaspur, Banke district has filed a case against some police officers. On 6 September 2011, victim Sekh filed the case at District Court, Banke demanding maximum punishment against the perpetrators under Nepal Police Regulation - 2049 and maximum torture compensation to victim under Torture and Compensation Act – 2053, Section 6 (1).
He has accused police officers of inflicting severe torture while detaining him at District Police Office (DPO), Banke that resulted in swelling of his lips, chest and face, blue marks of torture on his legs and back and fracture of his L1 vertebrae. At present he is receiving medical treatment in Nepalgunj Medical College, Kohalpur, Banke district. Advocacy Forum – Nepal provided him free legal aid.

Please visit AHRC Urgent Appeal:
http://www.humanrights.asia/news/urgent-appeals/AHRC-UAC-129-2011/?searchterm=nijamuddin

Please visit OMCT Urgent Appeal:
http://www.omct.org/urgent-campaigns/urgent-interventions/nepal/2011/08/d21370/

Earlier on 24 August 2011, Ms. Harikali Pun, 49, a resident of Motipur VDC- 6, Mangalpur, Bardiya district had filed a torture compensation case at District Court, Banke against the same Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), one Police Inspector and two lady constables demanding maximum punishment to the perpetrators and torture compensation to the victim. She was arrested on charge of human trafficking.

At around 12 midnight on 12 July 2011 she was reportedly tortured in a room at District Police Office, Banke by beating with a wooden stick on her palms, arms, back, bottom, thighs, legs, soles of her feet and other parts of her body. They had reportedly tortured her for about two hours that resulted on fracture of her right arm. Advocacy Forum provided her free medical treatment and legal aid. Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), Hong Kong and World Organization Against Torture (OMCT), Geneva issued separate Urgent Appeals in the name of authorities concerned.

Please visit AHRC Urgent Appeal:
http://www.humanrights.asia/news/urgent-appeals/AHRC-UAC-125-2011/?searchterm=harkali%20pun

Please visit OMCT Urgent Appeal:
http://www.omct.org/urgent-campaigns/urgent-interventions/nepal/2011/08/d21394/
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