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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 ...

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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 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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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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Advocacy Forum-Nepal (AF) Assisted Sports Materials to Child Correction Home in Banke

21 January 2021, Banke: With an aim to ensure the children’s right to play games and participate in sports according to his or her age, as prescribed by Section 14 of the Act Relating to Children, 2018, Advocacy Forum-Nepal (AF) and Human Rights Network Banke handed over sports materials to the Child Correction Home, Banke amidst a small program at Child Correction Home, Banke. Representatives from Bank District Court, National Human Rights Commission, Banke District Court Bar Association among others were present in the program.

Facilitating the program, AF lawyer Basanta Gautam highlighted that education, health, basic skills, sports facilities are vital for the overall development of children. Thus, Correction Homes should make a proper arrangement of such necessary facilities to be a correction home in the real sense.

Speaking in the program, Honorable Judge Shyam Sundar Adhikari of Banke District Court stated that the aim to keep children at the Correction Home is to reform and prepare them for rehabilitation in the socierty. Hence, education, health, and creative activities, skills must be cared for and prioritized. Adhikari also stressed that the Correction Homes should facilitate children in correcting their wrongful actions and prepare them to be a good and responsible citizen.

On behalf of the children at the Correction Home, a child expressed gratitude towards AF for providing the sports materials. He also mentioned that playing sports will not only enhance their physical strength but also help them refresh their mind.

Bimala Kaucha Magar, the In-charge of the Correction Home thanked AF for the continuous support and stated that the government is not paying much attention towards the concerns of the Correction Home. Apart from the problem of overcrowding, there is a lack of access to medicines and emergency health service in the Correct Home and the Government is also delaying the distribution of winter clothes this year, she informed.

The sports materials were purchased with the fund from the event collectively organized by AF and Human Rights Network Banke on the occasion of 73rd International Human Rights Day (10 December 2021).

AF has been actively assisting Correction Homes throughout the country with an aim to strengthen the juvenile justice system in Nepal.

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