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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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AF welcomes Patan High Court, Hetauda Bench’s Decision on Raj Kumar Chepang’s Case

21 February 2022, Kathmandu: Reversing the decision of the Chitwan District Court, on 20 February 2022, the Joint- Bench of Chandi Raj Dhakal and Nagendra Karna of Patan High Court, Hetauda Bench has sentenced life imprisonment to security personnel of Nepal Army (NA), Chiran Kumar Buda, stating him guilty for the murder of 24-year-old Raj Kumar Chepang, of Rapti Municipality, Ward No.2 of Chitwan District.

Responding to the Court’s decision, Bishnu Lal Chepang, Raj Kumar Chepang’s father said, “I am happy to hear the decision of the High Court; Now, I want to see the implementation of Court’s decision.”

Earlier, on 11 July 2021, the Chitwan District Court had sentenced nine months’ imprisonment to Buda and had charged him with NPR 9,000 (Nine Thousand) as a fine and NPR 200,000 (Two Lakhs) as compensation to Chepang’s family. Dissatisfied with the decision, the case was appealed at the Patan High Court, Hetauda Bench on 24 August 2021.

AF demands the implementation of the High Court’s verdict. Furthermore, AF requests the concerned authorities to ensure protection to the victim’s family and witnesses.

Raj Kumar Chepang, along with his friends were detained and tortured by the security personnel on 16 July 2020 from the premises of Chitwan National Park while they had gone there in search of ghongi (snails). Raj Kumar Chepang died after a week on 23 July 2020. For more details on the case, see the link: http://www.advocacyforum.org/downloads/pdf/publications/impunity/fact-finding-report-on-raj-kumar-chepang-torture-and-death-by-nepal-army-16-september-2020.pdf

AF has been following up on the case from the beginning and providing legal support to the case.

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