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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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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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Maina Sunuwar’s Death Anniversary Observed
17 February 2012. Participants in a program jointly organized by different human rights organizations including Advocacy Forum stressed the need to address prevailing impunity in the country and to provide justice to victims of conflict. On the occasion of the eighth anniversary of the arrest and killing of Maina Sunuwar, 15, speakers raised concern about state’s reluctance in addressing victims’ problems.
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Families of the Disappeared in a Legal and Emotional Limbo
15 February 2012. A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status. The Hong Kong-based Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) and Nepalese human rights organisation Advocacy Forum wish to highlight the lack of progress being made in addressing enforced disappearances in Nepal, which is engendering growing frustration and suffering by victims' families.
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Council Action Required to Prevent Blanket Impunity for Conflict-Era Violations
13 February 2012. A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status. The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) and Advocacy Forum wish to alert the Human Rights Council to multiple attempts by the government of Nepal to shield perpetrators of human rights abuses committed during the conflict from prosecution, which promote impunity and threaten the development of functioning rule of law institutions, in violation of Nepal's obligations under the ICCPR.
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The ALRC and Advocacy Forum Call for International Action Concerning the Rise of Torture and Ongoing Impunity
13 February 2012. A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status. The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) and Nepalese human rights organisation Advocacy Forum wish to bring to the Council's attention the continuing and significant increase in reports of torture in Nepal over the last two years, as well as ongoing delays by the state in implementing the policing and judicial reforms required to eliminate torture and ill-treatment in Nepal.
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Bridging the Gap between International Human Rights Standards and its Application: Experiences of Advocacy Forum-Nepal
7 February 2012. Speaker: Mandira Sharma. Date: 12:30pm - 1:30pm, 07 Feb 2012. Venue: Seminar Room 1.13, Coombs Extension Building #8, ANU. Nepali human rights organization campaigning against torture,
extra-judicial killings, enforced disappearance and sexual abuse and
impunity related to these crimes in Nepal. Mandira Sharma is a leading human rights activist from Nepal, and the founder of Advocacy Forum–Nepal.
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The Politics and Legalities of Impunity in Asia and Beyond
13 January 2012. Speaker: Tyrell Haberkorn, ANU; Suzanne Karstedt, Leeds University; Mandira Sharma, Advocacy Forum, Kathmandu. Date: 12:00pm - 2:00pm, 13 Jan 2012. Venue: Seminar Room 3, Hedley Bull Centre #130, ANU. This seminar will address impunity, the problem of perpetrators of serious crimes being protected from prosecution or other forms of punishment and accountability. It will examine both the theory and historical context of impunity, and its particular manifestations in Asia. It will cover questions such as why states fail to investigate certain crimes; the effect of impunity on victims; and the way that truth and reconciliation commissions affect impunity.
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