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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
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News Archive 2014
Torture decreased in Nepal: Advocacy Forum Report
26 June 2014: AF launched its annual torture report entitled "Promising Development – Persisting Challenges: Trends and Patterns in Torture in Nepal During 2013" on 25 June 2014 in Kathmandu. The report has made it public that out of 3,662 detainees interviewed in 2013, 16.7% detainees claimed that they were subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading during their detention.
For the report please visit at: Promising Development - Persistent Problems: Trends and Patterns in Torture in Nepal During 2013
AF, TRIAL & REDRESS Make Joint Submission to UNHRCs on TRC Act
05 June 2014: Advocacy Forum (AF), TRIAL (Track Impunity Always) & Redress Trust ("REDRESS") jointly made a submission to the UN Human Rights Committees (HRCs) urging that the recently passed Act on the Commission on Investigation of Disappeared Persons, Truth and Reconciliation 2071 (2014) violates international human rights law and Supreme Court's decision.
Conflict victims again moved to Supreme Court against the TRC Act
3 June 2014: Conflict victims have challenged the lately enacted transitional justice law on grounds that it infringes international human rights law and a ruling of the Supreme Court of 2 January 2014. Altogether 234 victims have lodged a petition demanding to amend the sections that chiefly aim at granting amnesty and forced reconciliation.
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