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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
Hari Prasad Bolakhe
Sarala Sapkota
Birendra Shah
Bishwanath Parajuli, Tom Nath Poudel and Dhan Bahadur Tamang
Chot Nath Ghimire and Shekhar Nath Ghimire
Bhauna Tharu
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AF Organized a Stakeholders Meeting on Juvenile Justice
Kathmandu: Advocacy Forum (AF) organized a one-day consultation meeting entitled "Situation of Juvenile Justice in Nepal and Roles of Stakeholders," on 26 April in New Baneshwor, Kathmandu. The meeting provided meaningful discussion on juvenile justice laws and the fair trial rights of juveniles. The issues of torture and ill-treatment of juveniles in police detention centers, difficulties in determining medical age and further helping children living on the street were key discussion points. Throughout the meeting, different stakeholders shared their valuable experiences, identified problems and provided possible solutions to these problems.
Workshop on Strategic Litigation Conducted and A3T Launched in Kathmandu
Kathmandu, 21 November (2018) – Advocacy Forum – Nepal, with the support of Open Society Foundation, organized a two day regional workshop on "Strategic Litigation on Torture" in Kathmandu on 20th and 21st November. Thirty participants from Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Nepal were present in the workshop.
AF organized Workshops on Juvenile Justice
Kathmandu, 4th June 2018: Advocacy Forum (AF) organized 3 workshops on "Juvenile Justice and Roles of Local Judicial Committee" in Bhairahawa of Province 5, Birendranagar of Province 6 and Mahendranagar of Province 7 on different dates. Altogether 60 participants including representatives from Provincial Internal Affairs and Law Ministry, District court, District Public Prosecutors, District Juvenile Welfare Council, Women and Children Cell of Nepal Police and members of Local Judicial Committee (LJC)
Annual Torture Report Launched
Kathmandu 14th September 2017: Advocacy Forum (AF) launched an annual torture report entitled "Advocating Against Torture in 2016: The Challenges of Achieving Justice" on 13th September in Kathmandu amidst a program. The report was unveiled by ...
Advocacy Forum honored by FNJ Dailekh
Nepalgunj, 25th August 2017: On the occasion of the 13th death anniversary of journalist DekendraThapa,the Dailekh Chapter of Federation of Nepalese Journalists honored Advocacy Forum (AF) for providing legal support and doing advocacy at national ...
AF Organized Press Meet on UN HRCtee's Views on War Era Rape Case
26 Jul 2017, Kathmandu: Advocacy Forum (AF) organized a roundtable discussion and press meet on a conflict era rape case in which the UN Human Rights Committee has given its views on 23 July 2017. In the program representative of National Human ...
AF Organized Capacity Building Training to the Conflict Victims
Advocacy Forum-Nepal (AF) together with Conflict Victims’ Society for Justice (CVSJ) organized a two-day training session, mainly for the women families/ relatives of Enforced Disappearances (ED) on 9th and 10th of June 2017 in Morang district of ...
An Appeal from Devi Sunuwar
First of all, I would like to thank you all for your continuous support for the longest 13 years journey, where I undertook the painful battle to get justice for the murder of my daughter. Yet, I need your support once again. Since it has been more ...
The District Court Kavrepalanchowk Convicts Three out of Four Army Officers Accused of Maina's Murder
Kathmandu: Today, after 13 years of legal battle, the District Court of Kavrepalanchok has convicted perpetrators involved in Maina's murder.
(For more detail of the case see, Maina Sunuwar: Separating Facts from Fiction, http://advocacyforum.org ...
Torture Survivors Receive Compensation after Years of Struggle
21 March 2017: Torture survivors Nijamuddhin Sesh, a resident of Belaspur Banke and Harikali Pun, a resident of Motipur Bardiya received a compensation amount of NPR 95,000 (Ninety Five Thousand) and 51,000 (Fifty One Thousand) ...
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