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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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Medico-legal Workshop Conducted
4 December 2012. Advocacy Forum (AF) organized a three-day medico-legal workshop on December 1, 2 and 3 in Kathmandu, aiming to build capacity of doctors, judges, police officials, government attorneys and defense lawyers regarding preparation of well-documented medico-legal reports. It was the third workshop on medico-legal documentation in the current fiscal year.Apex Court Issues Stay Order in FIR Shelving Case
26 November 2012. Responding to the writ filed on 22 November 2012 by Purnimaya Lama to nullify the government decision to shelve the FIR against Maoist former ministers Agni Sapkota and Suryaman Dong, the Supreme Court today issued a stay order.
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Writ against Shelving of FIR filed
26 November 2012. Requesting for the nullification of the government decision to shelve the FIR against Maoists including Agni Sapkota in Arjun Lama's murder case, the victim's wife Purnimaya Lama has filed a writ at the Supreme Court (SC) on 22 November.
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Documentary on Torture Survivors Screened
20 November 2012. "The Resurrected", a documentary about representative torture survivors in Nepal, was screened on 18 November 2012 in Kathmandu at weeklong Human Rights Film Festival. Many political leaders, human rights defenders, government officials, journalists and general public attended the screening of the documentary.
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Supreme Court Issues Stay Order in Basnet Promotion Case
15 October 2012. Responding to the writ petition that challenged government's decision of promoting Raju Basnet to the post of brigadier general, the apex court today issued a stay order. 34 petitioners, including rights organizations and conflict victims, had filed the petition at the court on 13 October.
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AF Censures Basnet Promotion
15 October 2012. Advocacy Forum has issued a press release condemning the government's recent decision of promoting Colonel Raju Basnet to the post of Brigadier General. Basnet has been implicated in torturing and disappearing 49 people in the infamous Bhairabnath Battalion barracks during conflict.
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AWC calls on OHCHR Report Implementation
12 October 2012. Welcoming the recently released 'Nepal Conflict Report-2012' of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Accountability Watch Committee (AWC), a loose forum of human rights defenders, has demanded that the government effectively implement the recommendations of the OHCHR.
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Rights Organizations Condemn Recent Withdrawals of Cases
12 October 2012. Human rights organizations including Advocacy Forum have condemned Nepal government's freshest instance of case withdrawal against people implicated in serious breach of human rights violations. Ministry of Home Affairs has sent a letter to Ministry of Law and Justice on 3 September 2012 informing the latter about the case withdrawal.
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International Day of the Disappeared Observed
31 August 2012. Like previous years, this year, too, Advocacy Forum (AF) observed the 'International Day of the Disappeared, 2012' commemorating hundreds of people who disappeared during the country's decade-long conflict. AF organized different activities in Kathmandu and other districts where AF operates.
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HRC Again Finds Nepal Responsible for Breaching Treaty Obligations
24 August 2012. Holding Nepal responsible for breaching her treaty obligations under the ICCPR once again, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UN-HRC) has urged the government of Nepal to enact a law defining and criminalising torture, and to repeal all laws granting impunity to alleged perpetrators of torture and enforced disappearance.
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