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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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Ratification of the Third Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure
28 February 2012. An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission, Advocacy Forum, Concern for Children and Environment (Concern) Nepal, Backward Society Education (BASE) Nepal and Himalayan Human Rights Monitors (Himrights) to the Prime Minister of Nepal. (Click Letter To PM for the full text).
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Rape and Torture Victims Demand Justice
27 February 2012. In two recent programs organized by Advocacy Forum (AF) in Surkhet and Kanchanpur districts, women victims of sexual violence and torture demanded that the stakeholders of justice system pay attention to their demands for full justice. Still suffering from physical and psychological scars of the conflict, these victims strongly opposed the government's attitude of excluding them from internal relief they are entitled to.
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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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SC Denies Registering Petition on Rape Case
27 December 2011. The Supreme Court (SC) has today refrained from registering a writ petition on a rape case that occurred during the conflict in Dailekh. The then lieutenant of Bhawanibaks battalion, Jibesh Thapa and three other are implicated in the rape of a 40-year old woman of Narayan Municipality of Dailekh.
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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
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Mandira Sharma, Founder of Advocacy Forum receives Australian Leadership Award !
22 December 2011. Mandira Sharma, Founder of Advocacy Forum has received Australian Leadership Award. She is currently in Australia. She will be working mainly to strengthen networks with Australian academics and NGOs working in the field of human rights. As one of the major works of the Advocacy Forum is to combat impunity in the crimes of human rights violations, she will also be conducting research on the system of universal jurisdiction and the Australian legal system to which this relates.
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