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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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AF, HRW and REDRESS Release Two Reports on Nepal's Endemic Impunity
30 November 2011. Advocacy Forum (AF), New York-based rights agency Human Rights Watch (HRW) and UK-based human rights organization REDRESS have jointly released two separate reports on Nepal's endemic impunity and have reiterated their calls for the government to investigate and prosecute those responsible for crimes committed during and after the conflict.
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Don't act on Pardon: SC
23 November 2011. In its landmark order, the Supreme Court today decided to continue with its stay order issued on 13 November which had barred the government from implementing its decision to recommend presidential pardon for Maoist CA member Bal Krishna Dhungel.
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SC Stays Dhungel Clemency
13 November 2011. Responding to a writ petition filed on Thursday seeking immediate nullification of the government's decision to recommend presidential pardon for Bal Krishna Dhungel, the Supreme Court has today issued an interim order to the government not to implement its decision until November 21. The order, in effect, has relieved the President from taking any decision on this controversial case.
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Shrestha Kin Moves to SC
10 November 2011. A writ petition was filed today at the Supreme Court against the controversial decision of the government to recommend the President to grant pardon to Maoist lawmaker Bal Krishna Dhungel, who was convicted by the Supreme Court of the murder of Ujjan Kumar Shrestha of Okhaldhunga. The government has pronounced the case involving Dhungel as "purely a political case" and has recommended his clemency invoking Article 151 of the Interim Constitution.
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Pardon to Dhungel Contravenes CPA: Rights Activists Warn Protests
9 November 2011. Leaders of civil society have opposed the government’s decision to recommend pardon to Maoist CA member Balkrishna Dhungel, sentenced to life imprisonment and confiscation of property by the Supreme Court (SC) for murdering Ujjan Kumar Shrestha.
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Government Pressured for Refraining from Amnesty to Dhungel
9 November 2011. Human rights activists and victim families have protested the decision of the Government of Nepal recommending the President to grant amnesty to Balkrishna Dhungel, a Maoist Constituent Assembly (CA) member. In a joint press statement released yesterday in Kathmandu, they have decried such decision by the government.
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Concerns Expressed Over Rise in Impunity
4 November 2011. Speakers in a program organized by Advocacy Forum Nepal (AF) in Kathmandu yesterday emphasized the need to prosecute the perpetrators of human rights violation for sustainable peace. Entitled “Incidents of human rights violations: Challenges in the Law and Solutions,” the interaction program attended primarily by District Court Judges, District Attorneys, victims representatives and human rights defenders concluded that in the absence of justice for the victims, sustainable peace cannot be imagined.
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Dr. Hari Bansh Tripathi at AF
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Policeman Rapes a Woman : FIR Lodged
25 October 2011. Area Police Office (APO), Kakadbhitta of Jhapa district registered an FIR on rape in 20th October against a policeman accused of torturing and raping Radha BK (name changed), 47, at 11 pm in 14th October. Lawyers representing Advocacy Forum (AF) helped the victim in preparing and lodging the FIR.
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Victim’s family demands no amnesty to assembly member Dhungel
3 October 2011. Victim’s family has demanded not to grant amnesty to Balkrishna Dhungel, Maoist assembly member from Okhaldhunga who has been sentenced to life imprisonment and confiscation of property in the charge of a murder.
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