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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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Ajit Kumar goes Missing: Subject to Enforced Disappearance
The family members suspect that Ajit was arrested because police have charged his older brother, Jitendra Kumar Karna, with being involved in the bomb blast of Janakpur. Jitendra Karna is in hiding.
The policemen deployed from the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) had also arrested Sanjit Kumar Karna, younger brother of Ajit Kumar and detained for two days, where he was interrogated and later released.
Ajit Kumar Karna's family lodged a habeas corpus petition at the Supreme Court on 17 May, 2012. The court, responding to the petition, ordered the police to produce Ajit Kumar before the court within five days, but they failed to do so. Later after receiving the statements of the defendants, the court issued a Search Warrant, but the search could not locate the corpus of the victim. During the latest hearing made on 13 June, 2012, as per the submission made by the counsels of the petitioner, the apex court ordered for collection and submission of the study report from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) which is also believed to have conducted a study in regard to the happenings in the case.
Counsels of the petitioner, the apex court ordered for collection and submission of the study report from the National Human Rights Commission which is also believed to have conducted a study in regard to the happenings in the case.
AF believes that the present case is a serious case of human rights violation that violates the rights of the victim to be in touch with the family and to use his certain rights relating to life, liberty and security of person as mentioned in the national and international laws. This is one of the representative violations that have been perpetrated in the post-war transitional scenario which proves that the citizens of Nepal are still insecure and vulnerable to such unlawful acts. The law cannot provide immunity for an act of unlawful arrest and the incommunicado detention. The authorities and responsible persons must be held accountable for their illegal acts.
Advocacy Forum, which has been providing the victim family with legal assistance, urges all the national and international organizations and communities concerned to speak out loudly for the rule of law, equal protection of law and granting no impunity for those who commit such a heinous crime.
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The policemen deployed from the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) had also arrested Sanjit Kumar Karna, younger brother of Ajit Kumar and detained for two days, where he was interrogated and later released.
Ajit Kumar Karna's family lodged a habeas corpus petition at the Supreme Court on 17 May, 2012. The court, responding to the petition, ordered the police to produce Ajit Kumar before the court within five days, but they failed to do so. Later after receiving the statements of the defendants, the court issued a Search Warrant, but the search could not locate the corpus of the victim. During the latest hearing made on 13 June, 2012, as per the submission made by the counsels of the petitioner, the apex court ordered for collection and submission of the study report from the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) which is also believed to have conducted a study in regard to the happenings in the case.
Counsels of the petitioner, the apex court ordered for collection and submission of the study report from the National Human Rights Commission which is also believed to have conducted a study in regard to the happenings in the case.
AF believes that the present case is a serious case of human rights violation that violates the rights of the victim to be in touch with the family and to use his certain rights relating to life, liberty and security of person as mentioned in the national and international laws. This is one of the representative violations that have been perpetrated in the post-war transitional scenario which proves that the citizens of Nepal are still insecure and vulnerable to such unlawful acts. The law cannot provide immunity for an act of unlawful arrest and the incommunicado detention. The authorities and responsible persons must be held accountable for their illegal acts.
Advocacy Forum, which has been providing the victim family with legal assistance, urges all the national and international organizations and communities concerned to speak out loudly for the rule of law, equal protection of law and granting no impunity for those who commit such a heinous crime.
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