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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
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Bhauna Tharu
Annual Torture Report 2018 Launched
Kathmandu 25 June: Advocacy Forum (AF) launched an annual torture report entitled "Rise of Torture in 2018: Challenges Old & New Facing Nepal" on 25 June 2019 in Kathmandu amidst a program. The report was jointly unveiled by Honorable Anup Raj Sharma, Chairperson of National Human Rights Commission, Senior Advocate Tanka Prasad Dulal, General Secretary of AF and torture survivors duo Kalpana Bhandari and Tika Dhakal. The report launch program was attended by the victims, Attorney General Office, District Attorney, Supreme Court Bar, representatives from NGOs and INGOs, Human Rights Section of Nepal Police, journalists and law students. Altogether more than 50 persons participated in the program.
Workshop on Enforced Disappearance Convened in Nepal
Advocacy Forum-Nepal (AF) and Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC) jointly organized a workshop on Enforced Disappearance in Asia on 27 and 28 May 2019 at Hotel Himalaya, Lalitpur Nepal. The main objectives of the program were to shed light on the best practices, challenges and existing remedies of various countries, the effort of the government in addressing the cases of enforced disappearance and strategies to combat enforced disappearances.
International Week of the Disappeared, 2019 Commemorated in Nepal
On the occasion of the International Week of the Disappeared 2019, Advocacy Forum-Nepal together with Conflict Victims' Society for Justice (CVSJ-Nepal) organized and hosted events in Illam, Pokhara, Nepalgunj and Kathmandu during the last week of May 2019. The program was primarily attended by conflict victims, victims’ families of those disappeared, representatives from human rights organizations, civil society members and local government representatives. The activities included a discussion program on the situation of the family and the ongoing debate of TJ process, the pain and suffering of victims and how their issues can be addressed at the local and national level. Now, victim families in Nepal have joined hands with the victims’ families of the disappeared from around the world and fight together in search of their disappeared loved ones.
AF organized training on "Psychosocial Accompaniment and Documentation"
Kathmandu: On May 9th and 10th 2019, Advocacy Forum (AF), in coordination with Conflict Victims Society for Justice (CVSJ),organized a two day training sessions on "Psychosocial Accompaniment and Documentation," for 13 family members of enforced disappearance victims during the conflict period in Nepal, in Nepalgunj, Banke district. The participants were from Banke and Bardiya districts. The objective of the training session was to empower family members of disappearance victims to provide psychosocial accompaniment for other victims, to document cases of human rights violations and to support the victims' family advocacy to bring attention to their cases on the national and international level.
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 ...
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