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Maina Sunuwar

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 and Army barracks to find her, but the authorities simply denied having arrested and detained her.
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Close Encounters

Stories from the frontline of human rights work in Nepal

Close Encounters
During Nepal’s armed conflict and its aftermath, human rights violations not only scarred and destroyed the victims but had a devastating effect on the lives of human rights defenders.
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We regard highly of our funders' and collaborators' technical and financial assistance to realize our organizational goals. AF appreciates the collective commitment shown by donors to promote human rights and end impunity in Nepal and acknowledges their continued support towards achieving our goals. Our principal partners include: Danida/HUGOU, European Commission (EC), British Embassy (BE), the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), UNICEF, UNFPA, UNIFEM, American Bar Association (ABA), Human Rights Watch (HRW), Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), World Organization Against Torture (OMCT), Amnesty International (AI), International Service for Human Rights (ISHR), Open Society Institute (OSI), National Judicial Academy (NJA), International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), KURVE-Germany, UN-OHCHR, and Association for Prevention of Torture (APT).

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