News Archive: 2015

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May 25, 2015

UPDATE.. AF Provides Immediate Support to Quake Survivors ..

Advocacy Forum in coordination with Tamu Dhee, Women Human Rights Network and Psychosocial Counselling Forum of Pokhara Kaski district provided...

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March 27, 2015

UPR Submission on the Emerging Issues and Challenges of Nepalese Migrant Workers

Advocacy Forum, along with National Network for Safe Migration (NNSM), jointly submitted a report on the Emerging Issues and Challenges...

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March 27, 2015

Joint Submission to the United Nations Universal Periodic Review of Nepal

23 March 2015: Advocacy Forum together with  Asian Human Rights Commission, the Redress Trust and the World Organization against Torture made...

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February 5, 2015

Torture Victims Awarded Compensation

Kathmandu 04 Feb 2015: On 3 February 2015, the District Court Khotang gave verdict in the torture cases that were filed...

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February 3, 2015

Torture victim under threat, immediate attention needed

Summary: Torture victim Padam Bahadur Khandka, 14 (at the time of incident), a resident of Manau Village Development Committee-05, Bardiya...

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February 2, 2015

Torture Survivor Provided Full Compensation and Departmental action against Perpetrator/s

02 January 2015: On 01 February 2015, the District Court, Banke gave a ground breaking verdict in a cased filed under...

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February 2, 2015

AF organized Press Meet on UN HRCtee’s decision on “Subhadra Chaulagain” Case

28 January 2015: Today, Advocacy Forum – Nepal organized a press meet on UN Human Rights Committee’s decision on Subhadra Chaulagai...

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January 29, 2015

UN DEMANDS INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTIONS IN CONFLICT-ERA KILLING OF SCHOOLGIRL

Kathmandu, 28 January 2015 – A body of UN human rights experts has again found Nepal in breach of its international...