Cases

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December 22, 2024

Maina Sunuwar

Extrajudicial Killing In the morning of February 17, 2004 Soldiers picked up 15-year-old Maina Sunuwar from her home. When her...

December 22, 2024

Nar Bahadur Budha-magar and Ratan Bahadur Budha-magar

Extrajudicial Killings On August 17, 2004 soldiers picked up two brothers, Nar Bahadur and Ratan Bahadur, from their house, and,...

December 22, 2024

Prem Bahadur Susling Magar

Extrajudicial Killing Security forces arrested Prem Bahadur Susling Magar, an affiliate of the CPN-M, on June 29, 2002, and allegedly...

December 22, 2024

Purna Shrestha and Bidur Bhattarai

Torture and Extrajudicial Killing On October 15, 2005, army personnel tricked Purna Shrestha and Bidur Bhattarai into meeting with them...

December 22, 2024

Ram Chandra Lal Karna and Manoj Kumar Dutta

Enforced Disappearances and Extrajudicial Killings Security forces arrested Ram Chandra Lal Karna and Manoj Kumar Dutta on October 12, 2003,...

December 22, 2024

Ramadevi Adhikari

Extrajudicial Killing On July 3, 2005, Security forces arrested Ramadevi Adhikari and her husband at their home, Later, Ramadevi was...

December 22, 2024

Bhauna Tharu (Bhauna Chaudhary)

Extrajudicial Killing On May 30, 2002, two soldiers shot Bhauna Tharu dead at his home on the charge of being...

December 22, 2024

Sanjeev Kumar Karna, Durgesh Kumar Labh, Jitendra Jha, Shailendra Yadav, and Pramod Narayan Mandal

Enforced Disappearances These five students were among 11 people arrested by the security forces on October 8, 2003. They were...

December 22, 2024

Bishwa-nath Parajuli, Tom Nath Poudel, and Dhan Bahadur Tamang

Torture and Extrajudicial Killings A group of 50 security personnel arrested Tom Nath Poudel, Bishwanath Parajuli, and Dhan Bahadur Tamang...

December 22, 2024

Sapana Gurung

Rape and Murder Fifteen security personnel under the command of army Captain Prahlad Thapa Magar arrested 22-year-old Sapana Gurung at...

December 22, 2024

Chandra Bahadur Basnet (“Manoj Basnet”)

Extrajudicial Killing On August 24, 2005, a group of APF personnel arrested Chandra Bahadur Basnet at Dhankute Hotel. The next...

December 22, 2024

Sarala Sapkota

Extrajudicial Execution Soldiers arrested 15-year-old Sarala Sapkota on July 15, 2004 from her grandfather’s house. However, when her relatives went...

Emblematic Cases

Among the hundreds of cases documented, Advocacy Forum has selected altogether 15 representative cases that show an endemic pattern of obstruction of justice, brazen abuse or total disregard of the law and deliberate attempts to escape accountability. The cases are also selected on the basis of their availability of evidence and wider public appeal. AF launches campaigns with other national and international organizations to establish accountability in those cases with a view to opening the door of justice to thousands of other similar cases.

December 22, 2024

Krishna Adhikari

On 6 June 2004, Krishna Prasad Adhikari, a resident of Fujel village of Gorkha District, was murdered in Chitwan District...

December 22, 2024

Birendra Shah

On the evening of 5 October 2007, Mr. Birendra Shah, 34, resident of Inruwasira VDC-8, Bara district, a local journalist...

December 22, 2024

Arjun Bahadur Lama

Arjun Bahadur Lama, 48 years in age, permanent resident of Chhatrebas VDC -5, Dapcha in Kavre district was abducted by...

First Information Reports

First Information Report (FIR) is a formal complaint lodged with the police or District Administration Office by the victim of a cognizable offence or by someone on his/her behalf. As per the existing legal system in Nepal, victims or their representatives do not have direct access to the courts. In criminal cases, police have exclusive jurisdiction to investigate and process evidence to the public prosecutors who then register the cases in court. However, the police authorities not only dillydally to register FIRs but also fail to carry out effective investigations. AF has been helping victims and their families to file FIRs and seeking mandamus orders for the effective investigations on the cases.

December 22, 2024

Abdul Jalil Musalman

Attempted Murder Family attempted to file a FIR on December 10, 2009. Udayapur DPO refused. They also appealed to CDO...

December 22, 2024

Dharmendra Barai

Dharmendra Barai, 14, son of Hariram Barai and Vidhyawati Barai, a permanent resident of Gonaha VDC-2, Puraini, Rupandehi district was...

December 22, 2024

Dilli Prasad Sapkota

Case Summary Extrajudicial Killing (after Torture) A large group of security personnel arrested Dilli Prasad Sapkota on February 8, 2005....

Human Rights Committee Submissions

Advocacy Forum is the first organization in Nepal to use individual complaint mechanism under the First Optional Protocol of International Covenant for Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). According to the said protocol, individuals, whose countries are party to the ICCPR and the protocol, who claim their rights guaranteed by the ICCPR have been breached, and who have exhausted existing domestic legal remedies in the pursuit of justice, can submit written communications to the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC). This particular effort of AF has opened the space of Nepali lawyers to international litigation.

December 22, 2024

Dev Bahadur Maharjan (Illegal Detention, Torture, Disappearance)

Dev Bahadur Maharjan was arrested on 26 November 2003 by members of the Nepal Army. He was illegally detained at...

December 22, 2024

Manau Case (Mass Disappearances)

On the night of 11 April 2002, eight youngsters- Dhaniram Tharu, Soniram Tharu, Radhulal Tharu, Prem Prakash Tharu, Kamala Tharu,...

December 22, 2024

Mukunda Sedhai (Disappearance)

On 19 December 2003, Mukunda Sedai was arbitrarily arrested by plain-clothes men while playing cards at a tea stall nearby...

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Torture Compensation Cases

Advocacy Forum legally intervenes on behalf of detainees who claimed to have been tortured by police and forest officers in government detention facilities. Upon consent by victims, AF attorneys register suits, and represent victims in court seeking for torture compensation under the Torture Compensation Act -1996 and necessary action against the perpetrators.