Cases

We put our utmost effort in ensuring justice prevails for every case we represent.

October 13, 2011

Ujjan Kumar Shrestha

Ujjan Kumar Shrestha was shot to death by Balkrishna Dhungel and his cohorts due to some family feud over charges...

October 13, 2011

Arjun Gurung

Case Summary: On Aug 8, 2009, policemen arrested Arjun Gurung citing that they had something to ask him about a robbery...

September 26, 2011

Bharat Sharma

Bharat Sharma, 30, (DoB: 30 Sept 1981), son of Sita Ram Sharma and Geeta Devi Sharma, a permanent resident of...

February 2, 2011

Yubaraj Giri (Illegal detention, Torture, Disappearance)

Yubaraj Giri, from Kohalpur, Banke district, was arbitrarily arrested by the Nepal Army in April 2004 and illegally detained at...

February 2, 2011

Surya Prasad Sharma (Disappearance)

Surya Prasad Sharma disappeared after he was arrested by the army in January 2002 from his home in Baglung district....

January 16, 2011

Sanjeev Kumar Karna

Sanjeev Kumar Karna was one among the 11 persons arrested on October 8, 2003. On that fateful day, they had...

January 16, 2011

Maina Sunuwar

Around 6 am on February 17, 2004, a group of RNA soldiers arrested Ms Maina Sunuwar, a 15-year-old schoolgirl of...

January 2, 2005

Reena Rasaili

Extrajudicial Killing (after Rape) On February 12, 2004, armed soldiers raped and killed 18-year-old Reena Rasaili at her family’s home...

November 26, 2004

Tek Bahadur Basnet, Rajkumar KC, Netra Bahadur Karki, Prakash Basnet, Lok Bahadur Bhujel, Ramji Shrestha

Extrajudicial Killings The families attempted to file FIR on December 10, 2009. Police refused. The families of four of the...

November 24, 2004

Ekaullah Musalman

Murder by Maoists A FIR was registered on October 14, 2009. The case is sub judice before the Rupandehi District...

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.