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
Jag Prasad Rai, Dhanan-jaya Giri, Madhuram Gautam, and Ratna Bahadur Karki
Extrajudicial Killings According to witnesses, on December 18, 2004 security forces arrested and killed these four men in four separate...
December 22, 2024
Lapten Yadav, Ram Nath Yadav, Shatru- ghan Yadav, Rajgir Yadav, and Ram Pukar Yadav
Extrajudicial Killings On October 1, 2004, security personnel arrested these five men from their homes. According to eyewitnesses, they were...
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
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
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
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
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
Keshar Bahadur Basnet
Enforced Disappearance and Extrajudicial Killing On March 11, 2002, Keshar Bahadur Basnet was beaten by soldiers at his office and...
December 22, 2024
Jaya Lal Dhami
Extrajudicial Killing On February 12, 2005, security forces killed Jaya Lal Dhami. Villagers later reported that soldiers marched Jaya Lal...
December 22, 2024
Hari Prasad Bolakhe
Extrajudicial Killing On December 27, 2003, police arrested Hari Prasad at a bus stop. When his father went to the...
Emblematic Cases
11Among 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
Bhauna Tharu
Bhauna Tharu (Bhauna Chaudhary in the citizenship card), 21 years old male (at the time of the incident; Date of...
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...
First Information Reports
73First 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
6Advocacy 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...
Torture Compensation Cases
4Advocacy 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.
December 22, 2024
Nijamiddin Sekh
Mr. Nijamiddin Sekh alias Bablu, 21, a permanent resident of Nepalgunj Municipality-16, Bilaspur, Banke district was arrested by police at...
December 22, 2024
Harkali Pun
Ms. Harkali Pun, 49, a permanent resident of Motipur VDC- 6, Mangalpur, Bardiya district was arrested by women staffs of...
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...
