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15 December, 2010

AF-HRW Release Report on Impunity in Nepal

Advocacy Forum (AF) and New York-based rights agency Human Rights Watch (HRW) have jointly released a report on the unfettered...

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12 December, 2010

HR Community Urges Govt. to End Impunity

On the occasion of the International Human Rights Day 2010, Nepalese human rights community has urged the Government and political...

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10 December, 2010

AF ED Addresses UNSC Forum on Resolution 1325

In her address at Global Open Forum in UN Security Council Forum on Resolution 1325, AF Executive Director Mandira Sharma...

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10 December, 2010

Thirty Two New FIRs Filed

The trend of families of victims bringing their cases before the police and demanding criminal investigation is on a steady...

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10 December, 2010

Report on the Status of Interim Relief Distribution Released

Advocacy Forum released a report highlighting the problems faced by the victims in accessing “interim relief” at the district level...

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10 December, 2010

AF Submits Review Reports to UNSRT & WGEID

Advocacy Forum submitted two separate review reports to UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Working Group on Enforced Disappearances (UNWGEID)...

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2 December, 2010

HR Defenders submit Memo to Peace Minister

A group of human rights defenders submitted a joint memorandum to Peace Minister Rakam Chemjong regarding some critical amendments to...

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2 December, 2010

Report on HR Violations in Terai Released

2 Feb 2010.  Advocacy forum today released a comprehensive report on torture and extrajudicial executions, which are continuing unabated in...

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30 November, 2010

Review of Nowak’s recommendation submitted

On August 28, Advocacy Forum, Redress and APT submitted a follow-up report on torture in Nepal to the UN Special...

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30 November, 2010

Police Brutally Torture Two Youths

In what may be termed to be a sheer travesty of justice, the Police personnel in Morang District brutally tortured...

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30 October, 2010

Court issues suspension order for army officer in Maina case

In a significant ruling made on September 13, 2009, the District Court of Kavre has ordered the Nepal Army Headquarters...