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NEPAL: Human Rights in Abeyance 

The full report is available for download at: http://www.humanrights.asia/resources/hrreport/2013/AHRC-SPR-004-2013.pdf/view The dissolution of the Constituent Assembly in May 2012 stalled efforts to...

NEPAL: Child injured in bomb blast during elections

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding Sameer Khadgi, an 8 year old child, who has suffered injuries in a bomb blast on election day. Sameer has lost...

NEPAL: AHRC welcomes 2nd Constituent Assembly Elections 

Nepal has successfully conducted the second Constituent Assembly elections on 19 November 2013 with estimated 70 percent voter turnout. The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) would like to congratul...

NEPAL: Release of the main suspect in the murder of Krishna Prasad Adhikari

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commision has received updated information that one of the main accused in the murder of Krishna Prasad Adhikari, and the only suspect who has been arrested so far...

NEPAL: Police arbitrarily arrest and torture two men in Kathmandu

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the torture of two men arrested in Kathmandu on 12 August 2013. They were tortured continuously for twelve day...

NEPAL: A man is found dead in suspicious circumstances and as the police refuse to investigate a cover-up is suspected

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a 30 year-old man was found dead in a paddy field in Rupandehi district with marks of beatings all over his body an...

NEPAL: An urgent call to save the lives of Krishna Prasad Adhikari’s parents, on hunger strike for 41 days demanding justice 

An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to the Home Minister of Nepal Mr. Madhav Prasad Ghimire Home Minister Government of Nepal Simha Darbar, Kathmandu NEPAL Fax: +977 1 42 11 232 Dea...

NEPAL: An urgent call to save the lives of Krishna Prasad Adhikari’s parents, on hunger strike for 41 days demanding justice 

An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Nepal Mr. Khil Raj Regmi Chairman -Council of Ministers Office of the Prime Minister and Council of...

NEPAL: Politicians oppose conflict victims’ fight for justice for Krishna Prasad Adhikari’s murder

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the condition of the parents of Krishna Prasad Adhikari. We issued an Urgent Appeal Case and a follow-...

NEPAL: Victim and human rights activist assaulted and forced to drop charges in a case of attempted rape

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that after reporting a case of attempted rape to the police station, the 23 year old victim was assaulted by a mob to pr...

NEPAL: Conflict victims locked into a mental hospital for seeking justice

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the condition of the parents of Krishna Prasad Adhikari about whom we issued an Urgent Appeal Case ear...

NEPAL: A torture victim fears police reprisal for seeking justice

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a 42 year old man, a former policeman, was tortured by the police in the Banke district on 23 June 2013. The perpet...

NEPAL: Bringing the eradication of torture back on the political agenda 

A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission on the occasion of the International day in support of victims of torture. On the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the Asian Human R...

NEPAL: Journalists and protesters suffer injuries from a police charge

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the physical abuse of protesters and journalists covering peaceful protests in Biratnagar on 10 June 2013. Two...

NEPAL: A victim of gender-based violence needs immediate medical support

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the critical situation of Anita’s (name changed) health after her ex-husband stabbed her five times in an at...

NEPAL: Resettle inhabitants of Balapur with adequate compensation to save them from imminent inundation 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received worrying information regarding the imminent inundation and subsequent loss of livelihood for the inhabitants of Balapur Village, Mah...

NEPAL: Ensure tapped water supply to Dalits of Duma in Mugu district

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding chronic water shortage plaguing the lives of Dalit residents of Duma village in Mugu district of Nepal during ...

NEPAL: A fifteen year old gang rape victim deserves protection and justice

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the gang rape of a fifteen year old school girl on 26 March 2013, in her house of Methinkot VDC-8, Kavrepalanc...

NEPAL: A torture victim remains in the custody of his torturers

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a twenty four young man has been tortured, kept in illegal detention and asked to pay for the restaurant bills of t...

NEPAL: Conflict victims harassed and thrown out of their homes for seeking justice

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the murder of a young man in Chitwan in 2004 by Maoist cadres in the midst of the civil war, following a perso...