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NEPAL: The torturers of an 11-year-old child must be brought to justice

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that two policemen from Pachuwarghat police station, Kavre District, tortured an eleven-year old boy, Lakpa Tamang, whil...

NEPAL: A civil servant’s whereabouts remain unknown two months on

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to draw your attention to the disappearance of a civil servant since 5 November 2010 from Rajpur, Dipayal, Doti District. Two months on, t...

NEPAL: Impunity for those who allegedly tortured three detainees

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the torture case of Gyan Bahadur Balami (Gyanu), Hermin Ratu Lama and Makar Bahadur Gharti Magar (Iman...

NEPAL: Torture victims face further death threats and ill-treatment and are not provided with medical treatment

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the case of police torture of Gyan Bahadur Balami (Gyanu) and Makar Bahadur Gharti Magar (Iman) and ...

NEPAL: FAO failure of subsidized seeds affects 1463 agricultural families causing food insecurity in hill regions 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Food First Information and Action Network Nepal (FIAN Nepal) that the farmers failed to cultivate the seed subs...

ASIA: Human Rights Day: Speak up stop caste discrimination 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from International Dalit Solidarity Network. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from Inte...

NEPAL: Impunity and political bickering holds the people at ransom 

A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission on the occasion of the Human Rights Day 2010 The Constituent Assembly of Nepal is not able to move any step forward despite the passing of two years an...

NEPAL: Police sexually abuse and torture a woman and two other detainees

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the repeated beatings and torture inflicted by a police team from the Metropolitan Police Crime Division (MPCD...

NEPAL: A man dies under questionable circumstances in police custody in Chitwan District and no investigation is conducted.

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the death of Som Bahadur Barai, a 49 year old man, while in the custody of the Area Police Office, Ratnanaga...

NEPAL: Still no relief for the school teacher dismissed for defending the rights of her Dalit students

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)  regrets to inform you that Ms. Pushpa Karki, a teacher who was fired in 2008 after having spoken against discriminatory practices which persist...

NEPAL: Police beat and rob villagers in Nawalparasi District, one villager is handed over to the Indian police and killed and another one is detained incommunicado

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding a serious case of police violence which occurred on 15 August 2010 at Sekhuwana chock in Nawalparasi District....

NEPAL: Political Parties, Government and Development Partners: Be Accountable in Delivering Basic Services to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Nepal 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the NGO Federation of Nepal, at the occasion of the review of the Millennium Developmen...

NEPAL: CPA’s Human Rights Commitment and Reality 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from INSEC, Informal Sector Service Centre, a leading Nepalese human rights NGO, at the occa...

NEPAL: Police negligence in a case of rape and beating of a 16-year-old girl

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding rape and abuse of a 16 year-old domestic worker in Kathmandu on 18 July 2010 by her employers. Instead of resc...

UPDATE (Nepal): Allegations of torture to death of a minor in Rupendehi District must be independently investigated

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the custodial death of 16-year-old Dharmendra Barai on 4 July, which is suspected to have been caused ...

NEPAL: Police unable to arrest the murderers of Ram Hari Shrestha

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to draw your attention on the case of Ram Hari Shrestha, a businessman from Kathmandou who was allegedly abducted on 27 April 2008 by members of ...

NEPAL: The Nepal Army has given absolution to one of Maina Sunuwar’s murderers 

The Nepal Army announced on 14 July that an internal inquiry had found Major Basnet ‘innocent’ of the torturing to death of Maina Sunuwar. The details of the enforced disappearance, tortur...

NEPAL: The Nepal Army has given absolution to one of Maina Sunuwar’s murderers 

The Nepal Army announced on 14 July that an internal inquiry had found Major Basnet ‘innocent’ of the torturing to death of Maina Sunuwar. The details of the enforced disappearance, tortur...

NEPAL: Advocacy Forum and ALRC submit joint UPR report to the UN concerning ongoing violations and impunity

A Joint Press Release by Advocacy Forum and the Asian Legal Resource Centre NEPAL: Advocacy Forum and ALRC submit joint UPR report to the UN concerning ongoing violations and impunity Please find the ...

NEPAL: A young woman is tortured under interrogation at the Dolakha District Police Office

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that a woman in her twenties was illegally arrested, strung up in a police station and badly beaten for a number of hours after she...