Opposition slam TRC Bill, ruling alliance soft on it Lawmakers representing the CPN-UML and Rastriya Prajatantra Party opposed provisions of the Truth and Reconciliation Act (Amendment) Bill saying that the bill lacked provisions to ensure justice for conflict victims. Nepal 27 Mar, 2023
New bill needs to protect victims, not abusers The bill to amend Nepal’s transitional justice legislation does not fully meet the country’s domestic law or international legal obligations and will not provide justice to victims if adopted in its current form, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the International Commission of Jurists said today. Nepal 25 Mar, 2023
Lawmaker Shahi picks holes in TRC bill Minister of Communications and Information Technology Rekha Sharma told the House of Representatives that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Bill had proposed to punish perpetrators in serious human rights violation cases and there would be no amnesty or reconciliation in those cases. Nepal 20 Mar, 2023
Writ petitions filed against PM Dahal Two writ petitions have been filed against CPN-Maoist Centre Chair and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and others at the Supreme Court seeking to arrest and punish him for saying that he could take responsibility only for 5,000 Maoist insurgency-era deaths, not 17,000. Nepal 08 Mar, 2023
EDITORIAL: Dahal in legal trouble The ruling coalition, especially the CPN-Maoist Centre, has become anxious after the division bench of Justices Ishwor Prasad Khatiwada and Hari Prasad Phuyal of the Supreme Court (SC) ordered on Friday to register a writ petition against Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal for his public statement in January 2020 that he could be blamed for only 5,000 deaths during the decade-long Maoist insurgency. Opinion 07 Mar, 2023
Maoists slam SC order CPN-Maoist Centre today issued a press release condemning the Supreme Court’s order to register a writ petition filed against Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal for his public statement in January 2020 that he could be blamed for only 5,000 deaths and not 17,000 deaths during the people’s war. Nepal 06 Mar, 2023
World Day of Social Justice marked Amnesty International Nepal celebrated International Social Justice Day here today by organising a programme. Nepal 21 Feb, 2023
EDITORIAL: Presidential pardon President Bidhya Devi Bhandari’s move to provide blanket amnesty to all the local level candidates who were fined for not submitting the poll expenditure details within the deadline by the Election Commission (EC) has drawn flak from lawyers. Nepal 20 Feb, 2023
HoR member Chaudhary released from prison The House of Representatives (HoR) member, Arun Chaudhary, has been released from prison. Nepal 19 Feb, 2023
President's amnesty move draws flak President Bidhya Devi Bhandari’s decision to grant amnesty to all local level candidates, who were fined by the Election Commission for failing to submit details of their election expenses within the stipulated deadline of 30 days has drawn condemnations from lawyers. Nepal 19 Feb, 2023
Nepal has mixed record on LGBT rights: Report Nepal has a mixed record on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights, said Human Rights Watch in its annual report, 2023. Nepal 22 Jan, 2023
Adhikari's family awaiting justice for 21 years Family members and relatives of late Muktinath Adhikari and activists are commemorating the 21st anniversary of his brutal killing without a trace of any truth and justice even as four sets of people’s representatives have been elected since the start of the peace process in Nepal in November 2006. Nepal 17 Jan, 2023
