President Bhandari grants amnesty to 681 prisoners President Bidya Devi Bhandari has granted amnesty to 681 prisoners completing the specified sentence and whose jail term remains to be over. Nepal 18 Sep, 2022
Conflict victims, rights activists seek intervention A group of conflict victims and human rights defenders on Monday submitted a memorandum addressed to UN Secretary-General António Guterres alerting him about the multiple flaws in the transitional justice amendment bill and seeking his intervention in the bill tabled at the House of Representatives. Nepal 30 Aug, 2022
EDITORIAL - Amend the TRC Act When the then government, represented by the Seven-Party Alliance opposing then King Gyanendra’s autocratic rule, and the rebel Maoists reached the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA) in 2006, both the sides had agreed to end the transitional justice within six months of signing the accord. Opinion 17 Aug, 2022
UN chief demands international access to Ukraine nuclear plant after new attack UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Monday for international inspectors to be given access to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after Ukraine and Russia traded accusations over the shelling of Europe's largest atomic plant at the weekend. World 08 Aug, 2022
UN's nuclear watchdog warns on Ukraine plant; Russia shells 'dozens' of towns The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency raised grave concern about shelling at a nuclear power plant in Ukraine, as its military said Russian forces had attacked dozens of front-line towns. World 07 Aug, 2022
Protest to amend Transitional Justice Bill Victim groups protested at Maitighar Mandala in Kathmandu today against the flawed provisions in the bill to amend the Transitional Justice Law. Kathmandu 01 Aug, 2022
Taliban crackdown on rights is 'suffocating' women: Amnesty The lives of Afghan women and girls are being destroyed by a "suffocating" crackdown by the Taliban since they took power nearly a year ago, Amnesty International said in a report released Wednesday. World 27 Jul, 2022
Rights groups urge Sri Lanka not to use unlawful force International human rights groups are urging Sri Lanka's new president to immediately order security forces to cease all unlawful use of force against protesters who have been demonstrating against the government — for months — over the country's economic meltdown. World 23 Jul, 2022
'Transitional Justice bill needs to be amended' At a press briefing held on Thursday at Indreni Foodland, victim groups and civil society organisations said the Bill for the Amendment of the Investigation of Enforced Disappeared Persons, Truth, and Reconciliation Commission Act, 2071 (2014) needed to be amended immediately. Nepal 22 Jul, 2022
AI launches global initiative against threat to right to protest Amnesty International says that right to protest is under unprecedented and growing threat across all regions of the world. Nepal 20 Jul, 2022
Suggestions given on transitional justice Victim groups and civil society have jointly submitted concrete suggestions on transitional justice to the law minister. Kathmandu 15 Jul, 2022
'UBUNTU' architecture: Approach to creating human dignity Before the end of this year, the greatest show on earth, “FIFA World Cup 2022”, will start in Qatar. Opinion 13 Jul, 2022
