What is the International Criminal Court, which had former Philippine President Duterte arrested? The 79-year-old former president has become the first former Asian leader to be arrested by the global court. World 12 Mar, 2025
SC show cause to PM Dahal, ex-PM Bhattarai ​​​​​​​The Supreme Court has issued a show cause notice to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and former prime minister Baburam Bhattarai in a case filed against them by former Moist child soldiers seeking to prosecute PM Dahal and Bhattarai under war crimes law. Nepal 14 Jun, 2023
EDITORIAL: Face the legal action The Supreme Court (SC) has finally allowed the former Maoist child soldiers to file a writ petition at the court seeking legal action against sitting Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and former prime minister Baburam Bhattarai for conscripting minors into the Maoist army during the decade-old Maoist insurgency. Opinion 13 Jun, 2023
SC admits writ of 9 former Maoist child soldiers The Supreme Court has admitted a writ petition filed by nine former Maoist child soldiers, including Lenin Bista, seeking to punish Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and former prime minister Baburam Bhattarai for alleged war crimes. The first hearing of the case has been scheduled for June 13. Nepal 12 Jun, 2023
SC allows ex-child soldiers to petition against PM Dahal, former PM Bhattrai The Supreme Court has quashed its administration’s decision not to admit a writ petition that sought to punish Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and former prime minister Baburam Bhattarai for alleged war crimes. Nepal 10 Jun, 2023
Transitional justice in limbo: Callous injustice to the victims In 2021, Prime Minister (PM) Pushpa Kamal Dahal had claimed the responsibility of killing 5,000 people during the decade-long Maoist-led armed conflict. Opinion 24 Apr, 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
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
Houthis, aid group: Death toll from prison airstrike at 82 Houthis, aid group: Death toll from prison airstrike at 82 World 22 Jan, 2022
Time to end the unacceptable: Together we can end child labour Sixty-two million children in the Asia-Pacific region are in child labour. It is a simple sentence to write but far harder to comprehend. Opinion 31 May, 2021
Govt claims it�s working to address woes of conflict victims KATHMANDU, JANUARY 13 The government has reiterated its commitment to resolve issues related to transitional justice in accordance with the spirit of the Comprehensive Peace Accord, rulings of the Supreme Court, relevant international commitments,... Horoscopes 14 Jan, 2021
Boko Haram claims abduction of students in northern Nigeria LAGOS: Rebels from the Boko Haram extremist group claimed responsibility Tuesday for abducting hundreds of boys from a school in Nigeria's northern Katsina State last week in one of the largest such attacks in years, raising fears of a growing wave of... Women 16 Dec, 2020
