�NHRC report a positive step towards justice� KATHMANDU, OCTOBER 22 A recent report published by the National Human Rights Commission that features details of human rights violations committed by 286 persons in the last two decades is a step towards ensuring accountability and combating... Horoscopes 23 Oct, 2020
High-level panel formed to monitor rights situation Kathmandu, April 10 A high-level human rights situation monitoring committee has been formed to carry out monitoring of various issues including performance of the Government of Nepal in the fight against COVID-19, arrangement of medical treatment... Horoscopes 11 Apr, 2020
�Keep rights at centre during emergency measures� Kathmandu, April 7 The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development along with 21 of its member organisations have called upon countries in South Asia to ensure that human rights are at the centre of their emergency response to the COVID-19... Horoscopes 08 Apr, 2020
Need for regional rights body stressed FORUM-ASIA urges South Asian nations to act on human rights challenges facing the region Kathmandu, April 9 The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development concluded a two-day dialogue on ‘Regional Human Rights Mechanism in South Asia’... Horoscopes 10 Apr, 2017
IFJ demands Dixit�s immediate release Kathmandu, April 26 Global media associations, including International Federation of Journalists, today condemned the arrest of noted journalist Kanak Mani Dixit and demanded his immediate release. Dixit was sent to judicial custody on the... Horoscopes 27 Apr, 2016
14 int’l bodies ready for poll monitoring Kathmandu, March 17:Fourteen international organisations have confirmed that they will observe the constituent assembly election to be held on April 10. Fifty international observers, affiliated with three organisations, have already obtained the... Horoscopes 17 Mar, 2008
Call to dissolve probe panel on disappeared Kathmandu, July 6:The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (Forum-Asia) and the Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC) have expressed “deep concern” about the decision taken by the government on June 21, 2007 to form a ‘High-level Probe... Travel 07 Jul, 2007
IN BRIEF RPP meet on Dec 3Kathmandu: Blaming the seven-party alliance of “domineering attitude”, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) is making efforts to make an alliance between the ‘like-minded” democratic forces. “Like-minded parties are always... Horoscopes 27 Nov, 2006
ICC push for ratification of Rome Statute Kathmandu, August 26 : An international delegation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) campaign met Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala today who assured the team that the government was positive about ratifying the ICC Rome Statute. “Koirala... Travel 26 Aug, 2006
FORUM-ASIA flays security men’s high-handedness Kathmandu, April 21: FORUM-ASIA has condemned atrocities of the Royal Nepalese Army, the Armed Police Force and the Nepal Police against people participating in peaceful demonstrations here. “With these atrocities against its own people, the regime... Horoscopes 21 Apr, 2006
Enforced agendas - NGOs are Western governmental organisations While we were opening the World Social Forum (Asia) with virtuoso performances of sufi music, the country’s rulers were marking the centenary of the Muslim League — the party that created Pakistan and has ever since been passed on from one bunch of... 11 Apr, 2006
