"It is too late for Transitional Justice" "It is too late for transitional justice to be delivered to conflict victims," said Nirajan Thapaliya, Amnesty International's Nepal Director, to The Himalayan Times after releasing the Amnesty International’s Report in Nepal on Wednesday in Kathmandu. Nepal 25 Apr, 2024
EDITORIAL: Amend torture laws The constitution of Nepal prohibits any person in detention from being subjected to physical or mental torture. However, despite torture being criminalised by national – and international – laws, it continues to be prevalent in Nepal’s prisons. Opinion 28 Jun, 2023
Torture laws need to be amended ​​​​​​​Rights activists have demanded that the government amend torture laws, set up an independent mechanism to investigate torture cases and create a national fund for awarding compensation to torture victims. Nepal 27 Jun, 2023
Russian strikes force Ukraine to face hours-long power cuts Ukraine's electricity grid chief warned of hours-long power outages Friday as Russia zeroed in on Ukraine's energy infrastructure with heavy artillery and missile attacks that have interrupted supplies to as much as 40% of the country's people at the onset of winter. World 19 Nov, 2022
Indigenous people are victims of conservation 'success story' Nepal’s Indigenous peoples have suffered a litany of human rights violations over the past five decades as a result of abusive conservation policies, said Amnesty International and the Community Self-Reliance Centre in a new report published on Monday. Nepal 10 Aug, 2021
Cases of torture declining, claims govt The government has claimed that cases of torture have declined remarkably in the past few years. Nepal 18 Feb, 2021
Free health services still a far cry Kathmandu, August 16 Though the constitution and existing laws state that every citizen shall have equal access to health services, many people in the country are still deprived of basic health services. According to the constitutional... Horoscopes 17 Aug, 2019
NHRC tells govt to punish perpetrators of torture Kathmandu, June 26 The National Human Rights Commission has urged the government to initiate action against the perpetrators of torture. In a press statement released by the rights body coinciding with the International Day in Support of Victims... Horoscopes 27 Jun, 2019
End impunity: Don�t make mockery of HR Human rights and good governance are two sides of the same coin. They are inter-related and inter-connected. The concept of human rights is incomplete without good governance though the idea of good governance is a new one Nepal, compared to other... 19 Apr, 2019
60 years after Dalai Lama fled, China defends Tibet policies BEIJING: China is defending its often-criticised rule in Tibet 60 years after the Dalai Lama fled into exile amid an uprising against Chinese control, saying those who question its policies are merely biased. The official Xinhua News Agency said... Women 10 Mar, 2019
Conflict-hit women demand prompt response to their plaints They have demanded free education for kids who lost both parents in conflict Kathmandu, December 22 A national gathering of women affected by the decade-long armed conflict in the country concluded recently by issuing a 12-point Kathmandu... Horoscopes 23 Dec, 2018
Call to incorporate torture, sexual violence in definition of conflict survivors KATHMANDU: A national gathering of women affected by the decade-long armed conflict in the country concluded recently by issuing a 12-point Kathmandu Declaration which calls for prompt response to complaints pointing that survivors have been... Travel 22 Dec, 2018
