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Press articles (used media abbreviations) (see also link collection on inclusion)

Combating Violence against Dalit Women of the Terai, by Hari Bansh Jha (tg 30/04/2008)

Khadgis removed from list of Dalits (ht 19/03/2008)

Dalit working as temple priest (ht 10/03/2008)

Dalit boy badly beaten, by Arjun Shah (kp 07/03/2008)

Country behind Dalit women (kp 29/11/2007) [??]

Municipality deprives dalit community of electricity (kp 10/11/2007)

Dalits barred at public places (kp 01/11/2007)

Dalit families left homeless as forest officials burn down homes (nn 12/07/2007)

Illiterate and dalit, but a legal expert, by Tirtha Neupane (kp 29/06/2007)

Lohar family in cave for 11 yrs, by Arjun Shah (kp 22/06/2007)

Dalit priests preside at temples, by Chetan Adhikari (kp 06/05/2007)

Dalits to build guest house, by Bharat Jarghamagar (kp 03/05/2007)

Dalits victimized more in urban areas (samn 11/04/2007)

Dalits stage rally against exploitation (samn 13/12/2006)

Dalits oppressed dut to hatred (samn 24/11/2006)

Two more Dalits roughed up (samn 02/11/2006)

Dalit women see change in Parbat (samn 28/10/2006)

Dalit village deprived of water supply (kp 27/10/2006)

Well water 'poisoned' after being open for dalits (kp 25/09/2006)

Women plough in the nude anticipating rain (kp 22/08/2006) [Such news are in the papers every year. It is time to abolish this disgraceful nonsense that has obviously been invented by so-caled high caste males!]

Dalit beaten for demanding payment, by Ghanashyam Gautam (kp 02/08/2006)

Dalit beaten up by daughter’s ‘high caste’ lover, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp 15/07/2006)

Dalit beaten up for being only human (samn 14/07/2006)

Activists lock Dalit Federation office (samn 28/06/2006)

No easy struggle: The Dalit movement can’t let internal rifts distract it, by Marty Logan (nt 05/05/2006)

Dalit woman shackled for months (samn 01/04/2006)

Dalits' fate (kp 30/12/2005)

3 honoured with Dr Ambedkar awards (samn 19/12/2005)

Breaking chains of prejudice provides new hope in Nepal (Relief Web 12/12/2005)

To be a Dalit (Advocacy Project 30/10/2005)

Caste Discrimination Inflames Conflict in Nepal: New report documents the impact of the civil war on Dalits, by Dinesh Kumar Pariyar (Ohmy News 22/08/2005)

Rehabilitation of Displaced Dalits in Baglung (insn 17/08/2005)

Caste Discrimination Root Cause of Conflict in Nepal: New report documents the impact of the civil war on Dalits [See also press release and photo gallery], by Center for Human Rights and Global Justice (11/08/2005)

Dalits bring electricity in Baglung (rn 08/08/2005)

18 dalit families homeless (kp 24/07/2005)

Hotel owners misbehave with Dalit customers (ht 20/12/2004)

Untouched even by the untouchables: Some Dalits suffer discrimination not just from the higher castes, but from fellow-Dalits, by Sagun S Lawoti (nt 26/11/2004)

Existing Pro-Dalit Policies in Nepal, by Tek Tamrakar (tg 17/11/2004)

Discrimination among Dalits rampant (ht 20/10/2004)

Thoksila Dalit takes over as priest (ht 25/09/2005)

Haliyas forced to toil to repay debts, by D R Panta (kp 31/07/2004)

Untouchability afflicts non-Dalits too, by Khyamu Gaunle Bishwakarma (kp 20/07/2004)

Caste system and dalits, by Sita Rokka Sarki (kp 16/07/2004)

300 dalit farm hands sacked in Bara (kp 22/06/2004)

Crisis of research on Terai Dalits, by Subas Risal (kp 19/05/2004)

Violence against Dalit Women, by Padmalal Bishwakarma (tg 19/05/2004)

School for Dalits through local efforts (kp 09/05/2004)

Dalit parents use kids’ stipend to buy liquor (ht 07/05/2004)

Lohars still chained by khale pratha (ht 06/05/2004)

International aid and Dalits, by Hira Vishwakarma (kp 05/05/2004), Efforts to Raise Dalit’s Share in Governance, by H. B. Jha (tg 05/05/2004)

Dalit family banished, has nowhere to go (ht 01/05/2004))

3 Dalits hurt in caste clash (ht 26/04/2004)

500 Dalits enter temple (ht 23/03/2004)

Discriminations galore law notwithstanding, by Tejasuee Rajbhandari (kp 21/03/2004)

Scorned Dalits shame society with service, by Laxmi Gautam (ht 01/03/2004)

A better Badi, by Naresh Newar (nt 30/01/2004)

Non-resident Dalits tell successful stories (rn 29/01/2004)

Globalisation and Dalits of Nepal, by Hira Vishwakarma (kp 21/01/2004)

Desperate times for Dalit woman despite owning land, by Binod Tripathy (kp 20/01/2004)

Homeless Dalits allege government apathy (ht 15/01/2004)

Dalit woman seeking justice (kp 13/01/2004)

For older links see archive

Background

Lawyers' National Campaign Against Untouchability (LANCAU-Nepal)

Dalit Welfare Organization

Jana Utthan Pratisthan

Feminist Dalit Organization (FEDO)

Welcome to the world of the Nepalese Kami

Empower Dalit Women of Nepal, an organization initiated by Bishnu Maya Pariyar

Nepal Dalit Info (old website: Nepal Dalit Information Resources)

Media Alliance against caste discrimination