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Senior
citizens in rural areas deprived of citizenship
certificate: Without citizenship, people are denied
job opportunities and social security allowances,
by Ramesh Chandra Adhikari (kp 14/06/2019)
On
sex and citizenship: The debate on citizenship goes
from nationalist rhetoric to plain misogyny, by
Subina Shrestha (kp 14/06/2019)
AI
tells govt to ensure safe housing for all people:
Nearly half the population is living in substandard
homes; 10 pc people are homeless (ht 13/06/2019),
Right
to housing law must extend protection to tenants,
squatters: Amnesty report; Director of Amnesty
International Nepal Nirajan Thapaliya says the
government has been increasingly enacting laws
related to fundamental rights without any consultation
with stakeholders, by Tsering D Gurung (kp
14/06/2019)
Rights
activists urge govt to sign OPCAT, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 21/05/2019)
Together
against pollution: Air pollution should be controlled
immediately. Otherwise, we will witness huge loss in
human resources, production and economic growth,
by Nitigya Oli and Durga Sapkota (rep 21/05/2019)
National
Human Rights Commission objects to Media Council Bill:
If endorsed in present form, it will be against the
basic principles of human rights and freedom of
expression, watchdog says, by Binod Ghimire (kp
16/05/2019), NHRC
concerned about freedom of expression (ht
16/05/2019)
Two
years on, Nepali women still barred from working in
the Gulf as housemaids: Latest recommendations urge
the government to revoke discriminatory restrictions
and allow all women equal access to employment, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 14/05/2019)
Threats
to
press freedom have only increased in Nepal, report
says: Even as violations of press freedom nearly
doubled in the last 12 months, the
administration is formulating tighter laws, by
Bhrikuti Rai (kp 02/05/2019)
[see report
by Freedom Forum], 104
cases of press freedom violations in a year (ht
02/05/2019)
Right
to food sovereignty still a far cry, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 02/05/2019)
Gaumul
Rural Municipality freed of chhaupadi (ht
20/04/2019)
Rising
threat
of pollution: Right to clean environment is the
fundamental right granted by the constitution. Health
of general public should not be compromised in the
name of development, by Sandip Neupane (rep
18/04/2019)
Journalist
arrested
on charge of cybercrime for publishing news on
financial fraud: Reporters, freedom of speech
campaigners condemn the arrest saying journalism is
not cybercrime, by Bhrikuti Rai (kp 16/04/2019)
Citizenship
relief
for children of citizens by birth: District
administrative offices told to grant them citizenship
by descent, by Roshan S Nepal (ht 04/04/2019) [The cheering can only come from
male persons! Concerning the right to citizenship
through the mother everything remains unchanged! Women
continue to be treated as unequal and inferior
persons! Long live the patriarchal state of Nepal!!]
Is
Nepal’s
progressive trans rights movement bracing for a
setback? LGBTIQ community expresses reservations about
provisions in the citizenship bill which, according to
them, can result in further discrimination against
sexual minorities, by Asmita Manandhar (kp
31/03/2019)
Back
to the Middle Ages: An examinee had her sanitary pad
confiscated in the name of security (kp
28/03/2019)
His
mother
is a Nepali.He has been refused citizenship for 10
years: Between 2009 and 2017, Nepal has issued 13
naturalised citizenships to those born to a Nepali
mother and a foreign father. Many are waiting, hoping
to be the next, by Tsering D Gurung (kp
25/03/2019)
Women
are still dying after being sent to menstruation huts,
but no one is filing complaints: A new report by the
National Human Rights Commision paints a grim picture
of Chhaupadi and how it’s still taking women’s lives,
despite being outlawed, by Bhrikuti Rai (kp
23/03/2019) [see NHRC
report (in Nepali)]
On
the
wrong side of history: Defending unequal citizenship
rights is defending the Khas-Arya man’s status, not
the state sovereignty, by Amish Raj Mulmi (kp
22/03/2019)
Achham
police launch campaign against Chhaupadi, by
Menuka Dhungana (kp 12/03/2019)
Debate
on
women’s citizenship rights rages as House takes up
amendment bill: Activists say lawmakers’ reluctance to
grant equal citizenship rights to women is reflective
of the deep-rooted patriarchal beliefs in society,
by Tsering D Gurung (kp 08/03/2019)
Free
the speech: The beauty of the internet is freedom. Let
it be, by Bimal Pratap Shah (kp 03/03/2019)
‘Democracy
is also about tolerating dissent’ (ht 02/03/2019)
‘ITB
curtails fundamental rights of people’ (ht
26/02/2019)
Menstruating
women are still being banished to outdoor sheds — and
it’s killing them, by Tsering D Gurung (kp
23/02/2019)
Everything
you
need to know about the government’s new IT bill: In an
attempt to regulate the cyberspace, the K P Sharma Oli
government is trying to give itself enormous new
powers to curb online content, by Bhrikuti Rai (kp
23/02/2019)
Assaulting
free speech: The provisions in the new bill could
further curtail free speech and silence dissenters,
by Taranath Dahal (kp 21/02/2019)
Following
threats,
popular folk singer Sharma pulls video from YouTube:
Rights advocates call pressure an attack on freedom of
expression, by Anup Ojha and Tika R Pradhan (kp
18/02/2019), Folk
singer Pashupati faces YAN music for satirical song,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 18/02/2019)
With
a new IT bill, state draws battle lines against free
speech: In attempting to regulate social media
platforms, Oli administration violates the freedom of
speech and opinion guaranteed under the constitution,
experts say, by Bhrikuti Rai (kp 16/02/2019)
Government
proposes harsh punishment for posting ‘improper’
contents online, by Sanjaya Lama (kp 14/02/2019)
Ministry
asks staff to not partake in programmes without
consent, by Binod Ghimire (kp 13/02/2019) [Fundamental
rights not valid for civil servants!]
Bill
restricting civil servants from sharing views on
social media cause for concern: Experts, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 12/02/2019), Bill
puts rigid restrictions on govt staff, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 12/02/2019)
Many
muzzles: Press freedom cannot be curtailed in the name
of ‘regulation’ (kp 12/02/2019)
Provincial
media
bills will curtail press freedom, experts warn:
Provincial assemblies should take into account the
importance of fourth estate in democracy and
governance, observers say, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
11/02/2019)
Rise
against the clock: Proactive research and analysis are
needed to effectively address future nutritional
problems, by Ramu Bishwakarma (kp 05/02/2019)
Youth
denied citizenship despite SC order (ht
05/02/2019)
Standing
in the way of control: Protests, a means of
political communication, cannot be stifled
(kp 04/02/2019)
Nepal
Citizenship bill: Female lawmakers decry unequal
provisions, by Jagdishor Panday (ht 30/01/2019), Nepal
Citizenship Bill faces hurdles to passage in HoR,
by Rewati Sapkota (ht 31/01/2019)
Citizens’
Right to Health, by Mukti Rijal (rn 24/01/2019)
A
school too far: Through a child rights perspective,
the school merging programme goes against the right to
education, by Nilima Rai (kp 24/01/2019)
A
dangerous life: Road safety is not a privilege, but
the right of the people (kp 21/01/2019)
Press
freedom
anxiety: To demonstrate that it will work as per the
spirit of the Constitution, the govt has no option but
to amend some of the draconian provisions (ht
03/01/2019), Civil
society and media: Give them their due, by Dutta
Shree Duwadi (Khanal) (ht 03/01/2019)
‘Untouchability’
culture among Dalits weakens anti-discrimination drive,
by Menuka Dhungana (kp 28/12/2018)
Nirmala
murder case: 2nd suspect freed by DNA report, accuses
police of torture, by Sanjaya Lama (kp
27/12/2018), Police
deny
torturing suspects during interrogation: Pradip Rawal
and Bishal Chaudhary, the latest suspects in
Nirmala murder case, cleared by DNA evidence, by
Nayak Paudel (kp 28/12/2018)
No
remedy even as Kathmandu air crosses dangerous levels,
by Arpan Shrestha (kp 25/12/2018)
Chaudhary:
Police tortured me to extract confession, by
Bhawani Bhatta (kp 23/12/2018), Bishal
taken to Kathmandu for medical examination, by
Bhawani Bhatta (kp 25/12/2018) [Showing
mental problems after severe police torture!]
Chhaupadi-free
drive ineffective, by Menuka Dhungana (kp
22/12/2018)
Women
still unable to enjoy reproductive health rights
(ht 22/12/2018)
'Monopoly
of capitalist big media houses' must en, says Dahal
(rep 13/12/2018) [Another
frontal attack on free press and freedom of opinion!!]
Hail
Comrade
Chairman! With the mass intelligentsia ready to pounce
upon his critics, Oli is confident that he can cut the
media and intelligentsia down to size, by CK Lal
(rep 10/12/2018)
Disabled
people to campaign for inclusion across the country:
513,321 disabled people live in Nepal, according to
2011 census, by Anup Ojha (kp 01/12/2018), Count
them in: The state must take ownership over empowering
differently-abled people (kp 03/12/2018), Getting
noticed: For people with disabilities, the realisation
of their basic human rights is a huge challenge,
by Rajesh Man KC (kp 03/12/2018)
People
still unaware of right to info (ht 29/11/2018) [And the governmaent of PM Oli does
everything that they will never become aware!]
Stringent
IT law to replace Electronic Transaction Act:
Advocates of press freedom concerned over its effects
in digital age, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 28/11/2018)
Citizens,
not subjects: Criticising the government and
expressing dissatisfaction is our right (kp
15/11/2018)
Fearing
backlash,
Cabinet keeps key decisions to itself: In an
unprecedented move and against a longstanding
practice, journalists on Sunday were denied
information on government decisions, by Anil Giri
(kp 13/11/2018), Govt
move to deny info on cabinet decisions causes
widespread controversy (rep 13/11/2018), Govt’s
information gag draws flak, by Jagdishor Panday
(ht 13/11/2018), Not
disclosing cabinet decisions a huge setback for
freedom of info, by Taranath Dahal (rep
14/11/2018), Cabinet
decisions must be transparent (rep 14/11/2018), Cabinet
to share its decisions only once a week: Prime
Minister Oli warns ministers not to divulge decisions
to media, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 16/11/2018) [??????], PM
cements information gag order, by Rewati Sapkota
(ht 16/11/2018), Nepaleaks:
Why is the greatest communist government on Earth
afraid of its own people, media and even well-wishers?,
by Guffadi (kp 17/11/2108), ‘Info
gag on Cabinet decisions against constitution, RTI Act’,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 18/11/2018)
Ministry
issues stern social media use policy: Directive bars
comments or posts against government, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 03/11/2018)
PM's
IT consultant 'tapping' private data on people for
commercial use (rep 09/10/2018)
Don’t
be cruel: The authorities need to understand that the
use of torture is inhumane and illegal, by
Sudeshna Thapa (kp 05/10/2018)
Disenfranchised
citizen: Every citizen has the right to a good
education, even the visually impaired, by Parbishi
Mishra (kp 03/10/2018)
Government
mulling over making local level permit mandatory for
foreign trip, by Rewati Sapkota (ht 27/09/2018), Right
to
roam: Govt must bear in mind that people are citizens,
not subjects and any move to restrict people’s
mobility will contravene human rights (ht
28/09/2018)
Shelter
for everyone: Easier said than done, by Jiba Raj
Pokharel (ht 27/09/2018)
Enabling
Nepalis abroad to vote: ‘Government should start
preparations immediately’, by Roshan S Nepal (ht
26/09/2018)
Dang
brutal
for women if the charge is witchery: Mostly,
illiterate women with weak financial status are
accused of witchcraft, they are beaten up and even
murdered, by Devendra Basnet (rep 19/09/2018)
Parliament
passes all bills on basic rights, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp) [by breaking laws
and rulings in an authoritarian way!], Fundamental
rights-related bills passed / MPs cast doubt over
implementation, by Rewati Sapkota (ht 17/09/2018),
The
right stuff: Passing of the bills on basic rights is a
milestone, but implementation will be key (kp
18/09/2018), Citizenship
bill
unlikely to be passed this session: Parliament passed
15 bills related to fundamental rights on Sunday, but
stateless people will not be able to enjoy the
fundamental rights, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
18/09/2018), Fast-tracked:
Fundamental
rights are essential to safeguard interests of the
people, so the state now must act for their full
implementation (ht 18/09/2018)
House
set to endorse laws barring uneducated people from all
types of jobs after 10 yrs, by Ashok Dahal (rep
16/09/2018)
Scramble
to meet deadline on fundamental right laws (rep
15/09/2018), Deadline
looming large over passage of rights bills, by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 16/09/2018)
They
are citizens too: Gender equality was sacrificed in
the name of preserving social and cultural values,
by Bharati Silawal Giri (kp 14/09/2018)
No
laws on fundamental rights ready though deadline ends
Sept 19, by Ashok Dahal (rep 04/09/2018)
Leaders
pledge
to amend laws limiting free press: Leaders of various
political parties sympathise with the concern raised
by journalists and writers over the new laws that
restrict press freedom (kp 03/09/2018)
Nepalis
abroad set to exercise voting right: Court orders
facilities for citizens to vote from foreign
destinations, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 03/09/2019),
Ensure
voting rights for Nepalis living abroad, SC tells
government, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 03/09/2018), Right
to vote for Nepalis living abroad (rep 04/09/2018)
Lawmakers
demand removal of 'regressive' provisions in Privacy
Bill (rep 02/09/2018), Why
privacy
bill should be amended: The state has no right to
control people’s freedom and liberties while
introducing right to privacy laws. No law should
encroach on people’s right to know, by Taranath
Dahal (rep 02/09/2018)
Bista
moves court against travel ban (kp 01/09/2018), Top
court questions government for foiling Bista’s travel
(kp 03/09/2018)
Plans
to fast-track fundamental laws related bills afoot:
Sixteen out of 17 laws related bills were registered
in the Parliament, by Jagdishor Panday (ht
28/08/2018)
Truth
to power: The main duty of a free press is to uphold
the people’s right to know (kp 23/08/2018)
Even
elected representatives have chhaugoths at home,
by Nagendra Upadhyay (rep 23/08/2018)
Laws
needed for exercise of fundamental rights still in
pipeline: Govt set to miss Sept 19 deadline for
implementation, by Ashok Dahal (rep 23/08/2018)
Protests
escalate after police parade ‘wrong’ rape suspect,
by Bhawani Bhatta (kp 22/08/2018)
13
pc citizens have no access to drinking water, by
Tika R Pradhan (22/08/2018)
Govt
can’t disclose classified information: Oli (rep
20/08/2018) [??], Right
to
Information Act: Ensure implementation; Right to
Information Act provides an opportunity for federal
Nepal to hold all three tiers of governments
accountable, by Pramod Bhattarai (rep 21/08/2018),
Press
Freedom Under Attack?, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn
22/08/2018), Government
ignores free press concerns: New bill bars journalists
from even gathering information on public staff,
by Binod Ghimre (kp 22/08/2018), Solidarity
against press freedom curbs (kp 22/08/2018), Value
differing opinions: The new code has provisions that
limit free expression and criminalise media lapses,
by Binod Bhattarai (kp 23/08/2018)
End
inequalities:
Children of Nepali women, irrespective of who she is
married to, should unquestionably be entitled to
citizenship by descent (ht 20/08/2018)
Press
council grills editors (rep 18/08/2018), Press
Council's grilling of editors against jurisdiction and
a misuse of authority: Freedom Forum (rep
19/08/2018)
Free
press on edge as new laws come into force today,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 17/08/2018), Media
Society warns against anti-press rules (kp
17/08/2018), Privacy
and the press: Press freedom might come under attack
as the government passes new law (kp 17/08/2018)
All
political parties are technically illegal, by Om
Astha Rai (nt 17/08/2018)
Practising
untouchability
during menstruation, postpartum periods criminal
offense: Offenders can be jailed for up to three
months (Setopati 16/08/2018)
35
days remain to pass laws on fundamental rights:
Cabinet sitting on 10 bills for a month, by Ashok
Dahal (rep 15/08/2018)
Cops
beat up Dalit man 'without reason' (rep
15/08/2018) [Cops don't have
the right to beat anybody, espexcially not the
downtrodden Dalits!!]
Bill
to amend citizenship act: Ruling party lawmakers
object tweaks to law, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
14/08/2018) [The male
Tagadhari politicians will take care that women will
never be equal to men!]
Children
are starving in Bajhang: Thousands of children at risk
from malnutrition in the remote far-western district,
by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 13/08/2018)
Gender,
nation, and women’s honour: Women’s bodies have been
instrumentalised to legitimise certain groups’
political and business interests under the pretext of
nationalism, by Sangita Thebe Limbu and Kalpana
Jha (kp 10/08/2018)
Son
worshippers: It is sad when women have to achieve
recognition by having a male child (kp 09/08/2018)
Newborns
may get birth certificate through their mothers,
by Ashok Dahal (rep 08/08/2018), Birth
certificates
in mom’s name to be a norm; Fine and jail proposed for
spouses who abandon their partners citing reproductive
health problems. A new bill also proposes to prohibit
forceful use of contraceptives, by Jagdishor
Panday (ht 08/08/2018), New
bill proposes to protect a woman’s right on her body:
Three months prison term and fine of Rs 50,000 for
forcing a woman to use contraceptive to prevent
pregnancy (kp 09/08/2018)
My
horrible experience with immigration at TIA, by
Nikita Acharya (rep 06/08/2018) [Based
on article 18 of the constitution, men should be
treated in the same way if they are not travelling
with female relatives!]
Right
to
know: Hiding information is violation of citizen’s
right to information and a major stumbling block to
strengthening democracy, by Pramod Bhattarai
(rep 05/08/2018)
Law
ministry sends back draft bills to ministries (ht
31/07/2018)
The
privilege to choose: It’s increasingly clear that our
liberal standards come with the freedom to choose our
protests, by Amish Mulmi (kp 27/07/2018)
Concern
over shrinking civic space mounts as govt moves to
stifle dissent (rep 26/07/2018)
7
ministries finalise drafts on fundamental rights: The
documents will likely be tabled at the Cabinet for
approval today (kp 24/07/2018), Ministries
complete draft laws on fundamental rights (kp
25/07/2018)
Police
gone
wild! Why can’t our politicians understand that no
regime has succeeded by beating up protestors and or
even shooting at them?, by Guffadi (kp 21/07/2018)
Women
MPs join hands against dowry system (ht
21/07/2018)
askota
vows state will not muzzle media freedom KMG chairman
hopes state includes stakeholders’ voice in new act
(kp 20/07/2018)
Government
‘abducts’
social activist: Dr KC refuges to enter ICU, vows to
continue his protest until his demands for reforms in
medical education sector are met, by Binod Ghimire
and LP Devkota (kp
20/07/2018),
20
doctors among injured in clashes with security forces
(kp
20/07/2018),
PM
Oli says some parties are playing with Dr KC’s life
(kp
20/07/2018)
[Bare mockery!], Congress
urges RJP-N, Naya Shakti to join in the fight against
govt, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
20/07/2018)
[Pressure on the government is
urgent, but Deuba's argumentation is also mockery,
since he did not act otherwise when he was PM!],
NC
raises pitch against ‘autocracy’ (kp
20/07/2018),
Police
detain 25 students protesting against PM Oli (kp
20/07/2018)
Law
Ministry to hold final talks on basic rights today:
Line ministries fail to submit drafts as deadline
lapses, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 18/07/2018)
Right
to know: Hidden cabinet decisions (rep
10/07/2018), Govt
hiding budget transfer details since February (rep
10/07/2018)
Govt
hides cabinet decisions, by Sangeet Sangroula (rep
09/07/2018), PM
to
direct ministers, secys on implementing policies,
programmes: The government plans to set up a mechanism
at the PMO to execute the policies and programmes
(kp 09/07/2018)
Prof
Koirala didn’t have permission to fly: Home minister:
Oppn party terms it ‘fascist terror’ by govt (rep
09/07/2018), University
of British Colombia dismayed and shamed (rep
09/07/2018)
Protest
ban ‘unconstitutional’ (kp 04/07/2018)
On
liberty: Govt’s decision to ban protests in prime
spaces shows authoritarian tendency (kp
03/07/2018)
Politics
of
prohibition: What is the need for the government to
declare a no-go area for peaceful protests and
prohibit spaces located at the heart of the city?,
by Pranab Kharel and Gaurab KC (rep 03/07/2018)
What’s
the intention? Fundamental rights at stake (rep
02/07/2018), Allow
dissent: Silencing public voice weakens democracy;
govt must understand democracy and dissent go together
(ht 02/07/2018)
Laws
related to polygamy contradictory (ht 01/07/2018)
MoHA
designates protest zones in valley (ht
29/06/2018), Activists
vow
to defy Maitighar Mandala ban: Nepali Congress and
Bibeksheel Sajha Party say ban on protest rallies
muzzles citizens’ freedom to express (kp
30/06/2018), Right
to
protest! Our greatest communist government on earth is
slowly showing its true colours and if we don’t wake
up now, it might be a little too late when you realise
that you can no longer assemble peacefully, or protest
against our thulo mancheys, by Guffadi (kp
30/06/2018), Bibeksheel
Sajha defies govt ban, stages demonstration at
Maitighar (kp 01/07/2018), Protest
ban in Valley raises fears of ‘controlled democracy’
(rep 02/07/2018), Activists
question legality of protest ban in Valley (rep
02/07/2018)
Textbook
shortage
in rural Achham: A teacher says textbook shortage is a
perennial problem that the government has failed to
address, by Menuka Dhungana (kp 25/06/2018) [The continued inaction by the
governments is a grave violation of the children's
fundamental rights!!]
Women
head back to Chhaupadi sheds, by Nagendra
Upadhyaya (rep 25/06/2018)
Over
20,000 quake victims might have to spend fourth
monsoon under tents, by Dhruba Dangal (rep
22/06/2018)
RTI
needed for federalism to succeed (ht 21/06/2018)
Govt
may
miss deadline for passing fundamental rights: The
constitution has set three years since the
implementation of the constitution as the deadline for
the implementation of 31 various fundamental rights,
by Ashok Dahal (rep 16/06/2018)
Communist
government moves to curtail civil liberties: Two new
policies look set to curb dissent, by Supriya
Manandhar (The Record 15/06/2018)
Implementation
of fundamental rights: Time running out for framing
laws (ht 03/06/2018)
Untold
stories
of women: Untold stories of rural women need to be
told for change and for raising awareness that women’s
rights are human rights, by Sabita Nakarmi (rep
03/06/2018)
Obtaining
citizenship in mother's name no more a challenge in
Myagdi, by Hari Krishna Gautam (rep 03/06/2018)
Knowledge
is
Power: The government needs to revamp its
information-sharing system to help foster better
knowledge production and transparency, by Deepak
Thapa (kp 31/05/2018)
School
students of various hill, tarai districts yet to get
all textbooks (rep 27/05/2018)
Know
thy
laws: What’s in laws and bills proposed by the
government? Do they help in safeguarding right to
freedom of expression or do they seek to curtail those
rights?, by Taranath Dahal (rep 23/05/2018)
Lawmakers
raise
Madhesis’ concern about citizenship denial in House:
Say statelessness hits their studies, chances of
getting jobs (ht 19/05/2018)
ICJ
calls to end criminalisation of LGBTI persons (kp
18/05/2018), Call
to protect rights of sexual minorities (ht
18/05/2018)
‘Violation
of press freedom continues’ (ht 03/05/2018)
Call
to improve occupational safety (ht 29/04/2018)
Homes
away
from home: Female domestic workers in Lebanon cannot
visit families back in Nepal because of a travel ban
that prevents them from returning to well-paying jobs,
by Upasana Khadka (nt 27/04/2018)
‘Remove
Gulf job age limit for women’ (kp 20/04/2018), Stakeholders
want laws barring women from working abroad as
housemaids amended (rep 20/04/2018)
Speaker
Mahara promises help to get bill on people's right to
safe water endorsed (ht 14/04/2018)
Girls
miss schools during menstruation (kp 07/04/2018),
Girls
skipping school during menstruation (ht
07/04/2018)
Need
for open government data stressed (ht 24/03/2018)
Times
change, mindsets don’t: For how many more years will
the people need to wait to see an inclusive Nepal?,
by Raj Pariyar (kp 23/03/2018)
SC
orders govt to ensure migrants’ right to vote, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 23/03/2018)
An
unresolved agenda: Current lawmakers have the
opportunity to end the discrimination faced by women
on citizenship rights, by Anjita Parajuli (kp
20/03/2018)
Gender
equality: New Opportunities, by Pratik Chhetri and
Neha Malla (ht 13/03/2018)
Female
patients
of kidney diseases deprived of proper care and
treatment: Pregnant women with high blood pressure are
at high risk of kidney diseases (ht 08/03/2018)
Citizenship
a far cry for most Madhesi daughters-in-law (rep
06/03/2018)
Child
marriage, polygamy taking toll on women’s life, by
Dinesh Subedi (rep 05/03/2018)
Hindu
custom of Chhaupadi: Kanchanpur continues to isolate
menstruating women in sheds (kp 03/03/2018)
CJ
Parajuli
orders media probe: Legal experts ‘slam attack on free
press’ n NHRC says it’s against right of fair trial
ensured by global HR law (kp 26/02/2018), Attempts
to censor media draw flak (kp 27/02/2018), NMS
urges SC to rectify its decision (kp
27/02/2018),
NMS
opposes SC order against Kantipur daily (ht
27/02/2018), Apex
court’s decision draws serious concern of FNJ (ht
27/02/2018),
US
stresses unbiased judiciary (kp
27/02/2018),
CJ
Parajuli's order: Attempt to ‘muzzle media’ draws flak
(kp 28/02/2018), Concerns
over censorship order: Chief Justice Parajuli’s
attempt to muzzle press draws widespread criticism
from different sides (kp
28/02/2018),
Journalist
bodies
condemn CJ order: Federation of Nepali Journalists
says contempt of court case against Kantipur daily
‘unconstitutional’;Gag order clearly constitutes a
misuse of the judicial apparatus for personal ends:
Paris-based RSF (kp 01/03/2018)
[see RSF
statement], Contempt
case has no merit: Experts (kp 02/03/2018), SC
justices split over CJ Parajuli’s judicial conduct
(kp 08/03/2018), Writing
news does not amount to contempt of court: FNJ; Says
all state bodies should respect freedom of press
(kp 08/03/2018)
Indian
wives of Madhes: Biased citizenship laws have been
created to promote ethnic homogeneity in Nepal, by
Kalpana Jha (kp 22/02/2018)
An
opportunity
for a fresh start: As Nepal begins its tenure in UN
Human Rights Council, it is important for it to
protect citizens’ right to religious freedom, by
David Anderson (kp 21/02/2018)
Grant
citizenship through mother’s nationality: NHRC (ht
15/02/2018)
Quest
for citizenship hits District Office hurdle, by
Thakur Singh Tharu (kp 11/02/2018)
Nepal
must ‘do more’ to protect workers’ rights (kp
06/02/2018)
Food
for
all: Making law ensuring right to food is not enough.
The three tiers of government should first come up
with a land use policy (ht 06/02/2018)
Just
a minute, Your Honour: Are Dr Govinda KC’s statements
an attack against the chief justice or the judiciary?,
by Prakritee Yonzon (kp 25/01/2018)
Only
few schools imparting education in mother tongue
(ht 25/01/2018)
Minor
girls employed in entertainment industry
(25/01/2018)
CJ
urges press to refrain from commenting on sub-judice
cases (rep 22/01/2018) [???]
Calling
for
press freedom: Nepal is still a long way from complete
press freedom, and all stakeholders need to speak
against violations, by Bhanu Bhakta Acharya (kp
17/01/2018)
Few
people using right to information to make public
offices accountable (ht 15/01/2018)
Right
to information: A tool to strengthen democracy, by
Krishna Hari Baskota (ht 03/01/2017)
Abolishing
Chhaupadi: Jumla women in period no longer deemed
unclean, by DB Buda (rep 30/12/2017)
SC
directs police not to harass people based on
appearances (kp 28/12/2017)
Breaking
barrier:
Placing persons with disabilities under guardianship
is a violation of human rights, it is unfair and
unnecessary, by Dev Datta Joshi (rep 26/12/2017)
News
portals asked to reveal news sources in Silwal case
(kp 25/12/2017),
MPR
asks online media to reveal source (ht
25/12/2017), Online
portals move HC against police order (rep
27/12/2017)
The
need for a watchdog: The media needs to get its
priorities right and report news that matters to the
public, by Anil Bhattarai (kp 24/12/2017)
Male
chambers:
Only six of 165 candidates picked for House of
Representatives under FPTP are women, which comes to a
paltry 3.63 percent, by Meena Bhatta (rep
24/12/2017)
Protect
rights of LGBTI people, ICJ tells govt (ht
22/12/2017)
Children
of single, divorced parents face difficulty acquiring
citizenship (ht 22/12/2017)
Women
migrant workers continue to face abuse (ht
22/12/2017)
Chhaupadi
sheds being demolished (ht 20/12/2017)
FNJ
moves SC demanding release of arrested journalists
(kp 06/12/2017)
Equality
before
the law: Govt must examine all areas of law to ensure
persons with disabilities have unbiased right of legal
capacity, by Dev Datta Joshi (kp 06/12/2017)
Girls
face barriers in accessing education, health, safety:
Report (kp 01/12/2017)
Space
of absence: Women and other marginalised gender groups
cannot afford to ignore inaccessibility to
fundamental rights, by Archana Thapa (kp
24/11/2017)
Speakers
stress effective implementation of CEDAW (kp
23/11/2017)
Blind
people call for secret voting rights (kp
16/11/2017)
Free
press for development: Government should remove
obstacles that prevent people from exercising their
right to information, by Meera Rajbhandari Amatya
(kp 13/10/2017)
etired
‘living goddess’ starts school (kp 10/10/2017)
MoGA
warns civil servants against contesting polls (ht
10/10/2017)
[To prevent members of special
vocational groups from candidating in elections is a
grave violation of equal fundamental rights!]
Ten
years on, displaced families still struggling for
permanent shelter, by Amar Khadka (rep 07/10/2017)
Sons,
daughters to have equal rights in parental property:
Will system dropped from final bill, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (kp 26/09/2017), Sweeping
reforms:
The Will System which was passed at the Legislation
Committee was dropped when the Bills were discussed in
the full House of Parliament (ht 27/09/2017)
Criminal
Code: Chhaupadi and community, by Mukesh Adhikari
(ht 21/09/2017)
From
terror to tolerance: Efforts promoting interfaith
harmony should be sustained, even as basic human
rights should be upheld, by Bhawana Upadhyay (kp
15/09/2017)
People
with disabilities: Access to justice, by Dev Datta
Joshi (ht 11/09/2017)
Criminalisation
of Chhaupadi: Bajhang women sceptical about effective
implementation of law, by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp
06/09/2017), Saving
their
honor: While Chhaupadi ban is indeed a major step
towards women’s empowerment and emancipation in our
highly patriarchal society, it also has many hitherto
ignored ramifications, by Basant Kumar Chaudhary
(rep 06/09/2017), Chhaupadi
tradition: Uneducated belief, by Usha Maharjan
Wall (ht 08/09/2017) [And why
is it practised by people who pretend to be educated
as well, especially in Western and Far Western Nepal?]
Reconceiving
the second sex: Nepal must protect reproductive health
rights of women with disabilities, by Dev Datta
Joshi (kp 05/09/2017)
Right
to vote: Ensure accessible polling booths so that
persons with disabilities are not disenfranchised,
by Pragya Lamsal (kp 01/09/2017)
Old
beliefs die hard: The stigma surrounding menstruation
should be effectively challenged, by Bhawana
Upadhyay (kp 27/08/2017)
Interim
order against IoE, TU (ht 22/08/2017) [continued
discrimination on the basis of gender and citizenship!]
Barrier
to gender equality: Eliminating citizenship
discrimination in Nepal is essential, by Wendy Yu
(kp 20/08/2017)
New
law criminalises Chhaupadi custom (kp 10/08/2017),
Ending
bad blood: Criminalising the practice of Chhaupadi is
a milestone in Nepali women’s fight against patriarchy,
by Supriya Gurung (kp 11/08/2017), Ending
chhaupadi system: Comprehensive approach required,
by Valerie Julliand, Giulia Vallese annd Wenny Kusuma
(ht 18/08/2017), Women’s
issues: Laws to correct them, by Bijen Jonchhe (ht
23/08/2017), Chhaupadi
in Jumla: Even health workers live in shed during
menstruation, by DB Buda (rep 23/08/2017)
Denial
of citizenship top complaint at home ministry (ht
06/08/2017)
Denying
summit
certificates an insult to Sherpas, says Norbu Tenzing
Norgay, by Rajan Pokhrel (ht 20/07/2017)
NHRC
concern
over girl’s death in road flood (kp 18/07/2017)
60
percent
people in Karnali unaware of Chhaupadi ban: Report
(kp 18/07/2017) [And govt and
administration do nothing to implement it!], National
disgrace:
A clean or dirty shed is not the issue, the issue is
women’s dignity and human rights, by Radha Paudel
(kp 18/07/2017)
Human
right
to water: Revitalising Kathmandu’s ancient water
system can address issues of water insecurity,
vulnerability to disasters and loss of cultural
heritage, by Olivia Molden, Nicholas Griffin and
Prakash Mani Sharma (kp 14/07/2017)
Chhaupadi:
A heavy burden, by Arun Bam (rep 14/07/2017)
Chhaupadi:
A tradition that continues to claim women's live,
by Govinda KC (rep 09/07/2017)
Curtailment
of
RTI unacceptable, says CIC Baskota (ht 08/07/2017)
Call
to
ensure citizens’ right to information (ht
03/07/2017)
Dalit
beaten for entering temple (kp 29/06/2017)
It’s
not right: Historically the security forces in Nepal
have used force, threats and torture to control the
population, by Praveen Kumar Yadav (rep
26/06/2017)
War
on
words: Branding feminists as terrorists may be
libellous because ‘terrorist’ is a highly politicised
term, by Archana Thapa (kp 23/06/2017)
Call
for
strengthening citizens’ right to information (ht
21/06/2017)
Forgotten
schools:
Classes cannot be conducted during the rains or on
particularly hot or cold days, by Vikash Raj
Satyal (rep 20/06/2017)
Police
detain
2 Kanchanpur journos (kp 18/06/2017),
Journalists
held
over news report (ht 18/06/2017)
Badi
women
continue to be deprived of citizenship,
by Anita Shrestha (ht
01/06/2017)
SC
orders citizenship through mother for Gurung sisters,
by Anjali Subedi (rep 23/05/2017)
Happy
family,
happy world: Children and the elderly first, this is
the message of International Day of Families, by
Angur Baba Joshi (kp 14/05/2017)
Raute
demand voting rights, by Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep
13/05/2017)
4.4
million school textbooks yet to be printed (rep
12/05/2017)
Over
25,000
children in Kailali out of school (ht 10/05/2017)
‘Nepali
media
still under threat, remains unsecure’: Impunity for
crimes against journalists a big concern, says a newly
launched IFJ report (kp 04/05/2017) [see IFJ
report, Nepal on pp. 72-77], 70 cases
of press freedom violation in a year: FNJ (rep
04/05/2017)
Many
Nepali
women deprived of reproductive rights (ht
02/05/2017)
Nepal:
Two
years on, the government continues to fail
marginalised earthquake survivors (Amnesty
International 25/04/2017) [see full reports "What
I
want is the government to help" and "Building
Inequality"]
Right
to
Education, by Pawan Timilsina (ht 23/04/2017)
Nuwakot
DAO
denies 3 siblings citizenships in mother’s name
(kp 06/04/2017)
Kids
sans
birth certificate deprived of education (ht
06/04/2017)
Most
women unaware of reservations, by Jitendra Kumar
Jha (rep 04/04/2017)
Amendment
needed
to secure women’s rights: Activists (ht
21/03/2017)
Khadka
addresses
UN’s CSW session (kp 17/03/2017) [??]
Consumer
protection
act: Govt aims to force traders to buy back or replace
faulty goods (kp 11/03/2017), Know
your
rights: Consumers can claim compensation for damages
caused by bad products or services, by Kahar Singh
Khadka (kp 15/03/2017), Are
we
getting what we deserve?, by Sujan Dhungana (ht
15/03/2017), Lax
market
monitoring laws causing chaos: The new constitution
has enshrined access to quality products as one of the
rights of consumers (kp 16/03/2017)
Gender
Equality In Nepal, by Kushal Pokharel (rn
11/03/2017)
Stateless
daughters:
Every Nepali mother must be allowed to get Nepali
citizenship as easily as a man, without if’s and but’s,
by Deepti Gurung (nt 10/03/2017)
3
years on, society yet to accept Maoist leader who
married a Dalit girl, by Ram Hari Gajurel (rep
08/03/2017)
From
safe
motherhood to safe womanhood: Nepali women deserve to
be recognised as complete human beings and equal
citizens, not just as mothers, by Poonam Thapa (kp
07/03/2017)
Chhaupadi
tradition:
Women’s monthly exile continues (kp 05/03/2017)
Devoid
of
aid, Badi women continue sex trade (ht 05/03/2017)
KUKL
refuses to respond to RTI petition (rep
02/03/2017)
Experts
call for revising torture bill (rep 28/02/2017)
Newborns
battle
to survive in sheds, by Prakash Singh (ht
23/02/2017)
Decades
of
apathy results in landlessness (ht 23/02/2017)
Focus
On Informed Citizenry, by P. Kharel (rn
13/02/2017)
Teenager
wins
court case on citizenship in mother’s name, by
Thakur Singh Tharu (kp 11/02/2017)
District
court permission must for accessing phone call, SMS
details (rep 08/02/2017)
Toilets
off-limits to menstruating females in Bajhang, by
Jagat Khadka (rep 08/02/2017)
Civil
Code
Bill draws flak from rights advocates: Rights
activists say the bill introduced to replace
Muluki Ain has denied even those rights that women had
enjoyed earlier (kp 06/02/2017), A
regressive step: The new Civil Code Bill will roll
back the historic gains in property rights for Nepali
women, by Subin Mulmni (kp 09/02/2017)
Nepali
workers abroad still unable to vote, by Bhadra
Sharma (rep 04/02/2017)
Periods
of
banishment: Women in western Nepal are starting to
refuse to be thrown out of the house once a month,
by Subeksha Poudel (nt 03/02/2017)
Unequal
by
law: The constitution needs to be amended so
that people of all genders can receive equal
treatment, by Sanjay Sharma and Tingyi Yang (kp
27/01/2017)
From
hut
to putt: Story of Pratima Sherpa, Nepal’s first female
golf star (ht 27/01/2017)
[But the state denies her
Nepali citizenship!!]
Govt
unlikely
to meet water supply target (ht 14/01/2017)
Officials
fined
for denying information (ht 07/01/2017)
Visually
impaired
unable to open bank accounts in Pokhara, by Bharat
Koirala (ht 18/12/2016)
Two-day
Training
of trainers on Right to Information begins (ht
17/12/2016)
Manang
schools
shut for three months (ht 17/12/2016)
Lack
of
rights in land ownership blamed for violence against
women (ht 11/12/2016)
Female
staff at health ministry allege discrimination, by
Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rep 10/12/2016)
Divorced
women may not get property share in new Code, by
Ashok Dahal (rep 07/12/2016), Mindset
needs
to change: There are numerous obstacles to inclusive
education for children with disabilities; Disabled
people are often subjected to inhuman treatment and
are largely perceived as requiring charity as opposed
to rights, by Devdatta Joshi (kp 07/12/2016)
Chepangs
sans
citizenship, by Pratap Bista (kp 04/12/2016)
Reform
begins
at home: Behavioural changes are needed to remove the
stigma associated with menstruation (kp
02/12/2016)
Breaking
Information Monopoly: Key To Democratic Governance,
by Mukti Rijal (rn 10/11/2016)
Toil
and
trouble: Labour Act deprives domestic workers of basic
labour rights that all other workers enjoy, at least
at policy level, by Tara Kanel (kp 02/10/2016)
Most
people
unaware of right to information, says Justice Malla
(ht 29/09/2016)
Proposed
provision
could further ‘limit women’s citizenship right’,
by Dewan Rai (kp 26/09/2016)
Radio
Dhading
building razed, by Harihar Singh Rathour (kp
24/09/2016),
ACORAB
inspects
Radio Dhading building (kp 25/09/2016), Radio
Dhading
resumes service, by Harihar Singh Rathour (kp
26/09/2016), Radio
Dhading
resumes work from demolished building (ht
26/09/2016)
Open
Singha Durbar: How can Nepal, which has enacted RTI
Act, deny its citizens access to the office of their
representatives?, by Yek Raj Pathak (rep
30/08/2016)
Clear
provision to ensure freedom of expression on internet
sought, by Shraddha Amatya (rep 03/08/2016)
NIC
seeks
development partners’ support for implementing RTI
(ht 02/08/2016)
Most
citizens
unaware of RTI, says NIC Chief Baskota (ht
23/07/2016)
Freedoms
And Rights: Citizens Need To Exercise Them Diligently,
by Mukti Rijal (kp 14/07/2016)
Stigma-free
life
is what we want: Survivors (kp 10/07/2016)
Still
in
the Middle Ages: Torture has yet to be criminalised
and it is seen as a legitimate method of investigation,
by Randhir Chaudhary (kp 05/07/2016)
Rana
vows
to implement gender rights in Nepal (kp
29/06/2016)
Some
men
never changeTop male politicians are trying to undo
the rights given to women by the constitution, by
Asmita Verma (kp 24/06/2016)
Bid
to
restrain online media draws flak (kp 20/06/2016),
Pressing
the
freedom: New online media directive could seriously
endanger press freedom (kp 20/06/2016), Govt
forms
team to review online media directive: Govt agrees to
form review team after journalists flay the clauses
contradicting the constitution (kp 22/06/2016)
The
information
era: Govt needs to facilitate more citizens’ access to
mobile devices and internet (kp 15/06/2016)
Wives
may
not get partition share of hubby’s property, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 12/06/2016) [??],
Idea
of
injustice (ht 13/06/2016)
Equal
but
unequal: Prez Bhandari, Speaker Magar should clearly
state support for women’s citizenship rights (kp
31/05/2016)
Onsari
wary
of citizenship concerns (kp 30/05/2016)
Govt
fails
to enforce law to ensure urgent service: In violation
of Essential Services Act, transport entrepreneurs go
on a strike to protest hike in traffic rule violation
fines, by Manish Gautam (kp 27/05/2016)
Badi
women
demand security, by Kamal Panthi (kp 25/05/2016)
Right
to
a fair trial: No compromise, by Roshan Kumar Jha
(ht 25/05/2016)
Free
the
speech: We the citizens have to make sure laws of
Nepal do not end up like draconian laws of
totalitarian states like North Korea and Syria, by
Bimal Pratap Shah (rep 18/05/2016)
Chepangs
denied
basic rights just because they lack documents, by
Ramesh Kumar Poudel (rep 12/05/2016)
Youth
demand
easy access to Singha Durbar (ht 07/05/2016), NIC
fiat
to open Singha Durbar to public (ht 17/05/2016) [!!]
Speak
your
mind: Hallmark of a democracy should be the ease with
which it allows proliferation of ideas, however
unpalatable, by Pranaya SJB Rana (kp 04/05/2016),
Canadian
man
asked to leave Nepal in 2 days (kp 04/05/2016), Canadian
ordered
to leave Nepal over tweets (ht 04/05/2016),
No
one
can curb press freedom, says Prez (kp 04/05/2016)
[???],
SC
summons
both parties (kp 10/05/2016), SC
refuses
stay order in Penner case (kp 23/05/2016)
Citizenship
after
gender reassignment: Sex change puts MoHA in sort of a
fix, by Manish Gautam (kp 03/05/2016)
Not
so
free: Although Nepal recognises the right to
information, journalists are not able to investigate
issues properly, by Laxman Datt Pant (kp
03/05/2016)
LGBTI
people
Are ‘silent sufferers’ (kp 03/05/2016)
Curbs
on
press freedom: Constitution drafters seriously
misunderstood idea of press freedom, which differs
from right to communication, by Bhanu Bhakta
Acharya (kp 25/04/2016)
Teenager
leaves
home to escape ‘forced marriage’, by Bhusan Yadav
(kp 07/04/2016)
Deprived
of
a childhood, by Ayushma Basnyat (rep 01/04/2016)
Mentally-ill
youth
shackled for three years (ht 26/03/2016)
Dating
couples
in public places face music, by Isha Pandey (rep
22/03/2016)
Mingma
receives
citizenship after her mother’s name, by Aash
Gurung (kp 21/03/2016) [Even
though this should be taken for granted it still
sounds like a sensation in patriarchal Nepal!]
House
panel
asks TRC not to bring disputes out in media, by
Nabin Khatiwata (rep 27/02/2016) [The
people have a right to information on institutions
nominated by political parties!!]
Miles
to
go: Nepal must bring policies to eliminate gender
disparities in our workplaces, by Anta Yadav (rep
24/02/2016)
LGBTI
community
asks govt to honour its rights (kp 16/02/2016)
Citizenship
eased
for foreign wives of Nepalis (ht 09/02/2016) [And why are foreign wives and
foreign husbands treated differently? This is in
violation of article 18 of the new constitution as
well as against international fundamental human
rights!!]
NIC
submits
annual report to PM Oli: Says it settled 98.45 per
cent of appeals filed in fiscal year 2015-16 (ht
08/02/2016)
Cops
in
Kabadi Bazaar complain of pay discrimination (ht
31/01/2016)
Teen
with
disability rescued from barn (ht 28/01/2016)
Humla
women
giving birth in cowsheds, by Prakash Singh (ht
27/01/2016)
CEDAW:
Govt
runs six months past report submission deadline
(kp 19/01/2016), Sixth
shadow
report to be presented to CEDAW committee (ht
19/01/2016)
Project
repeats
Chhaupadi eradication campaign, by Govinda KC (rep
18/01/2018)
Will
ensure
citizenship through mother: Basnet, by Pratichya
Dulal (kp 16/01/2016), Fresh
circular
for DAOs on citizenship in mother’s name (ht
16/01/2016)
Citizenship
provision
leaves out street kids (kp 09/01/2016)
4.6m
Nepalis
without citizenship, report claims (kp 30/12/2015)
Women
rights
groups, FNJ censure Janaki Temple incident (kp
21/12/2015)
Ensuring
gender
equality: Implementing policies a huge challenge:
Study (kp 16/12/2015)
Anti-dowry
bill
awaits approval (kp 09/11/2015)
Early
marriage
taking toll on youths' health, future, by Janak KC
(rep 20/10/2015)
Right
to
read: The new government should facilitate the access
of visually impaired people to published works, by
Pratyush Nath Upreti and Asmita Dhital (kp 18/10/2015)
The
right
to have rights: The new Constitution lays bare
misogynistic and patriarchal psyches that usually hide
behind nationalism, by Sangita Thebe Limbu (nt
16/10/2015)
FAO
hails
right to food provision in new statute (ht
02/10/2015)
Law
impedes
progress of women: Report (kp 26/09/2015)
SSFN
demands
Sherpa’s release (kp 04/09/2015) [Arrested
for
criticising a minister?]
War
on
the web: The recent spate of inflammatory posts in the
aftermath of the Tikapur killings point to an urgent
need for social media laws, by Bhanu Bhakta
Acharya (kp 04/09/2015)
War
on
the web: The recent spate of inflammatory posts in the
aftermath of the Tikapur killings point to an urgent
need for social media laws, by Bhanu Bhakta
Acharya (kp 04/09/2015)
Citizenship
through
mother: Rights activists begin hunger strike (kp
03/09/2015)
Open
up:
Quick response to information requests and active
disclosure of information are important to build an
informed citizenry, by Anirudra Neupane (rep
02/09/2015)
Civil
and
Criminal Codes to rid Jari (kp 12/08/2015)
Foes
of
freedom: The draft constitution denies people the
freedom to choose and change their religion, by
Saral Shrestha (kp 11/08/2015)
Citizenship
issue:
Debate for ‘or’ provision still ‘unresolved’ (kp
10/08/2015)
Second
RTI
National Convention concludes (ht 09/08/2015)
Ex-trafficking
victims
demand citizenship right: A study says not being able
to pass on citizenship to their children is one of the
biggest troubles faced by trafficking survivors
(kp 04/08/2015)
Rights
groups
laud Witchcraft Act, by Pratichya Dulal (kp
01/08/2015)
Scaling
up
nutrition: All people have a right to food and good
nutrition. Participatory and inclusive approach to
improve nutrition is a must, by Jhabindra Bhandari
(rep 01/08/2015)
FNJ
for
‘complete press freedom’ in new constitution (ht
13/07/2015)
Writ
filed
for guaranteeing right to die (ht 10/07/2015)
Govt
plans
to keep tabs on media draw flak (kp 09/07/2015)
Disaster-hit
people:
Right to live with dignity, by Amrit Prasad Sharma
(ht 08/07/2015)
Press
for
freedom: Draft provisions that subtly allow govt
greater powers should be removed (kp 06/07/2015)
Time
to
Act: We need to learn from India where the RTI Act
emerged as a powerful tool to promote transparency and
hold those in power accountable, by Shristi Joshi
(rep 02/07/2015)
Citizenship
through
mother: Youth activists protest ‘regressive’ provision
(kp 27/06/2015)
Citizenship
from
either of Nepali parents: Agreement to replace ‘and’
conjunction with ‘or’, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp
11/06/2015), Hopes
raised
by new provision dampened: The ‘and’ clause on
citizenship remains despite claims to the contrary,
say rights activists, by Dewan Rai (kp 13/06/2015)
[Long live the exclusive state
dominated by male Bahuns whose thinking is deeply
rooted in archaic Hindu traditions!!], Citizenship
issue:
Civil society concerned over PDCC report (kp
14/06/2015), CDC
sub-panel
settles citizenship issue, by Prakash Acharya (ht
17/06/2015) [The male Bahun
overlords as based on their traditional Hindu thinking
have decided that women will remain second or third
class citizens under the new constitution, subordinate
to male persons! This issue is symbolic for what can
be expected from the consequences of the
16-point-agreement!!]
CDC
to
include chapter on RTI for ninth graders, by Kokila
KC (ht 30/05/2015)
Conspiracy
of
silence: It is high time we began questioning,
debating, and discussing menstrual taboos more
publicly, by Mona Shrestha Adhikari (kp
28/05/2015)
CK
Raut
arrested again (kp 27/05/2015) [government
once
again not interested in court decisions!!]
Banke
DAO
told to grant woman citizenship through mother’s name,
by Thakur Singh Tharu (kp 21/04/2015)
Govt
urged
to Ensure rights of consumers (kp 19/04/2015)
Access
To Information For Development, by Karna B. Nepali
(rn 11/04/2015)
Millions
of
Nepalis to be without citizenship: Study; The number
will go down if the clause is changed to ‘Father or
Mother’ from ‘Father and Mother’ (ht 3ß/03/2015)
MPs
committed
to ‘or’ provision for citizenship (kp 27/03/2015)
Daughters
as
traitors: By doing away with the ‘or’ provision on
citizenship, the state is seeking to institute gender
bias as a national policy, by Anjita Parajuli (kp
17/03/2015)
Ensure
consumers’
rights, NHRC to govt (ht 16/03/2015), Making
a
mockery of consumer rights, by Sujan Dhungana (rep
20/03/2015)
Waiting
for
an epitaph: Today’s woman is freer than her mother or
grandmother, but her freedom is still circumscribed,
by Vishwendra Paswan and Shakun Sherchand (kp
13/03/2015)
Enhance
access
to info: House panel, by Prakash Acharya (ht
10/03/2015)
Long
road:
Ensuring women's rights is part of the overall effort
needed to make our societies more just and inclusive,
by Kirsten Geelan, Kjell Tormod Pettersen and Asko
Luukkainen (rep 07/03/2015)
Continued
struggle
for women rights, say leaders (kp 02/03/2015)
Masculinist
logic:
The proposed ‘and’ provision in granting citizenship
insults autonomy of adult subjects who are rightful
residents of Nepal, by Archana Thapa (kp
27/02/2015)
Disabled
kept
in wooden box for past two decades, by Shankar
Acharya (kp 26/02/2015)
Justice
eludes
women even after favourable court ruling, by Durga
Lal KC (kp 12/02/2015)
‘And’
provision
on citizenship out of the CA questionnaire, by
Weena Pun (kp 06/02/2015), 'And'
provision
in citizenship: Not a ‘dispute’, clause out of
question, by Weena Pun (kp 09/02/2015), Conjunction
conundrum:
Now that the opposition has agreed to the ‘or’
provision on citizenship, it is up to the ruling
parties to follow through, by Subin Mulmi (kp
10/02/2015)
Fair
game?
Many argue that free speech is "not-negotiable" but
then they are also unwillinmg to "negotiate" when it
comes of preserving their own values, by Shyam
Sharma (rep 04/02/2015)
Court
orders
Banke CDO to grant citizenship through mother’s name:
CDOs in many districts refuse to grant citizenship
through mother’s name on grounds that the father could
be a foreign national (kp 29/01/2015) [What
about not granting citizenship through father's name
because the mother could be a foreign national????]
Experts
stress
on right to info (ht 27/01/2015)
Nationality
card
through mother: Apex court verdict helps siblings get
citizenship (kp 26/01/2015)
Youth
groups
campaign for citizenship through mother (kp
20/01/2015)
New
Bill
seeks to end culture of torture (ht 17/01/2015)
Citizenship
through
mother: 2000 signatures submitted to CA chair, by
Chahana Sigdel (kp 09/01/2015), Demand
to
make citizenship accessible (ht
12/01/201),
SC
favors
citizenship through mother, by Nabin Khatiwada
(rep 12/01/2015), Citizenship
by
descent: Leaders pledge to empower mother (kp
13/01/2015), CA
fails
to endorse proposal for citizenship through mother
(rep 13/01/2015), UML
blocks
proposal to issue citizenship through mothers, by
Weena Pun (kp 14/01/2015)
Old
state:
Women and citizenship (rep 27/12/2014)
‘Divorced’
Muslim
women lack access to justice, by Rabindra Upreti
(kp 22/12/2014)
Citizens
sans
a state, by Weena Pun (kp
20/12/2014),
13
citizenships
in mum’s name in Banke last FY: No person in the
district has been able to obtain citizenships through
their mother’s name in the running fiscal year (kp
21/12/2014), Citizenship
issue:
Wordings add to woes of children of single mothers,
by Weena Pun (kp 23/12/2014), Name
of
the mother: A broadbased coalition could help in the
fight against discriminatory citizenship provisions
(kp 23/12/2014), March
for
citizenship through mother, by Weena Pun (kp
25/12/2014), Youth
activists
for citizenship also through mother's name (rep
25/12/2014)
Only
half
free: Freedom of expression can’t be selective, it
includes the freedom to speak about changing one’s
religion, by Damakant Jayshi (nt 19/12/2014)
Citizenship
from
mother: DPM Gautam wavering on his promise, by
Weena Pun (kp 19/12/2014) [Citizenship
from mother is a fundamental right and does not depend
on the favour of any minister!!]
Student
detained
for demanding info from govt office (kp
11/12/2014)
Daughters
to
get equal share of parental property, by Weena Pun
(kp 24/11/2014), Inherited
wealth:
Lawmakers must ensure equal rights to property for
women in new Civil Code (kp 25/11/2014)
Papers
please:
Denial of citizenship to legitimate citizens is a
travesty of all achievements of all popular Nepali
movements, by Deepak Thapa (kp 20/11/2014)
Bill
prohibits
marriage if serious illness hidden: In such cases,
aggrieved party can seek annulment (ht 16/11/2014)
[In part, these plans mean
grave violations of fundamental human rights!!!]
In
Bajura
village, marriages are fixed even before birth (ht
16/11/2014)
Citizenship
by
descent issued in mother’s name (ht 11/11/2014) [Nepal will only be an inclusive
state when such news are not sensational but normal
routine!!], Campaign
for
citizenship through mother's name (rep
14/11/2014), Youth
groups
launch campaign for citizenship in mother’s name
(kp
16/11/2014),
Campaign
for
citizenship rights (ht 16/11/2014)
Inconvenient
truths:
Let’s not leave out the guarantee of freedom of
expression from the preamble of our new constitution,
by Damakant Jayshi (nt 31/10/2014)
Youths
face
threat of becoming stateless: Deprived of citizenship,
future looks bleak for many young boys and girls
(ht 23/10/2014)
Bajura
yet
to rid itself of Chhaupadi tradition: New trail built
for menstruating women (ht 22/10/2014)
Rights
of
accused a priority, say police: Cops to make public
detainees with their faces covered (ht 20/10/2014)
Talking
about
gender: Most men still do not recognise that gender
inequality negatively affects them too, by Nerine
Guinée (kp 14/10/2014)
Voice
from
slum: Well-to-do people need to realize that slum
dwellers also have rights to basic facilities
including right to survive in city, by Nirjana
Sharma (rep 13/10/2014)
Born
of
woman: A refusal to allow citizenship through the
mother implies a fundamental mistrust in the women of
this country, by Pranaya SJB Rana (kp
12/10/2014)
[No future for Nepal as long
as the country is under control of conservative minded
male machos!!], Ending
the
cycle of violence: We must work to increase the value
of the girl child so that she will be cherished
throughout her life, by Tomoo Hozumi (kp
12/10/2014)
International
Right
to Know Day marked: Though the Right to Information
Act was endorsed seven years ago, its implementation
remains largely ineffective until this day (kp
29/09/2014)
Discourse
and
reality: Despite the political rhetoric of women’s
empowerment, the state of Nepal’s women remains bleak,
by Suresh Pranjali (kp 26/09/2014)
The
long
fight: Women have been pleading with the law makers to
respect their independent identity in citizenship
issues, by Avima Upreti (rep 20/09/2014), There
is
systematic exclusion in the conferral of citizenships,
interview with Sapana Pradhan Malla (kp 22/09/2014)
Balancing
act:
The upcoming contempt of court bill must balance
freedom of expression with the legitimate cause of
justice, by Prakash A. Raj (kp 14/09/2014)
CA
sidelined
citizenship issue: Experts, by Chahana Sigdel (kp
08/09/2014),
'New
condition'
for citizenship thru mother alarms rights activists
(rep
08/09/2014),
Magar
for
citizenship in mother’s name (ht
08/09/2014),
Some
citizens
more equal than others: Citizenship rights in Nepal
still heavily favours men and keeps large number of
citizens stateless, by Damakant Jayshi (nt
12/09/2014), Citizenship,
Nepali
style: The draft provision on citizenship, currently
in the CA fails to regard women as equal citizens,
by Subina Shrestha (kp 16/09/2014)
Defining
marriage
or curbing women’s rights? Activists decry a proposed
clause on family law that is against SC ruling, by
Weena Pun (kp 06/09/2014) [Nepal
is still centuries away from accepting absolute
equality of women and men against the law!]
'Citizenship
to
kids of migrant workers who return pregnant' (rep
30/08/2014) [All children of
of Nepali women must have the right to citizenship
since men and women are equal! Else, Nepal is not a
democratic state!!]
Cyber
democracy:
Decision on the Abdul Rahman case has set a precedent
protecting freedom of speech on the internet, by
Pratyush Nath Upreti (kp 24/08/2014)
Right
to
Information: Media's Role In Implementation, by
Pranav Bhattarai (rn 23/08/2014)
Call
for
more efforts to implement RTI (ht 09/08/2014)
Remains
of
Godar victims to be handed to their families (ht
21/07/2014) [There is no
justice with the murderers from the army running free
and getting promoted!!]
Nothing
but
contempt: Under the new draft bill, it would not be
possible to write this column, by Binita Dahal (nt
18/07/2014)
Speak
out
against lapses, but with evidence: Rehaman, by
Kamal Pariyar (rep 17/07/2014)
Comment
is
not free, if you cannot write a line without fearing
court may throw you in jail because you were citing
its wrongdoings or flawed policies, by Dharma
Adhikari (rep 02/07/2014), Critiquing
any
judge is nocontempt of court: Experts, by Pranab
Kharel (kp 05/07/2014), Fair
trial
for free expression: Judicial precedents should
provide a reference for addressing the contempt of
court bill in Parliament, by Binod Bhattarai (kp
07/07/2014), Contempt
of
whom? Unless the Supreme Court protects the freedom of
speech, it will fail to uphold its own dignity, by
Prakash Bom (kp 08/07/2014), Right
to
information or fight for information? RTI Act yet to
be fully implemented, leaving many people who want to
know frustrated, by Basant Sharma (ht
10/07/2014),
Respect
freedom
of expression: EduMin (kp
10/07/2014),
Contempt
bill
draws criticism (kp 10/07/2014), Contempt
of
court bill: Minister Acharya ‘agrees’ to amend
provisions (kp 17/07/2014)
Death
in
Dolpo: Failure to come up with guidelines on
implementation of ILO 169 lies at the root of the
Dolpo confrontation, by Deepak Thapa (kp
19/06/2014)
Call
for
ensuring rights of children of rape victims (ht
02/05/2014)
Compomise
without
surrender: Continuing freedom of expression is bound
to result in something we can call a Nepali
Renaissance, by Pramod Mishra (kp 01/05/2014)
16
face
action for violating right to information (kp
26/04/2014)
No
citizenship
through mother: DPM Gautam (rep 24/04/2014) [Male Bahun UML leaders are obviously showing
their true face! This man is absolutely diqualified
for the process towards an inclusive Nepal and should
be dismissed immediately!!], Bamdev's
misogyny:
Home minister seems to believe a woman is not a
complete individual or citizen in herself and that she
is always subordinate to a man, by Anjali Subedi
(rep 01/05/2014) [He really
believes in this! This is typical male Thagadhari
thinking that should have no place in a new Nepal!
There is no chance for a better Nepal with ministers
like Bam Dev Gautam!!]]
Stateless
in
Nepal, by Mallika Aryal (rep 04/04/2014)
Citizenship
through
mothers: Yet another success story, by Anjali
Subedi (rep 25/03/2014), Unfair
laws:
Authorities harass women when they demand child's
citizenship through their names, by Swechha
Ghimire (rep 27/03/2014)
Open
up:
Citizens have the right to information on the affairs
of parliament, government or any other public
institution, by Yek Raj Pathak (rep 19/03/2014)
Equal
property
rights: On paper a woman is eligible to equal share of
property; but is it really equal?, by Nitya Pandey
(rep 07/03/2014), Macho
nationalism:
A Nepali man can marry anyone and his child will be
Nepali, but if a Nepali woman marries a foreigner her
child can be denied citizenship, by Mallika Aryal
(nt 07/03/2014), Not
just
half the sky: Let’s not ‘celebrate’ International
Women’s Day on Saturday. Let’s mark it as a day of
mourning (nt
07/03/2014)
Reason
to
fear: I am a part of the society where women are
deprived of individual rights and freedoms because of
social stereotypes, by Laxmi Oli (rep 05/03/2014)
Promoting
RTI
Role Of Civil Society Organisations, by Pranav
Bhattarai (rn 22/02/2014)
How
political
vacuum undermines right to information, by Sangeet
Sangroula (rep 06/02/2014), Know
your
right: The new government must work to remove
obstacles for implementing the Right to Information
Act, by Vinaya Kasajoo (kp 07/02/2014)
A
question of rights: Civil and political rights should
be inviolable in the constitution; Economic and social
rights should be fulfilled progressively, by
Govinda Bhattarai (rep 22/01/2014)
Criminal
love:
Despite legal recognition for the LGBTI community in
Nepal, there are still societal barriers to overcome,
by Pratyush Nath Upreti (kp 07/01/2014)
4.3m
Nepali
people sans citizenship, claims report (kp
02/01/2014)
Press
freedom
sees some improvement (kp 01/01/2014)
Fight
for
rights: Equality in marriage is an important step
towards ending all legal and public discrimination
towards LGBTI community, by Anjita Parajuli (kp
31/12/2013)
Call
to
protect intellectual property rights (rep
11/12/2013), War
of
words: Intellectual Property Rights (rep 12/12/2013)
Age-old
problems:
The rights of senior citizens must be seen and ensured
through a human rights perspective, by Sangita
Nirola (kp 10/12/2013)
Woman
fights
against forced divorce, by Shiva Prasad Uprety (ht
01/12/2013)
National
information
portal launched (nn 01/12/2013) [see corresponding
website
and its English version]
Civic
empowerment
must to implement RTI (ht 30/11/2013)
Knowledge
is
power: In India there have been more than four million
applications asking for information; in Nepal there
have been no more than a thousand, by Yek Raj
Pathak (rep 25/11/2013)
Spot
of
bother: Menstruation taboos (rep 09/11/2013)
Right
to
information laws confined to paper in South Asia, say
experts (ht 03/11/2013)
Cultural
violence:
When they are the most in need of nutricious food,
care and hygiene, women are compelled to live
like animals, by Ankita K.C. (rep 30/10/2013)
Forced
marriage
still in practice in Bajura villages, by Arjun
Shah (kp 27/10/2013)
Rainbow
nation:
Legal provisions alone are not enough to ensure
dignified lives for LGBTI individuals, by Adity
Karki (kp 27/10/2013)
People
without
a nation: A draft court ruling is attempting to limit
citizenship only to those born of a Nepali mother and
Nepali father, by Chin Cabrido (kp 18/10/2013)
Right
to
sight: There are things we can do to bring hope to the
world's blind, by Eli Pradhan Ranjitkar (rep
10/10/2013)
Right
to
information: New strides, by Taranath Dahal and
Krishna Sapkota (ht 07/10/2013)
Righting
wrongs:
Even though health is enshrined in the Interim
Constitution as a fundamental right, there are clear
violations across the country, by Lhamo Yangchen
Sherpa (kp 03/10/2013)
Right
to
know laws ineffective: UNESCO (ht 29/09/2013)
RTI
And
Corruption Control, by Dipesh Kumar Ghimire (rn
28/09/2013)
Thought
for
food: Nepal can provide food security rights to its
citizens only through an optimum combination of food
rights and food production policies, by Jagannath
Adhikari (kp 26/09/2013)
Writ
Petition
Seeks Vote For Nepalis Abroad (rep 26/09/2013)
Life
of
dignity still a far away dream for Badis of Dipayal,
by Tekendra Deuba (ht 16/09/2013)
Right
to
know: The Right to Information can empower people at the
grassroots while promoting accountability and
transparency in local bodies, by Chiranjibi Kafle
(kp 11/09/2013)
Right
To
Food, by Pramita Aryal (rn 05/09/2013)
Give
Equal
Property Right, Not Dowry, by Laxmi Pun (rn
31/08/2013)
Right
to
choose: Consumer rights, by Barsha Paudel (rep
11/08/2013)
RTI
Act
‘insignificant’ to indigenous people (ht
10/08/2013)
Cost
of
citizenship, by Ishwar Rauniyar (rep 10/08/2013)
Experts
call
for comprehensive right-to-food law (ht
01/08/2013)
Right
to
information: Media’s role in implementation, by
Pranav Bhattarai (kp 26/07/2013)
Detainees
complain
of ‘severe torture’ in Banke, by Rajendra Nath (kp
22/07/2013)
Open
up:
Right to information, by Anirudra Neupane (rep
21/07/2013)
Issue
passports
to LGBTs: SC to govt (kp 11/06/2013)
Muslim
women
seek their rights, by Rakesh Chaudhary (rep
31/05/2013)
Right
to
food: Let’s make it happen, by Ganga Dutta Acharya
(ht 28/05/2013)
Achham
VDC
ditches Chhaupadi practice, by Chitranga Thapa (kp
10/05/2013)
Mother's
citizenship
still not being accepted (ht 06/05/2013), Mind
the
gap: Citizenship through mothers, by Avima Upreti
(rep 06/05/2013))
Right
to
self-determination: Confusion and reality, by
Namrata Dhungana (ht 06/05/2013))
228
anti-media
incidents in past one year (ht 04/05/2013)
Safe
to
speak: The task is to secure freedom of expression in
all media, by Axel Plathe (kp 03/05/2013)
Apex
court
restricts journos’ movement (kp 01/05/2013), SC
bars
journos from visiting courtrooms (ht 01/05/2013), Apex
court
denies journos access to courtroom (kp
03/05/2013), Courtrooms
remain
shut for journalists (ht 03/05/2013), SC:
Not
against court access to journalists (kp
04/05/2013) [The separation of
powers has ended!!]
Woman
denied
citizenship certificate (ht 29/04/2013)
Right
to
information: Prospects and challenges, by Pranav
Bhattarai (ht 18/04/2013)
Call
to
ensure right to information (kp 31/03/2013)
The
missing
link: Gender equality, by Binod Sijapati (rep
17/03/2013)
Dalits’
hunger
strikefor right to water, by Khagendra Awasthi (kp
22/02/2013)
EU
funded
UNESCO project to encourage people to make use of their
Right to Information (nn 21/02/2013)
Freedom
denied:
Ban on Badhsala, by Alok Pokharel (rep 19/02/2013)
Man
seeks
citizenship in mother’s name (ht 24/01/2013)
LGBTIs’
citizenship
secured (kp 22/01/2013)
Right
to
squat: Squatting is a complex issue that needs to be
considered in its totality rather than applying popular
gimmicks, by Suman Khadka (kp 01/01/2013)
The
halfway
point, by Ayush Joshi (kp 29/12/2012)
Women
human
rights defenders day: Chhaupadi thrives as women suffer,
by Prakash Adhikari (kp 29/11/2012)
Make
way,
here we come: I pray that they make mobility and
accessibility a right for the disabled in new Nepal,
by Ananta R. Baidya (kp 29/11/2012)
Maid
in
Arabia: The age ban on women migrants is not only
hurting women but also Nepal’s GDP, by Roshan Sedhai
(kp 27/11/2012)
Ransom
fails
to free abducted youth, by Janak Nepal (kp
04/11/2012)
The
international
obligation: Focus on guaranteeing citizenship, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 29/10/2012)
Faulty
legal
provisions render thousands stateless (ht
18/10/2012)
Know
it
all: The right to information, by Pranav Bhattarai
(rep 11/10/2012)
Purification
rituals
come under fire: Women’s rights activists say the rites
discriminate against women (ht 21/09/2012)
By
hook
or by crook, by Rajesh KC (rep 21/09/2012)
Country
fails
to protect property rights (ht 20/09/2012)
‘Citizenship
law
unfair’ (ht 24/08/2012)
Knowing
is
everything: Five years of RTI in Nepal, by Tanka
Aryal (rep 21/08/2012), Nation’s
first
RTI centre (kp 22/08/2012)
Politics
of
language, by Lhamo Yangchen Sherpa (rep 18/06/2012)
Stakeholders
concerned
for withered implementation of RTI (rep 01/06/2012)
Promote
ESC
Rights, by Raj Kumar Siwakoti (rn 13/05/2012)
Pledge
to
recognise education as fundamental right (ht
10/05/2012)
Gender
balance:
Equal rights for women, by Bijan Pant (rep
02/05/2012)
Right
To
Healthy Environment: Right To Life, by Gyan Basnet
(rn 19/04/2012)
Nepal
ranks
102nd in Int’l Property Rights Index (nn 29/03/2012)
Right
to
information: Silent revolution, by Chiranjibi Kafle
(rep 14/02/2012)
Right
to
information: Open up, by Simone Galimberti (rep
26/01/2012), Right
to
information (kp 30/01/2012), RTI
Revision
Invites New Trouble, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn
01/02/2012), The
right
to dissent: Public protests are a democratic and human
right (kp 31/01/2012), On
2nd
stay order, FNJ withdraws stir (kp 02/02/2012), SC
stays
govt bid to deny access to info (ht 06/02/2012), Pride
and
prejudice, by Narayan Kandel (rep 08/02/2012)
No
citizenship
in mom’s name: DAO, by Laxmi Maharjan (ht
20/01/0212)
Open
sesame, by Chiranjibi Kafle (rep 15/01/2012)
5
charged with practicing untouchability released (rep
10/01/2012) [?? You are talking
about severe thrashing and beating! This is a
fundamental crime and not a practice of anything! How
can such criminals be released oin bail??]
Vague
clauses
stymie citizenship via mom's name, by Anjali Subedi
(rep 01/01/2012)
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