One
dead, three injured at the hands of faith healers in
Gulmi district : A 64-year-old man was fatally burned
and beaten in the name of treatment, by Madhav
Aryal (kp 15/01/2021)
Cops
thrash man black and blue (ht 12/01/2021)
Murders
on the rise in Kathmandu; three murders of same nature
in a year, by Gajendra Basnet (kh 11/01/2021)
Millions
worth of expired goods that were still being sold in
market destroyed, 512 firms fined : Market flooded
with expired products, says Department of Commerce,
Supplies and Consumer Protection. Consumers urged to
exercise caution, by Krishana Prasain (kp
10/01/2021)
Over
4,000 arrested for drug crime last fiscal (ht
10/01/2021)
Nepali
investors make millions from opaque share deals,
by Rudra Pangeni, Deepak Adhikari and Diarmid O'Sullivan
(kp 10/01/2021)
Youths
demanding justice to Nirmala Pant arrested from PM
Oli’s mass assembly (kh 08/01/2021), Seven
held from Oli’s event for wearing t-shirts with
slogans demanding justice for Nirmala Pant : People
who attended the function say they were not allowed to
wear anything black, even caps or masks, by Mohan
Budhaair (kp 09/01/2021) [Many
authoritarian politicians are prone to such
misbehaviour. Moreover, he must once again put up with
the question of whether he personally is deliberately
trying to prevent the crime against Nirmala Pant from
being solved!]
Man
on the run after murdering wife found dead (rep
07/01/2021)
Discrimination
against Bajura elderly with leprosy; forced to live in
cow-shed (ht 06/01/2021)
Hubby
‘hacks wife to death’ in Ilam (kh 05/01/2021)
Man
arrested while trafficking woman to UAE (kh
04/01/2021)
Minister’s
car flees after hitting a man, by Om Prakash
Thakur (kp 03/01/2020)
Nirmala
Panta's Case Revisited : Apathy delays justice
(rep 02/01/2021)
Protests
called for release of eight people convicted in 2015
Tikapur incident : The individuals who have been
jailed for life are ‘political’ prisoners, struggle
committee says, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 02/01/2021)
With
no House, amendment to transitional justice law, as
per court order, remains uncertain : The government is
preparing to extend the terms of the commissioners
assigned to look into conflict-era cases once again.
Why not bring an ordinance to amend the law as ordered
by the Supreme Court in 2015 instead, victims say,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 01/01/2021)
Online
scammers still active in Kathmandu (ht 01/01/2021)
Violence
against women on the rise in Province 2, by
Kamalesh Thakur (kh 31/12/2020)
Ganga
Maya staging hunger strike for last six days, by
Ujjwal Satyal (ht 27/12/2020)
Alleged
mastermind behind honey trap case lands in police net
after five months : The man allegedly lured a
motorcyclist to Chobhar using a woman and robbed him
of valuables worth Rs635,000, by Anup Ojha
(kp 25/12/2020)
Hubby
strikes wife to death in Panchthar (kh 24/12/2020)
Inmates
being mistreated in Gaur prison (ht 23/12/2020)
Man
from Palpa village charged with raping sister for
seven years (ht 23/12/2020)
Rapist
father sentenced to life in prison (kh 23/12/2020)
Rapist
sentenced to 10 years in Jail (kh 22/12/2020)
Dissolution
of parliament was not my wish: PM Oli (rep
21/12/2020) [A no-confidence
vote in parliament would have been a normal democratic
procedure. Dissolving the parliament to prevent it is
an attack on the fundamentals of democracy and both PM
and President must stand trial for this crime! The
long overdue resignation of the PM would have been
another democratic option!]
Extrajudicial
killings : Court order to form mechanism could provide
justice to victims’ kin; Such crimes have so far been
investigated by Nepal Police or a task force, but
perpetrators are hardly ever punished as
investigations are not honest, human rights activists
say, by Binod Ghimire (kp 19/12/2020) [In
a state where even those in the highest offices do not
feel bound by the constitution and laws, and where
supposedly binding statements constantly turn out to
be lies, the close links between politics and crime
prevent any justice for victims!]
Police
arrest one on charge of sex extortion : The arrested
allegedly demanded Rs 7 million from the victim not to
disclose her nude pictures (rep 19/12/2020)
Cases
Of Women Trafficking In Name Of Foreign Employment On
The Rise, by Mukunda Gaure (rn 18/12/2020)
Resham
Chaudhary and Laxman Tharu convicted in Tikapur
incident receive life imprisonment (rep
18/12/2020), High
court upholds life sentences of seven individuals in
Tikapur incident : Court commuted life sentences of
four persons to five years; raised three-year jail
term of Laxman Tharu to life, by Mohan Shahi (kp
19/12/2020)
Supreme
Court not hearing case against Speaker Sapkota (kh
18/12/2020) [A typical case of
denial of justice! Without clarification of this case,
Sapkota should never have been appointed Speaker of
Parliament in a democratic state! However, it has only
been 15 years since the crime was committed...]
Four
arrested on charge of sexual abuse in Bhaktapur
(rep 17/12/2020)
Old
lady found abandoned in Tinkune dies (rep
17/12/2020)
Police
Inspector held for performing forceful abortion
(kh 17/12/2020)
Minister
Gyawali yet again says amendment to transitional
justice law soon : Conflict victims and experts doubt
the amendment will be presented before Parliament
anytime soon and it will do away with provisions of
amnesty for perpetrators of rights abuse, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 16/12/2020)
Rape
cases increasing in Banke (ht 16/12/2020)
Smuggling
of wildlife parts rampant in Butwal, by Amrita
Anmol (kp 16/12/2020)
Alam
brother remanded in judicial custody in connection
with Rautahat killingsSecurity personnel detained
Mahatab Alam from Bihar in India and brought him to
Rautahat last week, by Shiva Puri (14/12/2020)
The
bitter story of sweet sugarcane: Farmers not paid for
past seven years (rep 13/12/2020)
Case
filed against a judge offering clean chit to ‘Siddha
Baba’ (kh 13/12/2020)
Ordinance
amends law on rape but fails to recognise rape of boy
child and sexual minorities : Provision to legally
recognise rape of only a woman or a girl child
retained despite authorities wanting to change that
provision to ‘person’. That could have had other
implications, by Binod Ghimire (kp 11/12/2020)
Contain
Chand-led party’s activities before they get out of
hand, analysts say : Observers say the more the
incumbent government fails, the more it will create
space for anti-democratic forces, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 11/12/2020), Chand
cadres often visited slain teacher : Villagers say the
activists of Communist Party of Nepal used to come to
their homes asking for food and money, by Binod
Bhandari (kp 11/12/2020)
Chand
party’s killing of school principal is a grim reminder
of the Maoist conflict : Analysts say the government
appears to be failing in its approach to deal with the
Communist Party of Nepal, which has been involved in
violent activities for long, by Binod Ghimire (kp
10/12/2020), Chand-led
Communist Party of Nepal claims responsibility for
murder of school principal : The party said it took
action against Rajendra Kumar Shrestha for being an
informant to police and helping them arrest its cadres,
by Madhav Ghimire and Binod Bhandari (kp 10/12/2020) [It is indeed brazen that the
people whom the CPN wants to "liberate" through
murder, extortion and destruction of public and
private property are defending themselves against
these crimes! There is a great deal wrong in Nepal,
but Dahal and other leaders of his former Maoist party
have already amply demonstrated how quickly dear
targets are replaced by personal power interests!],
Govt
intensifies surveillance on Biplav activities
following Miklajung murder (kh 10/12/2020), Let’s
rage against Biplav’s barbarism (rep 10/12/2020),
Nepal
Police Headquarters directs its units to be aggressive
against Chand outfit (rep 10/12/2020), Entrepreneurs
are being threatened to either pay extortion amount or
close businesses: FNCCI (rep 10/12/2020)
AI
Nepal Starts Campaign Urging PM Oli To Probe Incidents
Of 'Custodial Deaths' (rn 10/12/2020), AI
Nepal starts campaign urging PM Oli to probe incidents
of ‘custodial deaths’ (kh 10/12/2020)
“I
am not angry at what happened to Nabaraj. I am scared
that it will happen to me”, by Binayak Sundas (rep
09/12/2020)
Rape-convict
lands in police net after 11 years (kh 09/12/2020)
Teacher
shot dead by Biplav cadres in Morang (kh
08/12/2020), CPN
cadres abduct, kill school principal (ht
09/12/2020), Govt
intensifies surveillance on Biplav activities
following Miklajung murder (kh 10/12/2020)
Ex-Minister
Aftab Alam's Brother Mahatab Detained, by Krishna
Tiwari (rn 07/12/2020)
One
arrested on charge of human trafficking (rep
05/12/2020)
Powerful
bomb blast at limestone mine of Saurya Cement, five
laborers injured, by Maheshwor Chamling Rai (rep
04/12/2020)
Women
commission defunct as cases of violence against women
continues : Since it was elevated to a constitutional
body in the new constitution, it has not had full
quota of commissioners, and since 2017 it hasn’t had
any office bearers, by Binod Ghimire (kp
01/12/2020)
Murdered
by caste : We have become accomplices to crimes
against humanity and brought dishonour upon ourselves
(kp 01/12/2020)
Six
people arrested in connection with ‘honour killing’ of
17-year-old in Rautahat : The victim was living with
her parents after divorcing her husband, police say,
by Shiva Puri (kp 30/11/2020), Parents
mastermind daughter’s murder to ‘save family honour’
(ht 30/11/2020)
Siblings
arrested for faking abduction (ht 30/11/2020)
Six
including ward chairperson arrested for settling rape
case in Baitadi (rep 29/11/2020)
Two
women thrashed in Saptari district (ht 28/11/2020)
Father
arrested on charge of raping 13-year-old daughter in
Pokhara (rep 27/11/2020)
Teenager
raped while out for fetching water from well : Village
elders try to influence case tempting victim with
10gram gold (kh 27/11/2020)
Two
suspected detonators arrested (kh 27/11/2020)
Seven
including ex-lawmaker not charge-sheeted in Chaurasiya
murder case (kh 27/11/2020)
Act
now to address shadow pandemic of VAW, says WHO
(ht 26/11/2020), End
to gender-based violence sought (ht 26/11/2020)
Rapist
father gets 37 years in prison (kh 26/11/2020)
14
rape cases in Gorkha in just four months; 10 girls
under 16 years are among victims, by Narhari
Sapkota (rep 26/11/2020)
Government
strategy against VAW confined in papers, VAW cases
increasing : 16-day campaign against VAW starts today,
by Sabina Karki (kh 25/11/2020)
Never-ending
road to justice : In the absence of political
will, the process has been derailed systematically,
by Susan Risal (kp 24/11/2020)
Six-year-old
girl murdered after ‘rape’ in Mahottari, enraged
locals torch house of accused (rep 24/11/2020), Six-year-old
missing girl found dead; rape and subsequent murder
suspected : Three persons injured on Tuesday as police
opened fire at demonstrators demanding action against
the guilty, by Sunita Baral (kp 25/11/2020), Situation
tense in Bardibas as protests against rape, murder of
minor continue : Demonstrators took to streets despite
prohibitory order imposed by local administration,
by Sunita Baral (kp 26/11/2020)
Three
injured as police open fire on locals protesting
against murder of minor in Mahottari (rep
24/11/2020)
Mediators
in rape cases will also face jail term, as per a new
ordinance (kp 23/11/2020), Three-year
jail for forcing reconciliation on rape victims
(ht 23/11/2020), Combating
rape culture : The latest ordinance is a positive step
towards providing justice to victims of sexual
violence (kp 24/11/2020), Rape
is unreconcilable : The new provision in the ordinance
will discourage village leaders from settling rape
cases outside the court of law (ht 24/11/2020)
Murder
investigation an excuse for police to harass locals,
Dudawa residents say : Police have detained 18 people
in connection with the murder of a 12-year-old boy,
by Thakur Singh Tharu (kp 23/11/2020)
Decades
and still no justice : Not a single victim has
realised any form of justice or acknowledgement in the
14 years since the peace deal, by Suman Adhikari
(kp 22/11/2020) [But the
perpetrators and those responsible live in luxury and
leading positions through which they know how to
prevent any justice!]
Two
arrested on the charge of rape (kh 22/11/2020)
Dalit
family thrashed in Siraha; one critical (ht
22/11/2020)
Fourteen
years on, victims of the decade-long armed conflict
are still awaiting justice : On eve of the anniversary
of the signing of the peace deal, rights bodies warn
that delay in concluding transitional justice
process could be investigated by international courts,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 21/11/2020), Failure
to prosecute perpetrators promoting fresh abuses, warn
rights groups (ht 21/11/2020), Rights
bodies accuse Nepal of stalling justice for
conflict-era crimes (rep 21/11/2020)
Action
sought against Gaur massacre perpetrators (ht
20/11/2020)
Take
criminal cases seriously, DAs, cops told (kp
19/11/2020)
Three-year-old
baby girl murdered in Makawanpur (rep 19/11/2020),
3-year-old
girl raped and murdered in Makawanpur (kh
19/11/2020), Four-year-old
raped and murdered in Makwanpur, by Subash Bidari
(kp 20/11/2020)
Teenage
girl ‘hanged to death after gang rape’ in Kapilvastu,
by Kiranman Bajracharya (rep 19/11/2020)
Man
held on charge of raping 14-year-old girl in capital
(rep 18/11/2020)
बलात्कारीलाई
जन्मकैद : बलात्कारलाई जन्मकैदको सजाय गर्ने, जाहेरी
दरखास्त दर्ता नगर्ने प्रहरीलाई कारबाही गर्ने, जाहेरी
दरखास्त लिन प्रहरी पीडितको घरमा जाने, बलात्कारको घटना
मिलाउनेलाई बलात्कारीलाई हुने सजायको आधा सजाय गर्ने
कानुन बनाउनुपर्यो [Rapist is sentenced to life
imprisonment : A law had to be enacted to punish the
rapist with life imprisonment, to take action against
the police for not registering a complaint, to go to the
victim's house to file a complaint, and to punish the
rapist with half the punishment for raping the rapist.],
by Balram KC (ka 15/11/2020)
54
women missing since March lockdown (ht
13/11/2020), 247
missing from Bara (ht 13/11/2020)
Young
Woman Shot Dead In Rautahat (rn 12/11/2020)
Former
state minister, who was held on charge of gambling,
released on bail (rep 11/11/2020)
Man
arrested for raping 7-year-old in Kathmandu (kh
11/11/2020)
Smuggling
of medicinal herbs, wildlife parts rampant via Urai
border point in Bajhang : The remoteness of the area
has encouraged smugglers to use the route to carry out
illegal trade across the border, locals say, by
Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 11/11/2020)
Two
jailed, six others fined for distributing expired
products in market : Consumer protection body takes
action against representatives of Ayan Distributor and
Bishnu Laxmi Enterprises for peddling expired products
by relabelling their dates, by Krishana Prasain
(kp 10/11/2020)
Murder-convict
on the run arrested after 16 years (rep
10/11/2020)
How
frequent do murders take place in Nepal?, by
Gajendra Basnet (kh 09/11/2020)
More
fugitives getting caught across country amid the
pandemic : With loss of jobs abroad, they have been
returning home only for police to catch them. But this
has added to the burden of overstretched prison system,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 08/11/2020)
Man
arrested on the charge of rape (kh 07/11/2020)
राजनीतिमा
अपराधीकरण, by Sri Prasad Prasain (Rajdhani
04/11/2020)
How
young activists are trying to reshape the movement
against sexual violence in Nepal : In a country with
alarming rape statistics, where survivors of sexual
violence fail to get justice, ‘Ajhai Kati Sahane’
hopes to bring about social change, by Ankit
Khadgi (kp 03/11/2020)
Rape,
murder attempt cases filed against police constable in
Doti (ht 03/11/2020)
Rape
cases up in Dashain (ht 03/11/2020)
Two
held for rape (ht 03/11/2020)
Transitional
justice, conflict victims and human dignity : Nepal
has failed miserably as a responsible state that is
willing to investigate war-era atrocities, by
Madhav Joshi (kp 02/11/2020)
Indian
national arrested on charge of raping 10-year-old girl
in Nepal (kh 02/11/2020)
Three
arrested on charge of stabbing a youth to death in
Tokha (rep 01/11/2020)
Social,
Financial Crimes Up During Dashain: Police (rn
30/10/2020)
Pashupatinath
Temple Trust’s Bhandari to be tried under cybercrime
charge (kh 30/10/2020)
Body
of man killed in clash remains in Narayani Hospital :
The victim had sustained serious injuries on his head
and died while undergoing treatment at Birgunj
based-LS Neuro Hospital on Friday morning, by
Bhusan Yadav (kp 29/10/2020)
Two
Persons Posed As Traditional Healers, Made Women Enter
Their Shrine Naked, Abused Them Sexually For 13 Years,
And Now They Are Arrested, by Bhakti Bilash
Pokharel (rn 29/10/2020)
10
high-profile gamblers arrested with Rs 3 million in
Nepalgunj, by Arjun Oli (rep 29/10/2020)
Shaman
arrested on the charge of rape (kh 28/10/2020)
Whereabouts
of police officer who went missing on Sunday still
unknown, by Arjun Shah (kp 20/10/2020), Seven
individuals held on charge of killing two policemenThe
smugglers killed the policemen and threw their bodies
into the Mohana river on Saturday night, police
say, by Arjun Shah (kp 21/10/2020)
Do
Rapists Deserve Death Penalty?, by Birendra Madai
(rn 20/10/2020)
Police
seize 23kg gold from Birgunj apartment : The
contraband was found in the apartment of an Indian
national on Saturday, by Bhusan Yadav (kp
18/10/2020)
Hooliganism
spreading wide; more than 250 under police vigil,
by Gajendra Basnet (kh 18/10/2020)
National
rights body probe finds yet another extra-judicial
killing : State protection for guilty giving rise to
such cases, activists say, by Binod Ghimire (kp
17/10/2020), Bhaktapur
abduction accused killed in police custody: NHRC
(ht 17/10/2020), Rights
body sticks to its decision (ht 17/10/2020)
Authorities
warned against settling rape case through
reconciliation (ht 17/10/2020)
Rape
cases continue to rise in Bara district (ht
17/10/2020)
Youths
misbehave with girl, arrests sought (ht
17/10/2020)
Nepal
Police urged to adopt stringent measures against
heinous crimes (ht 17/10/2020)
Man
held for minor’s rape, killing (ht 16/10/2020)
Nepal’s
acid attack survivors find a saviour : Activist Ujjwal
Bikram Thapa says he will not rest until this crime is
eradicated, by Sabina Devkota (nt 16/10/2020)
Suspension
of DSP GC acquitted in Nirmala Pant case lifted
(kh 15/10/2020)
Online
Misogynist Bullying Emerging as a Silent Pandemic in
Nepal, by Deeksha Khatiwada (kh 14/10/2020)
Two-year
project launched in Karnali and Province 2 to tackle
gender-based violence (rep 14/10/2020)
Witchcraft
violence continues unabated across Nepal (ht
12/10/2020)
Police
to intensify operation to prevent sexual harassment
(ht 12/10/2020)
Man
arrested on girl trafficking charge (rep
11/10/2020)
Victims
of crimes continue to be at the receiving end of
panchayat justice : Most of them have no knowledge of
legal proceedings while factors like lengthy legal
process and financial burden drive them to seek
justice from within the community, lawyers say, by
Abdhesh Kumar Jha (kp 11/10/2020)
Lifer
for rape of daughter (ht 11/10/2020)
eSewa
data breached! A hacker releases nearly two dozen
eSewa users’ details including passwords : Denying
data breach, eSewa blames third party sites for
‘phishing scams’ (rep 09/10/2020)
43-year-old
man held on charge of raping seven-year-old girl in
Kathmandu (rep 08/10/2020)
Father
of Bijay Mahara claims he was forced to change
complaint : The father of Bijay, who died in police
custody, was promised monetary compensation and
martyrdom for his son if he agreed to receive his body
and change his statement, by Shiva Puri (kp
08/10/2020)
Real
estate agent beaten to death by clients (rep
08/10/(2020), Three
arrested on charge of beating real estate agent to
death (rep 13/10/2020)
Women
Alliance Calls For Stern Action Against Guilty Of VAW
(rn 07/10/2020)
People’s
representative arrested for sexual abuse (kh
06/10/2020)
TU
assistant professor attacked with iron rod (kh
06/10/2020), Two
students arrested on charge of thrashing TU asst
professor with iron rod (rep 12/10/2020)
Expect
more rape and murder unless internal security is
improved: Experts, by Anjali Subedi (rep
05/10/2020)
Women
MPs lobby for harsher penalties for rape : As cases of
sexual violence have continued to go up despite
increased jail term, women lawmakers want rapists to
be chemically castrated, by Binod Ghimire (kp
05/10/2020)
Two
arrested for rape, hostage-taking (ht 05/10/2020),
Two
arrested on charge of gang-raping teenage girl in bus
in Bhaktapur (rep 05/10/2020)
Oppn
lawmakers resort to vandalism as Province 5 Assembly
meeting deliberates on proposal to name the province
as Lumbini and make Dang its capital (rep
05/10/2020) [The destruction of public property
by office bearers must be punished severely!],
NCP
conflict plays out in Province 5, Congress jumps into
the fray : Provincial assembly members from the
opposition resort to vandalism amid dispute in the
ruling party over declaring name and capital of
the province, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 06/10/2020),
An
assembly of vandals : Nepali Congress must show that a
well-behaved opposition is paramount to democracy
(kp 07/10/2020) [These MPs
have disqualified themselves as representatives of the
people, now and for all future! That they personally
pay for the damage done is the least they must do!
Nepal must show that it is a democratic constitutional
state!]
Police
arrest an absconding accused of Rautahat mass murder
(rep 03/10/2020), Another
suspect of Rautahat brick kiln massacre held, by
Shiva Puri (kp 04/10/2020), Man
admits to burning alive those injured in 2008 blast
(ht 05/10/2020)
Get
Tough With Rapists, by Bini Dahal (rn 02/10/2020)
Exposed!
The story of a controversial godwoman who exploited
people for years (rep 02/10/2020)
Nepal
Army soldier held on charge of assaulting Chepang
youth in Chitwan National Park in July, by Ramesh
Kumar Paudel (kp 01/10/2020)
Ward
secretary arrested on rape charge (kh 01/10/2020)
SC
allows review of verdict to acquit accused in Ram Hari
murder case (kh)
One
arrested on charge of kidnapping and extorting Nepali
migrant worker in Malaysia (rep 30/09/2020)
Father
arrested on charge of raping daughter (rep
29/09/2020)
Ex-PM
Bhattarai’s tweet on death penalty for rapists
triggers ripples (kh 29/09/2020)
Family
refuses to accept the body of 12-year-old rape and
murder victim : The accused, who is in custody, has
not admitted to the crime, raising doubts about the
police investigation, say family members, by
Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 29/09/2020), Suspect
in Bajhang girl rape, murder case confesses to crime :
The suspect says he raped the 12-year-old and murdered
her with a trident and hammer, by Basanta Pratap
Singh (kp 01/10/2020)
Youths
seek justice for 12-year-old girl killed after rape,
by Monica Malla (rep 26/09/2020), Victim’s
family does not wish to see her body before culprit is
arrested, by Jagat Khadka (rep 27/09/2020), “Don’t
let rapists walk free”, by Dipesh Shrestha (rep
28/09/2020)
How
controversial statements by lawmakers on sensitive
issues go unchecked : A debate has started on the need
for lawmakers to change their traditional mindsets,
rather than just amend the laws and policies, by
Binu Subedi (kp 25/09/2020)
Acid
attackers to face jail term of upto 20 years and fine
of Rs 1 million (rep 25/09/2020), Ordinance
moots 20-year jail term for acid attack (ht
26/09/2020) [And what about
strict control of acid selling?]
Attempts
to dismiss rape exposed, ward chair chased off (ht
23/09/2020)
Teacher
in Kapilvastu arrested after four months on rape
charge (rep 22/09/2020)
Cases
of violence against women have gone up in Achham :
Many men who have returned home from foreign jobs due
to the pandemic have taken to drinking and hitting
their wives and children, police say, by Menuka
Dhungana (kp 21/09/2020)
Woman
thrashed on charge of witchcraft in Saptari (kh
21/09/2020)
New
deterrent provisions on the cards : Punishment for
acid attack perpetrators seen as too less, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 20/09/2020)
Deceased
journo Pahari’s family demands investigation (ht
20/09/2020)
Policemen
who beat up civilian at Babarmahal on Thursday to be
investigated (rep 18/09/2020), Three-member
committee formed to probe police brutality in
Kathmandu (rep 19/09/2020)
Rape
victim in Saptari commits suicide after villagers stop
her from filing a case with police (rep
16/09/2020), Teenage
rape victim in Saptari took her own life after being
forced into out-of-court settlement : The village
elders had tried to hush up the matter and
threatened the victim and her mother of
consequences if they reported the incident with
the police; The four men who raped the 17-year-old
girl are still at large, police say, by Abdhesh
Kumar Jha (kp 17/09/2020)
Two
deaths in police custody within a month (ht
14/09/2020), In-custody
death of a Dalit youth in Kailali sparks protests,
by Arjun Shah (kp 15/09/2020)
Man
may have killed wife, son, in Thimi, police
investigators say, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
13/09/2020)
Case
filed against police for alleged custody death
of Dalit youth : Bijay Mahara’s father filed the
complaint with the Office of District Attorney
on Wednesday seeking investigation into his son’s
death, by Shiva Puri (kp 10/09/2020)
A
teenage girl held captive and gang-raped for days
after being drugged in Kanchanpur (rep 09/09/2020)
3
held in connection with 17-yr-old girl’s rape in
Baitadi (kh 09/09/2020)
Despite
pandemic, drugs still being moved into Nepal, by
Shuvam Dhungana (kp 09/09/2020)
Amid
little progress, pandemic could become an excuse to
delay justice for conflict-era victims : Five years
have passed since two commissions were formed, but not
a single investigation has been started, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 09/09/2020)
Police
officials don’t accept complaints against their own
colleagues, activists say : The latest of such
examples is police in Garuda Municipality, Rautahat
refusing to register a first information report
against the death in custody of 19-year-old Bijaya
Mahara, by Binod Ghimire (kp 08/09/2020)
Police
constable arrested for “attempt to rape” (rep
07/09/2020)
Alka
Hospital staffer found dead in jungle two days after
she went missing (rep 05/09/2020)
9
alleged in attacking traffic policeman to be sued in
offenses against public order : District
Administration Office grants remand for 7 days (kh
04/09/2020)
Woman
stabbed to death in Anamnagar (kh 04/09/2020)
Two
arrested on charge of gang rape (kh 04/09/2020)
Two
former lawmakers stage hunger strike over
custody death of Dalit youth : The struggle committee
has warned of stepping up protest if its demands are
not addressed, by Shiva Puri (kp 03/09/2020)
Crime
up in Rautahat, four killed in two weeks (ht
01/09/2020)
Demonstrations
continue over custody death of Dalit youth : Family of
Bijay Kumar has refused to accept probe committee
formed by Home Ministry, by Shiva Puri(kp
01/09/2020)
Two
killers: Cities and centralism; The federal
government’s lack of support for the vulnerable is
going to add to the death toll, by Achyut Wagle
(kp 01/09/2020)
Work
or perish: The state is morally bound to safeguard its
citizens working in precarious conditions abroad
(kp 01/09/2020)
“Forgotten
and Forsaken”, by Nirajan Thapaliya (ht
30/08/2020), For
the families of the hundreds of disappeared, the long
wait for justice still continues : Fourteen years have
passed since civil conflict ended and five years since
the Commission of Investigation on Enforced
Disappeared Persons was formed, but not a single
family has been told what happened to its loved one,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 30/08/2020) [Not even those who claim to be
responsible for the death of 5.000 people are removed
from all offices and taken to court!], “Forgotten
and Forsaken”, by Nirajan Thapaliya (ht
30/08/2020), Various
organizations call for end to continue delays in
justice for Nepal's victims (rep 30/08/2020)
Perpetrators
who shot dead temple priest remain at large : Police
say the suspected shooters are hiding in India as
protesters demand they are brought to justice, by
Shiva Puri (kp 29/08/2020)
Locals
protest the death of youth held on murder charge : The
deceased’s family has accused police of torture while
authorities claim the detainee died due to prior
illness, by Shiva Puri (kp 28/08/2020), Yet
another Dalit death puts spotlight on culture of
torture police custody : Family members and rights
activists demand investigation into the death of Bijay
Mahara detained over a murder case, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 29/08/2020)
Police
looking for man who sold a 14-year-old Nepali girl in
India : She was trafficked last year but had been too
traumatised to speak up about the incident, by
Shuvam Dhungana (kp 28/08/2020)
‘I’m
shocked it happened to me’. Record-breaking athlete
encounters discrimination : Chandra Kala Lamgade, who
has represented Nepal in two South Asian Games and an
Asian Championship, was allegedly attacked for
standing up against caste-based discrimination, by
Parbat Portel(kp 28/08/2020)
Man
shot in clash over ox slaughtering dies : A clash had
ensued between the locals of Kamatoli and police on
Wednesday; police personnel had fired at the crowd,
says eyewitness, by Parbat Portel (kp 27/08/2020)
Investigation
into Chepang youth’s death in Chitwan National Park
yet to conclude : The father of the deceased had filed
a complaint with the district police against
Nepal Army personnel a month ago, but no one has been
booked yet; Nepal Army has been accused of
fatally assaulting Raj Kumar Chepang, by Ramesh
Kumar Paudel (kp 27/08/2020)
Party
panel’s transitional justice proposal draws flak : The
recommendations are political and go against
principles of transitional justice, and Nepal’s
commitments to human rights, victims and activists say,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 26/08/2020)
Health
workers say they reuse disposable masks as hospitals
don’t provide enough : More health workers not
involved in treating Covid-19 patients are getting
infected with the coronavirus due to the lack of
enough personal protective equipment, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 26/08/2020)
Schools
once used as quarantine centres are now damaged and
littered with garbage : Many schools in Karnali
Province have been left to pick up after the mess left
behind by quarantined villagers, by Chandan
Kathayat (kp 24/08/2020)
11-year-old
girl abducted and raped in Bardiya (kh 22/08/2020)
Seven
persons charged with Dalit youth’s murder paraded
(ht 21/08/2020)
‘Provide
proper treatment to ailing pregnant woman’ (ht
21/08/2020)
The
cost of the ruling party feud: This dispute is
destructive because of its disconnect from the
pressing issues of national interest, by Achyut
Wagle (kp 18/08/2020)
How
my teacher abused me, and how I got out of the
depression that followed (rep 17/08/2020)
Bharatpur
dumps waste in Narayani River banks despite having
designated land to build a landfill site: Monsoon
spells disaster for locals living in riverbank
settlements with garbage washed ashore by the
overflowing river, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp
15/08/2020)
One
arrested on charge of stabbing a youth to death
(rep 15/08/2020)
Another
case spotlights apathy towards rights body: Ministry
of Home Affairs asks the National Human Rights
commission to review its recommendations on alleged
extra-judicial killing of Kumar Poudel, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 14/08/2020) [The
authoritarian Oli government continues to move forward
on its path of anti-democratic and unlawful action!]
The
prolonged trauma of acid attack survivors: Teenage
survivors in Nepal get together to deter future
attacks with stricter laws and ban on sale of acid,
by Laxmi Basnet (nt 14/08/2020)
Menstrual
huts: You demolish one, we’ll build another: In
Surkhet district alone, around 2,000 menstruation huts
were demolished. But with the end of the campaign,
menstruation huts are resurfacing, by Lalit
Bahadur Budha and Hiknat Bahaduur Nepali (ae 14/08/2020)
[Ram, Ram, says the PM!]
Altab
Ansari, alleged mastermind of 15 kg precious metal
smuggling scam, arrested from Bara: Two Indian
nationals are said to be the masterminds behind the
smuggling racket while Ansari assisted them in Nepal,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 14/08/2020)
Govt
decides to provide Rs 1 million each to the family of
those killed in Soti incident (rep 12/08/2020) [And what about the brutal killers?
When will a court finally punish them severely? The
compensation payments to the victims and their
families must be made by all those who committed the
crime, supported it or in any way incited it!]
Rape
accused APF SSP Adhikari remanded to judicial custody
(ht 12/08/2020)
Mudbari
Confesses Murdering Bohara For Blackmailing Her:
Police, by Keshab Raj Poudel (rn 11/08/2020), Gongabu
murder case: How Poudel killed Bohora (rep
11/08/2020), Woman
arrested for killing a man and dismembering the body
found in Gongabu: Police say the premeditated murder
was an act of revenge over a relationship gone sour,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 12/08/2020), Woman,
daughter held in Gongabu murder case (ht
12/08/2020)
Indigenous
groups feel deprived of their access to land and
natural resources: Indigenous rights activists blame
the state for its coercive approach, the latest
examples being the eviction of Chepangs in Chitwan and
plans to displace the Newars from Khokana, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 10/08/2020)
Cut-up
body found in suitcase in Gongabu: A team of officials
from the Metropolitan Police Range and the
Metropolitan Crime Division has been mobilised for
further investigation, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
10/08/2020)
Locals,
kin of deceased vandalise Narayani Hospital (ht
10/08/2020)
Young
woman dies for want of treatment (ht 09/08/2020)
Dubious
Gold Scam: Police the abettor of racketeers: Smuggling
carried out from rented apartmen, by Gajendra
Basnet (kh 09/08/2020)
Teachers
vandalise campus chief’s office (ht 08/08/2020)
Catch
the big fish: The trade in fake VAT bills is to
Nepal's revenue sector what a tick is to a dog's ears
(kp 07/08/2020)
Stadium
construction continues despite the use of substandard
material, by Rajan Gaunle (ae 07/08/2020)
Isolation
centre vandalised over food quality (ht
07/08/2020)
Around
200 firms sell fake VAT bills worth Rs 15 billion
leading to huge tax evasion: Revenue probe department:
The racketeers who sold the fake VAT bills have been
found to have registered firms in the name of poor and
ignorant people from rural areas so that they can
avoid being indicted by law enforcement agencies,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 06/08/2020)
0
rape cases in 4 years in Darchula (ht 06/08/2020)
Heinous
Crime Of Acid Attack, by Namrata Sharma (rn
05/08/2020)
PM
Oli’s IT consultant Asgar Ali’s illegal activities get
government’s amnesty: Activities include 4G expansion
discard to foreign currency misappropriation and
Bitcoin operation. by Gajendra Basnet (kh
05/08/2020)
Security
lapses uncovered in last week’s gold smuggling case:
Investigations reveal two police constables let go
three smugglers who were later arrested in Nawalparasi,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 02/08/2020), The
chase for gold: The connivance of security officers in
yellow metal smuggling exposes the faultlines of
policing in Nepal (kp 03/08/2020)
Porous
border, poor interception and changing forms continue
to enable human trafficking to flourish: Trafficking
of Nepali girls and women remains a big challenge for
the country as traffickers use the open border–not
only to traffick them to India, but also to further
smuggle them into the Persian Gulf and Southeast Asia,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 30/07/2020)
Nirmala
Pant murder case: Eight police personnel including SP
Bista accused of destroying evidence acquitted
(rep 30/07/2020),
Eight
police personnel get clean chit on Nirmala rape and
murder case (kh 30/07/2020), Court
acquits eight police officers charged in connection
with Nirmala Pant rape-murder case: The officers were
charged with meting out torture and destroying
evidence, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp 31/07/2020)
Kathmandu
Police created a “fake incident site” in 14-kg yellow
metal case, by Ashim Neupane (rep 30/07/2020)
No
To Gender Based Violence, by Namrata Sharma (rn
29/07/2020)
Seventh
grader raped and threatened to keep quiet, family
fears rapist may walk away scott-free, by Anjali
Subedi (rep 29/07/2020)
Regulate
acid sale: The chemical has become a weapon for jilted
lovers to disfigure the beloved who couldn't be theirs
(kp 27/07/2020)
Sexagenarian
arrested on rape charge (rep 25/07/2020)
A
22-year old woman attacked with acid in Kathmandu
(rep 24/07/2020), Two
arrested for throwing acid on 22-year-old woman in
capital (rep 24/07/2020), Spurned,
man asks staffer to throw acid on woman (ht
25/07/2020)
Murder-convict
former DIG Koirala released from jail (rep
23/07/2020) [???], Attorney
general questions Supreme Court verdict on Koirala
case: The former DIG of the Armed Police Force
convicted of murdering his wife was released Thursday
following top court’s order, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 24/07/2020) [Doubts about
the constitutional action of the judiciary!], Calls
grow louder to impeach Chief Justice Rana: Verdict to
commute a wife murderer’s sentence erodes people’s
trust in judiciary, legal practitioners say, by
Tika R. Pradhan (kp 25/07/2020), Investigating
officers recall Koirala case: The former DIG would not
have been connected to his wife’s murder but for one
error he made, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 25/07/2020)
Nepal:
Authorities must stop ruthless evictions of Indigenous
peoples (Amnesty International 22/07/2020), Amnesty
International calls for halting forced eviction of
people from Chepang community in Chitwan (rep
22/07/2020), Amnesty
condemns enforced eviction of indigenous Chepang
families by Chitwan National Park authority: The
rights organisation has called on the authorities
concerned to hold the people accountable who set fire
and razed down the huts of the landless families
(kp 22/07/2020), Amnesty
International calls for halt in eviction of Chepang
peoples (kh 22/07/2020), Amnesty
International Calls For Halt In Eviction Of Indigenous
Peoples (Sancharkarmi 22/07/2020), Amnesty
International calls for halt in eviction of indigenous
peoples (Ratopati 22/07/2020), ‘Halt
forced eviction of Chepang people’ (ht
22/07/2020), Distressed
Chepangs of Kusum Khola bemoan loss of property and
await relocation: Chitwan National Park authorities on
Saturday set ablaze two huts and vandalised eight
others, asking the indigenous people to vacate Kusum
Khola, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp 23/07/2020), Chepang
organisation demands inquiry into Kusum Khola
incident: Nepal Chepang Sangh has submitted a
memorandum to the chief district officer of Chitwan,
demanding legal action against the guilty, by
Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp 24/07/2020), Nepal
Army personnel blamed for death of Chepang youth:
Nepal Army has denied allegations of beating seven
youths who had entered Chitwan National Park on July
16 without permission, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp
25/07/2020)
Valley’s
crime rate soars with the easing of lockdown
restrictions: Police data show after the lockdown was
relaxed on June 10 crime rate has risen by more than
80 percent, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 20/07/2020)
Man
sustains bullet injuries in a clash between APF
personnel and suspected smugglers: The injured was
rushed to Dharan-based BP Koirala Institute of Health
Sciences for treatment, by Pradeep Menyangbo (kp
19/07/2020)
Man
beaten by police at quarantine facility in Surkhet has
a fractured hand, by Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep
18/07/2020)
Man
accused in fatal drunk-driving case released on bail:
Court said Malla could be released as he was unlikely
to abscond or tamper with evidence, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 18/07/2020)
Pandemic
has once again thrown light on plights of Nepali women
migrant workers: Blanket ban on women from migrating
overseas for employment has only encouraged labour
trafficking and exploitation, labour migration experts
and rights groups say, by Elisha Shrestha (kp
16/07/2020)
Armed
Police Force Senior Superintendent of Police held on
rape charge (ht 16/07/2020)
Blood
on the hills: Though insufficient, the parliamentary
probe committee's recommendations on the Soti killings
must be implemented to provide justice to the victims
(kp 16/07/2020)
Rukum
(West) murder of six youths was result of caste-based
discrimination, parliamentary probe says: Study finds
sheer lapses on the part of the local administration,
local government and police in handling the incident,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 15/07/2020)
21
trafficked Nepali women coming home after nine months:
Group had ended up in Manipur after falling in the
trap of traffickers planning to take them to the Gulf,
by Suresh Raj Neupane (kp 13/07/2020), Human
trafficking woes: The government must ramp up its
measures to stop the illegal trafficking of Nepali
women to the Gulf (kp 14/07/2020)
Absconding
murder suspect held after 13 years (ht 14/07/2020)
Government
attorneys’ negligence helps Dipak Manange go scot free
(ht 13/07/2020) [Negligence or
intention or simply political corruption?]
Three
doctors, two police personnel among 12 held for
illegal kidney transplantation (ht 13/07/2020), Kidney
trafficking: Selling poor men’s kidney: Ward chair,
doctors and police in trafficking, by Gajendra
Basnet (kh 14/07/2020)
33-kg-gold
smuggling case: Hari Sharan Khadka, alleged supplier
arrested from airport: Khadka will be sent to
Biratnagar as a case against him is pending in Morang
District Court, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 12/07/2020)
How
Bomjan manages to hoodwink police?, by Gajendra
Basnet (kh 12/07/2020)
Conflict
victims lament govt’s apathy in their joint submission
(ht 11/07/2020)
Police
bust a gang involved in a string of jewelry shop
heists in Kathmandu Valley: Two gang members are still
on the run and police suspect the duo has already sold
off the stolen items in India, by Shuvam Dhungana
(kp 08/07/2020)
Sudden
move to prorogue Parliament undermines legislature,
experts say: The budget session was ended saying it
lacked business, but there are some crucial bills,
including one related to citizenship, pending for
approval, by Binod Ghimire (kp 05/07/2020)
COVID-19
Magnifies Domestic Violence, by Suman Raj Tamrakar
(rn 05/07/2020)
Exploitation
risk for women migrant workers has increased during
pandemic, labour migration experts and rights
activists say: They have urged the government to
protect vulnerable women migrant workers and ensure
their wages and other legal rights, by Chandan
Kumar Mandal (kp 05/07/2020)
Sexual
exploitation case filed against Ram Bahadur Bomjan in
Sarlahi: A complaint was registered against the
controversial spiritual leader earlier this year for
allegedly raping a 15-year-old, by Om Prakash
Thakur (kp 04/07/2020)
Body
of a girl found in Dhanusha’s field; rape-murder
suspected, by Brij Kumar Yadav (ht 04/07/2020)
Police
fire warning shots during demonstration by Dalit
Struggle Committee: The protest was launched demanding
justice for two Dalit youths who died in the past
month; one at an isolation centre in Dhanusha and the
other in Sabaila police custody, by Santosh Singh
(kp 03/07/2020)
Government
tells UN that it will incorporate conflict victims’
concerns but victims are not convinced: Victims have
called the government’s response to the concerns of
five special UN human rights rapporteurs insincere and
the entire transitional justice process flawed, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 02/07/2020)
Nepal
Police devises action plan to curb crime (ht
27/06/2020)
Rupandehi
District Court remands in custody three people
arrested in connection with murder of Dalit teen:
Prosecutors filed a charge sheet against the trio on
June 21 and presented them before the court on Tuesday,
by Sanju Poudel (kp 26/06/2020)
Student
leaders set fire to TU VC’s chair (ht 25/06/2020)
12
trafficking victims, including three minors, rescued
in past three months: The Anti-human Trafficking
Bureau of Nepal Police says there’s a risk of
traffickers targeting the people who have become
financially vulnerable due to the Covid-19 pandemic
and the lockdown, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
24/06/2020)
Police
arrest in-laws over death of Hetauda woman:
Investigators, family of deceased believe she was
murdered, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 20/06/2020)
Police
raid Ram Bahadur Bomjan’s ashram in Sindhuli: Search
is on for the controversial cult leader after security
personnel seal the site, by Raj Kumar Karki (kp
19/06/2020)
Reports
suspect police negligence, political protection for
murderers in Rukum killings: They doubt a strong case
will be presented to prosecute the perpetrators,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 17/06/2020), Kin
of the youths killed in Soti continues protest
demanding justice: Protesters demand to scrap of the
alleged ‘falsified’ postmortem report, by Bhim
Bahadur Singh (kp 17/06/2020), Dalit
killings in Rukum village spark outrage over caste
discrimination (ht 18/06/2020)
Janata
Socialist Party youth leader charged with rape (ht
17/06/2020)
Bank
fraudster Shrestha to face money laundering case at
Special Court: Shrestha is accused of embezzling Rs
2.6 billion while he was serving as the executive
chairman of Nepal Share Market and Finance Limited,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 17/06/2020)
Woman
in quarantine in Kailali gang raped, by Dil
Bahadur Chhatyal (rep 15/06/2020)
In-custody
death of a Musahar man sparks protests in Janakpur:
Police say 23-year-old Shambhu Sada committed suicide,
but family members suspect it was an extra-judicial
killing, by Ajit Tiwari (kp 15/06/2020) [Nepal
is also ripe for an anti-racism movement and a
correction of its view of history, including its
questionable heroes, identifications and
socio-hierarchical discrimination!]
Cases
filed against 34 people demanding life imprisonment
for Dalit youth killings in Soti: Homicide, attempted
homicide and caste-based discrimination and
untouchability charges have been filed against them,
by Krishna Prasad Gautam (kp 15/06/2020), Relatives
of youths killed in Soti question 'ambiguous'
post-mortem reports: Protesters accuse doctors of
caving under political pressure and vandalise Jajarkot
hospital, by Bhim Bahadur Singh (kp 16/06/2020)
Cross-border
small arms trade posing security threat in Tarai
(ht 14/06/2020)
In
Saptari, a Musahar woman is accused of practising
witchcraft and beaten: Despite being beaten bloody
with a metal plate, Manjudevi Sada has been ordered by
the village panchayat to settle with the perpetrators
and not file a case, by Abdhesh Kumar Jha (kp
11/06/2020)
Two
more arrested in connection to Dalit killings in Rukum
(West): A relative of the Malla family accused of
orchestrating the killings, and another unidentified
individual have been arrested based on call data, said
police, by Bhim Bahadur Singh (kp 11/06/2020), All
20 prime accused in the killings of Dalit youths in
Rukum (West) arrested: Police arrested three more
people on Wednesday in connection to the incident,
by Hari Gautam (kp 12/06/(2020)
Water
cannons and batons at protest against government’s
handling of the pandemic: Police employed force to
disperse around 150 people gathered in peaceful
protest outside the prime minister’s residence in
Baluwatar, by Anup Ojha (kp 10/06/2020)
Digging
for justice: Keep an eye on the parliamentar
committee’s probe on Soti killings (kp 10/06/2020)
Nepal:
End impunity for caste-based discrimination and
killings (Forum-Asia 09/06/2020)
Police
arrest Rautahat brick kiln ‘massacre’ suspect: Eleven
people, including former lawmaker Mohammad Aftab Alam,
have been accused of incinerating people injured in an
explosion in Rautahat on the eve of the first
Constituent Assembly elections, by Shiva Puri (kp
08/06/2020), Rupandehi
murder update: Five struck to death with spade
(kh 09/06/2020), Five
people murdered in Rupandehi farm; suspect in police
custody: The murder suspect prone to erratic mood
swings, said police and locals, by Ghanashyam
Gautam (kp 10/06/2020), District
Court remands main accused of Rupandehi mass murder to
seven days in custody: Five people were bludgeoned to
death at a cattle farm in Tilottama Municipality on
Monday night, by Ghanashyam Gautam (kp 11/06/2020)
‘Lawmaker
Satgaunwa’s remark to be probed’ (ht 08/06/2020)
A
shadow pandemic: With the lockdown grabbing all
attention, domestic violence against women is often
overlooked, by Nilima Adhikari (kp 07/06/2020)
One
of the accused of Rautahat mass killing arrested
(rep 07/06/2020)
Rukum
killings ‘crime against humanity’ (ae 05/06/2020)
Soti
incident accused remanded in custody for ten more
days: Police have arrested 18 people, including Dambar
Bahadur Malla, the ward chairman of Chaurjahari Ward
No. 8, over their involvement in the alleged murder
(kp 05/06/2020)
Challenge
To End Caste Discrimination, by Gopal Khanal (rn
04/06/2020)
“He
was beaten the whole night, and his body burnt by lit
cigarettes”, by Ashim Neupane (rep 04/06/2020)
Police
to probe manhandling of NMC doc (ht 01/06/2020)
NHRC
deploys separate team to probe Soti incident
(ht01/06/2020)
Soti
incident premeditated, a team of provincial assembly
members concludes: Karnali state legislators call for
an impartial investigation into the Dalit killings and
punishment for the perpetrators, by Bhim Bahadur
Singh & Hari Gautam (kp 31/05/2020)
Rights
commission expresses concern over death after rape
incident in Rupandehi: National Human Rights
Commission says its Butwal office has started a probe
into the incident (kp 30/05/2020), NHRC
concerned about death of rape victim (ht
30/05/2020)
Still
untouchable: Navaraj BK and his friends died because
he loved an upper-caste girl. He won’t be the last,
by Amish Raj Mulmi (kp 29/05/2020)
UN,
AI demand impartial probe into Rukum incident (ht
29/05/2020), Nepal:
Bachelet condemns Dalit killings, calls for
independent investigation (OHCR 28/05/2020), Nepal:
Authorities must deliver justice for Dalit killings
(AI 28/05/2020), UN
condemns Dalit killings in Rukum (West) and calls for
independent probe: Despite constitutional guarantees,
impunity for caste-based discrimination and violence
remains high in Nepal, UN High Commissioner for Human
Rights says (kp 29/05/2020)
Thousands
of Nepalis without food or shelter await entrance at
the Karnali border: Migrants arriving from India are
massed at the border without basic amenities as the
provincial government has sought to test them all for
Covid-19 before letting them in, by Aditi Aryal
(kp 27/05/2020)
As
popularity of virtual meetings soar, concerns over
abuse and harassment come to surface: Law enforcement
officials say it is difficult to track down and punish
people ‘bombing’ online meetings as they don’t leave
behind evidence, by Elisha Shrestha (kp
27/05/2020)
Bodies
of two Dalit men recovered from Bheri River: A Dalit
man went to marry a girl from ‘upper-caste’ but her
family and villagers chased them into the river,
by Hari Gautam and Bhim Bahadur Singh (kp 25/05/2020), Serious
human rights violations against Dalits reported during
lockdown: Parliamentary committee orders the
government to book culprits, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 26/05/2020), One
more body recovered from the Bheri River on Monday:
The third victim was among the 18 who had accompanied
Nabaraj BK to Soti in Rukum (West). The deceased
Nabaraj was killed in his pursuit of a girl whose
family deemed him ‘untouchable’, by Bhim Bahadur
Singh & Hari Gautam (kp 26/05/2020), 15
including ward chair arrested in connection with
Nawaraj BK’s killing, by Dinesh Kumar Shrestha
(ht26/05/2020), Caste-based
discrimination ends a beautiful relationship: Even a
locally-elected representative was against their
relationship, by Lokendra Khanal and Ganesh Bishu
(rep 26/05/2020), Government
forms team to investigate the death of three youths in
Rukum West: Lawmakers have demanded a parliamentary
probe committee to study discriminations against
Dalits throughout the country (kp 27/05/2020) [This is an extremely severe
criminal case, based on Hindu fanatic thinking! Why
are representatives from ministries participated? Or
are you loking for ways to eliminate outdated Hindu
social thinking and behaviour?], Fourth
body recovered: from Bheri River: Family members and
relatives of the deceased had found the body on
Wednesday, by Hari Gautam (kp 28/05/2020), One
more body recovered from Bheri River; death toll of
Soti incident reaches five: Search is on for another
missing person, police say, by Hari Gautam and
Bhim Bahadur Singh (kp 29/05/2020), Soti
incident: Sixth missing body found after 10 days: The
deceased along with his 18 friends was attacked by
Soti villagers while the group was accompanying
Nabaraj BK to bring home his 17-year-old girlfriend as
his bride, by Bhim Bahadur Singh (kp 03/06/2020)
With
people staying home, burglars target shops and empty
houses: Forty-four cases of burglary have been
reported in the Valley in the last two months, by
Shuvam Dhungana (kp 24/05/2020)
Police
raided Mohammed Aftab Alam’s home in Rautahat on
Thursday night in search of his brother: The locals,
unaware of the raid, encircled the security team
thinking there was a robbery, and the police had to
fire warning shots a dozen times to disperse the crowd,
by Shiva Puri (kp 23/05/2020)
Police
hit 67-year-old with baton for stepping out to buy
milk: Man sustains a broken bone in his right leg due
to the severity of the blow, by Bhusan Yadav (kp
19/05/2020) [Both this police
officer and the person who ordered such action must be
brought to justice!]
Nepal
hasn’t allowed UN rapporteurs on transitional justice
to visit country: The government is afraid their visit
will expose it’s failure, say victims and human rights
activists, by Binod Ghimire (kp 17/05/2020)
Order
to shoot at fleeing patients draws flak (ht
16/05/2020)
Survivors
of domestic violence are forced to “compromise” with
abusive husbands, by Sher Bahadur Jero (rep
16/05/2020)
Unidentified
group thrashes Bara journalist (ht 12/05/2020)
Five
held for using street kids to steal (ht
12/05/2020)
COVID-19
And The Threat Of Cybercrime, by Kumar Abhinav (rn
11/05/2020)
For
Nepali women, rampant objectification and
sexualisation on the internet: One community on Reddit
with more than 4,500 members has been sexualising,
objectifying and humiliating women with photos taken
from their social media accounts, by Aditi Aryal
(kp 07/05/2020), Shedding
light: It is disturbing that pages propagating rape,
misogyny, paedophilia and the invasion of privacy
exist (kp 08/05/2020)
NHRC
member slams rumour-mongers (ht 06/05/2020)
Biplav
outfit leader Bandhu Chand released after 14 months
(kh 06/05/2020) [The Bandhu
Chand case is a prime example of the criminal contempt
of judicial decisions by the Oli government!]
Cyber
risk increases along with rising trend of webinars,
by Arpana Ale Magar (ht 06/05/2020)
OAG
submits annual report to president (ht 05/05/2020)
Two
men held for running illegal remittance business:
Although crime rates in the Kathmandu Valley have
dropped significantly during the lockdown, police
continue to receive complaints, by Shuvam Dhungana
(kp 03/05/2020)
Man
arrested for raping 15-year-old girl in Dang (kh
03/05/2020)
Hospitals
turn away patients with fever, by Laxmi Gautam (ht
02/05/2020)
OHCHR
urges govt to amend TJ law in support of SC ruling
(rep 01/05/2020) [see OHCHR
Press briefing note on Nepal], Four
int'l HR bodies urge govt to immediately amend TJ law
in line with Supreme Court ruling (rep 01/05/2020)
[see press
statement by AI, HRW, ICJ and TRIAL
International], International
rights bodies, UN welcome Supreme Court decision on
transitional justice: Government should now amend the
law to comply with the verdict, they say, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 02/05/2020)
Four
children killed in a bomb blast in Rolpa: Two of the
deceased children are said to be from the same family,
by Kashiram Dangi (kp 01/05/2020)
Expecting
mother expelled from operation theatre (ht
01/05/2020)
After
police and district attorney’s refusal to take
complaint, lawmaker Surendra Yadav approaches human
rights commission: Commission asks Nepal Police to
explain in writing why it refused to register Yadav’s
case and ensure his and his family’s safety (kp
01/05/2020), District
attorney office takes Yadav abduction complaint but
only after a counter-complaint by the accused:
Complaint by ruling party leaders accused of
kidnapping lawmaker Surendra Yadav is aimed at
defusing the case, lawyers say, by Tika R. Pradhan
and Binod Ghimire (kp 05/05/2020), Yadav
finally gets to lodge FIR against ex-IGP, NCP MPs
(ht 05/05/2020)
Three
injured in a clash between APF personnel and locals in
Nawalparasi: Security personnel baton-charged the
crowd for disobeying lockdown, locals say, by
Nabin Paudel (kp 01/05/2020)
Police
arrest drug peddlers operating in the guise of
importing essential goodsIn Province 1, police have so
far seized over 2,800 vehicles on charge of defying
the lockdown; 1,523 individuals have been in police
custody for the same charge, by Madhav Ghimire (kp
01/05/2020)
In
Province 5, sexual harassment and domestic abuse cases
are getting more severe: A large number of sexual
harassment cases in the province still go unreported,
said police, by Sanju Poudel (kp 29/04/2020)
Seven
rape cases reported in Kapilbastu in a month (kh
29/04/2020)
Nepalis
stranded in India continue to brave Mahakali River to
return home: More than 30 people tried to cross the
boundary river this weekend, by Manoj Badu (kp
29/04/2020) [Responsible for
the crime is Mr. Oli, who claims the right to deny
Nepali citizens a safe return to their villages]
Woman
thrashed to death (kh 28/04/2020)
With
everyone forced indoors and online by the lockdown,
cases of cybercrime are increasing: Police advise that
individuals take safety measures to protect their
information and identities online as criminals too
have more time on their hands, by Aditi Aryal and
Shuvam Dhungana (kp 28/04/2020)
SC
rejects govt’s request to review verdict on
transitional justice (rep 27/04/2020), Supreme
Court thwarts attempt to retain amnesty provisions in
transitional justice law: The government now has no
option but to amend the law to adhere to the court’s
February 2015 landmark order, by Binod Ghimire (kp
28/04/2020)
SP-N
alleges party lawmaker abducted (ht 24/04/2020), Nepal
Police’s refusal to register Surendra Yadav abduction
case raises questions about its neutrality: Many
believe police are acting on order from on high to not
register the case, especially since: it involves
powerful political actors and a former chief of police,
by Shuvam Dhungana Tika R Pradhan (kp 27/04/2020), NC,
RPP and People's Socialist Party demand legal action
against those involved in 'kidnapping' lawmaker Yadav
(rep 28/04/2020), After
police, district attorney also refuses to register
complaint against alleged kidnapping of lawmaker
Yadav: District attorney asked the complainants to
leave an application, but didn’t file the complaint,
Janata Samajbadi leaders said (kp 29/04/2020), JSP-N
MP’s abduction case a hot potato: Govt attorney
accused of turning deaf ear to kidnapping complaint
against ex-IG, lawmakers (ht 29/04/2020), District
Attorney Office registers ‘abduction’ complaint by
lawmaker Yadav (kh 04/05/2020)
Former
secy arrested for cyber offence (ht 24/04/2020), Freedom
Forum concerned (ht 24/04/2020)
How
one Pokhara resident led a smear campaign to get an
American kicked out of the country: After his romantic
advances were rejected, one individual used his
influence with an online news portal to smear and
discredit a foreigner, a month-long Post investigation
has revealed, by Shuvam Dhungana and Pranaya SJB
Rana (kp 23/04/2020)
Mahottari
sees rise in illegal mining of construction aggregate
during lockdown: Two journalists were threatened for
covering the story about illegal mining in the
district on Thursday, by Sunita Baral (kp
23/04/2020)
Locals
beat up ward office representative accusing him of
nepotism in relief distribution: Relief distribution
programmes in other parts of the district have also
courted controversy, while some wards are yet to
coordinate any efforts, by Abdesh Kumar Jha (kp
21/04/2020)
Police
clueless about three bodies found during lockdown
(ht 21/04/2020)
Police
sub-inspector beat up health worker in Dharan: Health
workers staged a protest outside the city demanding
action the officer following the incident, by
Pradeep Menyangbo (kp 17/04/2020) [The
policemen's mistaken idea that they could beat other
people at any time has not changed a bit since the
royal panchayat era!], Police
Punish 50 Morning Walkers (rn 17/04/2020) [The
police have to guarantee law and order, but they have
no right to order punishment.]
Wood
smuggling, wildlife poaching cases up (ht
17/04/2020)
Hackers
gain unauthorised access to .np domain: The group also
threatens to infiltrate Nepal Electricity Authority’s
system, by Umesh Poudel (ht 16/04/2020)
NTA
cautions against fake mobile calls: Advises against
calling back 1-ring calls originating abroad (ht
16/04/2020)
VAW
in lockdown: More than 104 cases in two weeks, by
Sabina Karki (kh 15/04/2020)
Man
in police custody for raping woman inside moving
truck: Police say the driver was released after the
woman vouched his innocence, by Shuvam Dhungana
(kp 15/04/2020)
Woman
dies trying to protect son from police thrashing
(ht 14/04/2020), Woman
dies in stampede following clash between police and
locals in Saptari: The incident occurred as security
personnel were taking action against the locals who
had gathered in the market place, by Bharat
Jarghamagar and Abdhesh Kumar Jha (kp 14/04/2020)
Valley’s
crime rate drops during lockdown: There has been no
serious crime in the last 20 days, police say, by
Shuvam Dhungana (kp 13/04/2020)
Wildfire,
poaching and tree felling go unchecked in forests of
Morang and Mahottari: Forest officials claim that the
poachers sparked wildfires to trap the wildlife,
by Binod Bhandari and Sunita Baral (kp 13/04/2020), Lockdown
a boon for timber smugglers, by Laxman Ghimire
(rep 13/04/2020)
Around
200 Khayar trees cut down in Tripurasundari, Dhading:
Smugglers have cut down trees taking advantage of
nationwide lockdown, locals say, by Harihar Singh
Rathour (kp 12/04/2020)
Shanker
Group owner Agrawal arrested for overpricing thermal
guns: Medical equipment suppliers suspect foul play as
many of them ordered thermal guns from China, but none
of them received their cargo, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 08/04/2020)
Rautahat
police confiscate ambulances on charge of carrying
passengers during lockdown: Of the three ambulances,
two are privately owned and one belongs to the Nepal
Red Cross Society in Hirapur, by Shiva Puri (kp
05/04/2020)
Timber
smugglers are entering Nawalparasi forest taking
advantage of lockdown: As many as 65 trees were felled
in the past few days in Nawalparasi (East), forest
officials say, by Narayan Sharma (kp 05/04/2020)
Concerns
over safety of public money, data after F1Soft's
intrusion in news website (rep 03/04/2020)
Rise
in GBV, sexual abuse cases feared (ht 01/04/2020)
Man
accused of raping minor arrested (ht 31/03/2020)
More
than 2,000 lockdown violators punished (ht
31/03/2020), [The police have
no right to punish anybody! This would be a task of
the judiciary! It's time for the police to under stand
their limits!]
As
Covid-19 fears grow, some medical personnel face
eviction from their homes: Reports of medical
personnel being forced to work without adequate
protection have only aggravated discriminatory
behaviour from landlords, say doctors, by Arjun
Poudel & Aditi Aryal (kp 30/03/2020)
Construction
company leaves workers high and dry at Gauda: Around
1,100 workers stranded for the past one week at
various construction sites of Kaligandaki corridor
road construction projects struggling to make their
way home, by Narayan Sharma (kp 30/03/2020)
Serial
killer Sobhraj in sentence waiver list (ht
29/03/2020)
In
Butwal, juvenile delinquents are compelled to stay at
a crowded correctional facility without proper means:
As a result of the overcrowding, many suffer from
skin-related diseases, by Amrita Anmol (kp
22/03/2020)
Neighbour
confesses to rape and murder of 17-year-old girl in
Ilam (ht 21/03/2020)
Government
launches coordinated inspections to curb black
marketeering of essential goods: The Department of
Commerce, Supplies and Consumer Protection Management
carried out inspections at 161 firms and penalised 57
in the month of Falgun, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
20/03/2020)
Police
seize one million masks (ht 19/03/2020), Confiscated
face masks to be sold from Sajha Swasthya Sewa
(rep 19/03/2020)
Police
arrest a dozen in a span of two weeks for possessing
illegal pharmaceutical drugs: According to the data
provided by the bureau, the number of people arrested
for drug possession has been rising in recent years,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 18/03/2020)
Man
who slapped NCP leader Dahal held after 7 years
(ht 16/03/2020) [And what
about the man who claims responsibility for the
killing of 5.000 people! He is still not held!]
CIEDP
team in Rolpa to investigate into war-time cases
(rep 16/03/2020)
Transitional
justice is backsliding: To ensure better
predictability, a national roadmap with parliamentary
ownership could be a way out, by Tika P. Dhakal
(kp 15/03/2020)
Complaints
of the disappeared have themselves disappeared!,
by Dinesh Subedi (rep 15/03/2020)
Police
arrest black marketeers, confiscate 75,000 face masks
(rep 15/03/2020)
Student
leader found guilty of rape gets eight and half years
in prison: Rai, a former assistant secretary at the
Ratna Rajya Laxmi Campus chapter of the All Nepal
National Free Students Union, was accused of raping an
the girl by luring her to his relatives’ place in
Makalbari, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 14/03/2020)
Extrajudicial
killings continue in Nepal, reveals report (ht
14/03/2020)
Explosion
at former minister Baskota's under-constrution house
(ht 12/03/2020) Police
arrest a person in relation to blast at former
communication minister Baskota's house: Interrogation
is underway with the arrestee who is a district member
of Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 12/03/2020), Police
arrest three more in connection with blast at
Baskota’s house: On March 11, a group detonated a
powerful IED on the premises of former Minister Gokul
Prasad Baskota, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 21/03/2020)
Regulate
acid sale: Apart from regulating the sale of acid, the
perpetrators of acid attacks should be meted out
strict punishment as a deterrent (ht 12/03/2020)
Twenty-nine-year-old
woman held for throwing acid on husband’s face (ht
11/03/2020), Victim
of acid attack blamed on wife runs out of money
(rep 22/03/2020), Acid
attack victim seeks support for treatment (ht
23/03/2020)
Drug
traffickers active in Kavre district again (ht
11/03/2020)
Bizarre
punishment: Teacher sent to custody (ht
11/03/2020)
The
cost of extreme political traumatisation: The state
and the political parties are in denial about the
sexual violence that occurred during the conflict,
by Susan Risal (kp 10/03/2020)
A
51-year-old woman attacked with acid in Kapilvastu
district: Bedamati Devi Gupta, who was attacked by her
neighbour Hari Narayan Barai following a spat, is
receiving treatment at Universal College of Medical
Sciences in Bhairahawa, by Manoj Paudel (kp
09/03/2020)
Chief
accused of journalist Birendra Sah’s murder arrested:
Sah, a print and broadcast journalist, was killed in
October 2007, by Laxmi Sah (kp 09/03/2020)
Man
arrested for defrauding 60 people promising jobs
abroad: He used to target youngsters who didn’t know
the procedures to apply to work outside Nepal, police
say, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 09/03/2020)
Justice
and gender equality in the age of #MeToo: It is only a
matter of time before the men hiding behind their
title and power are unveiled and brought to justice,
by Sakun Gajurel (kp 08/03/2020)
Caste-based
domestic violence against women rife in Rolpa, by
Dinesh Subedi (rep 08/03/2020)
Teacher
forcing students to cut their hands arrested (rep
08/03/2020)
In
criminal cases, police often fail to ensure privacy or
security for complainants, resulting in threats and
bribes: Threats and bribes can lead the complainant to
ultimately change their statements in courts,
weakening the case and resulting in a lack of
conviction, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 06/03/2020)
Provincial
Assembly member Rawal arrested on attempt to rape
charge, by Pushpa Raj Joshi (rep 05/03/2020)
Siddhababa
surrenders, sent to jail, by Amar Khadka (rep
04/03/2020)
Youth
arrested for throwing shoe targeting Nepal Communist
Party chair Dahal: The 22-year-old youth from Jumla
has been identified as a son of a former Maoist
fighter, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 02/03/2020) [Not correct but understandable!
This act is absolutely harmless compared to the
killing of 5,000 people for which Dahal has claimed
responsibility!], Flying
objects: When dissatisfaction reaches a tipping point,
people will protest (kp 03/03/2020), Panel
formed to probe shoe attack on Dahal (ht
03/03/2020) [????], People
are angry (rep 03/03/2020)
What
you need to know about ethical hackers in Nepal: The
country’s cyber security is not the strongest. And
with everything going digital—from national identity
cards to driving licenses—if we are not too careful,
we could invite in a lot of risks, by Shashwat
Pant (kp 03/03/2020)
UN
concerned over Nepal’s TJ process (rep 01/03/2020)
Nepal
Rastra Bank unit issues a set of guidelines on
suspicious transactions, defining what constitutes a
suspicious transaction: The directives come at a time
when Nepal is preparing for mutual evaluation this
year with Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering of
its compliance with the global standards on anti-money
laundering and terrorist financing, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 01/03/2020)
Video
of police officer baton charging a woman carrying a
child outrages the public: The video once again calls
attention to the police’s use of excessive force
against peaceful protestors who pose no threat, by
Shuvam Dhungana (kp 29/02/2020), [No one has the right to beat other
people, especially not with wooden sticks. Even
policemen who do this are to be treated as criminals!],
Police
inspector mercilessly beats up woman, by Sabitri
Dhakal (ht 29/02/2020)
Two
Bajura teachers absconding on facing rape allegations,
by Tekendra Deuba (ht 28/02/2020)
Gyawali
claims progress on transitional justice in Geneva but
back home, victims are boycotting the process: Rights
activists and victims call Foreign Minister Pradeep
Gyawali’s claim that the transitional justice
commissions are working independently a ‘blatant lie’,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 27/02/2020)
Advisor
to state minister arrested for abduction and rape of a
teenager: Amrit Kumar Ghale, economic advisor to State
Minister for Urban Development Ram Bir Manandhar
abducted a teenager, held her captive for several days
and raped multiple times,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 27/02/2020)
1,104
absconding convicts held (ht 23/02/2020)
Transitional
justice could be an issue for Nepal at the upcoming
Human Rights Council meet: It is likely that questions
will not be too critical, but at the Universal
Periodic Review in November, the government is certain
to face serious queries, say activists, by Anil
Giri (kp 22/02/2020)
Regulate
sale of acid, rights activists and attack survivors
urge government: According to a report, 16 people, 13
of them women, have been attacked with acid since
2015/2016. Yet acid is readily available for just Rs
25, by Elisha Shrestha (kp 21/02/2020)
Youth
arrested for raping junior college student (ht
21/02/2020) [A 21-year-old man
should no longer be called youth!]
Thirteen
cases of police torture reported in 2019 (ht
21/02/2020)
Women
protest demanding arrest of murder accused (ht
21/02/2020)
Badge
of honor, by Guffadi (rep 2102/2020)
Replicating
Nepal’s stolen gods: It is difficult to get western
museums to return trafficked deities, so Nepalis are
making copies of the missing statuary, by Alisha
Sijapati (nt 21/02/2020)
Conflict
victims warn non-cooperation to the transitional
justice commission until Act is amended: Chief of
disappearance enquiry commission assures ‘fair and
impartial investigations’, by Binod Ghimire (kp
19/02/2020)
CIEDP
making final-round probe into disappearance cases
(rep 19/02/2020)
Shadow
of impunity: Election of Agni Sapkota to the post of
House Speaker looked like a state-sponsored drama
orchestrated by undermining criminal accountability,
by Charan Prasai (rep 19/02/2020)
Mahara’s
acquittal and Tumbahangphe’s elevation to minister
will have lasting effects, analysts say: While Krishna
Bahadur Mahara was acquitted of attempted rape
charges, Shiva Maya Tumbahangphe was appointed
minister for law, both on the same day, by Tika R.
Pradhan (kp 18/02/2020) [Without
clarification and disclosure of the full circumstances
of the Mahara case, the decision remains
unsatisfactory!], A
travesty of justice: It is surprising to note that the
KDC did not deem it necessary to look into other
details of attempt to rape submitted by the police
(ht 19/02/2020)
Ward
chair arrested for digital sexual harassment (rep
18/02/2020)
Two
arrested for defrauding woman of Rs 6 million: Members
of the gang were found to have duped another person
into depositing Rs 7 million in their account, by
Shuvam Dhungana (kp 18/02/2020)
Teacher
accused of molestation, primary schoolgirls request
school authorities for investigation, by Ujjwal
Satyal (ht 17/02/2020), Justice
likely to elude children allegedly molested by their
school teacher, by Ujjwal Satyal (ht 18/02/2020),
Guardians
offer to get teacher booked, by Ujjwal Satyal (ht
19/02/2020), School
teacher accused of molesting students arrested: Police
act after principal finally files FIR, by Ujjwal
Satyal (ht 20/02/2020)
Police
arrest 57 persons involved in criminal activities
(ht 17/02/2020)
16
gamblers arrested with Rs 625,000 cash in Tarkeshwor:
According to official data, during the 2018/19 fiscal,
police detained 2,869 people in connection with
gambling—the highest in last three years, by
Shuvam Dhungana (kp 16/02/2020)
Rural
municipality chair accused of coercing a Dalit woman
into abortion: Jaya Bahadur Chemjong is among seven
people accused of forcing a Dalit woman to abort her
fetus at 21 weeks as she was in an intercaste
marriage, district police say, by Ananda Gautam
(kp 15/02/2020)
Although
sentenced to jail, Prithvi Malla has been spending his
days in the hospital: Malla, accused of killing a
woman while drunk driving, has been at Chirayu
Hospital for over a month on ailments that doctors say
should not require a long hospitalisation, by
Shuvam Dhungana (kp 15/02/2020)
‘Negligent’
officials in Nirmala Pant case could be exonerated:
Review committee endorses police move to arrest Dilip
Singh Bista, by Shuvam Dgungana (kp 14/02/2020)
VAW
complaints up (ht 14/02/2020)
Crossborder
cybercrime and punishment: Nepali women blackmailed
over private content on the social web seek justice,
by Sabina Devkota (nt 14/02/2020)
Illegal
crusher industry operating in Rameshwornath Community
Forest in spite of ban: All crusher industries across
the eight districts of Province 2 have been closed
following the death of Dilip Mahato, who had been
protesting against illegal mining of riverbed material
in Dhanusham by Santosh Singh (kp 12/01/2020)
Former
secretary Arjun Karki's wife dies while undergoing
treatment for head injury: Muna Karki had a serious
head injury, while the domestic help was found hanging
in the dining room on Monday morning, by Swarup
Acharya and Madhusudhan Bhattarai (kp 11/02/2020), Former
secy’s wife killed in cold blood (ht 11/02/2020)
Nirmala
murder mystery: Police get nod to probe Dilip Bista
again (ht 11/02/2020)
Nepal
Police records criminal complaints against its
officers, but only a few are brought to justice:
Police spokesperson DIG Shailesh Thapa Kshetri says
most complaints turn out to be baseless, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 10/02/2020)
Drunken
group attacks police station, two injured, by
Dhruba Dangal (rep 09/02/2020)
Transitional
justice commissions have not taken any steps to bring
victims and rights activists on board: Disappearance
commission is preparing its work plan without
consulting with conflict victims, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 08/02/2020)
Alam
to remain in judicial custody: Janakpur High Court
upholds lower court decision to keep him behind bars
until verdict is passed (kp 08/02/2020)
Arrest
warrant issued against former DSP accused of rape
(ht 07/02/2020)
Who
is the controversial swami everyone can’t stop talking
about? The self-proclaimed Swami Balyogeshwor has been
implicated in multiple fraud cases and has disappeared
ever since the charges became public, by Sailendra
Adhikari and Samuel Chhetri (kp 06/02/2020)
Two
persons held for fraud in Rautahat (ht 06/02/2020)
Parsa
police take harsh measure to control drugs smuggling:
Smugglers have been using Parsa as a transit to
smuggle drugs produced in Makwanpur and Dhading to
India, by Shankar Acharya (kp 05/02/2020)
Cops
involved in killing CPN leader to face action: Police
had fired nine shots to kill Kumar Poudel on the banks
of the Lakhandehi River in Lalbandi, Sarlahi, by
Ujjwal Satyal (ht 04/02/2020), Take
strong action: As an institution, Nepal Police cannot
escape from taking legal action against erring
policemen involved in Poudel’s extra-judicial killing
(ht 05/02/2020)
Minor
raped in Bara (ht 04/02/2020)
Rajbiraj
campus vandalised (ht 04/02/2020)
Complaints
about stolen and lost mobile phones are rising, but
police are hardly helpful: Police blame a cumbersome
process for tracing missing phones, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 03/02/2020)
The
endless battle of Narcotics Control Bureau to stop
drug smuggling in Nepal: Since a unit under Nepal
Police was upgraded as a bureau, more arrests have
been made, but officials say more needs to be done,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 02/02/2020)
Dharan
SSP booked for rape, suspended (ht 01/02/2020), Rape-accused
SSP Rana surrenders (ht 03/02/2020)
54-yr-old
man arrested on the charge of raping 4-yr-old girl,
by Madan Thakur (rep 01/02/2020)
Youth
gets life sentence for killing girlfriend (ht
01/02/2020)
CIB
submits land grab probe report to MoHA (ht
01/02/2020), CIB
report on Baluwatar land scam exonerates top
politicians: Suggests legal action against
bureaucrats, middlemen (rep 01/02/2020)
DoTM’s
server gets partially hacked: Online driving licence
registration system to be offline till the issue is
sorted out (ht 01/02/2020)
What
is the controversy over Agni Sapkota as Speaker all
about? Ever since the ruling Nepal Communist Party
selected Sapkota as its candidate for Speaker of the
House, rights activists and conflict victims have
protested the decision, by Mohan Guragain (kp
30/01/2020)
Terror
suspects arrested in India say they were using Nepal
as a base but security agencies are clueless: The
revelation by three suspected ISIS operatives arrested
in Delhi displays an intelligence failure on the part
of Nepal’s security agencies, by Shuvam Dhungana
and Shashwat Pant (kp 30/01/2020)
Chand-led
cadres allegedly destroyed construction equipment over
donations: Contractors say excavators were torched
following their refusal to donate money to the party,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 29/01/2020)
Victims
of domestic violence prefer police to judicial
committee for justice: Most of the people’s
representatives in the judicial committee do not have
the legal knowledge to settle disputes, by Tripti
Shahi (kp 29/01/2020)
Civil
servants spreading awareness against chhaupadi in
Bajura (ht 29/01/2020)
Police
reveal wife’s hand behind hubby’s murder in Morang
(ht 29/01/2020)
Province-1
PA member, two others to face prison, by Hari
Adhikari (ht 28/01/2020)
Message
of impunity (rep 28/01/2020)
Police
bust a gang of six alleged robbers who in a heist took
away Rs5 million from a person in Kathmandu: The
police managed to confiscate around Rs1.8 million from
the arrested persons, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
27/01/2020)
Bomb
set off at Arun III project site (ht 27/01/2020)
Local
levels told to establish fund for GBV victims (ht
27/01/2020)
International
rights bodies warn Nepal’s conflict victims could seek
justice in foreign courts: Recent appointments to
transitional justice commissions and nomination of a
person accused of killing as Speaker undermined
transitional justice, the rights orgsanisations say,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 26/01/2020), Recent
Nepal steps undermine TJ process: Int’l rights bodies
(rep 26/01/2020) [see statement
by ICJ, AI, HRW and TRIAL]
Rape
convict arrested after being on the run for four
years: As many as 1,873 rape cases were registered
across the country in the fiscal year 2018/19, Nepal
Police data show, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
26/01/2020)
Awareness
drive launched to end chhaupadi (ht 26/01/2020)
Petition
at Supreme Court demands Agni Sapkota’s arrest: The
petition, filed by advocate Dinesh Tripathi, also asks
that Sapkota’s nomination for Speaker of the House be
dismissed, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 25/01/2020), President’s
advisor resigns over Sapkota’s nomination as House
Speaker: Sushil Pyakurel, one of the petitioners in
the murder case against Sapkota, resigned after being
asked to withdraw the case by ruling party members,
by Anil Giri (kp 25/01/2020), Writ
challenging Sapkota’s candidacy for speaker filed (ht),
Sapkota
is clean: NCP Co-chair Dahal (ht) [Just
as clean as the person that admits to be responsible
for the death of 5.000 human beings? It is neither the
task nor the right of any politician to decide if
Sapkota is clean! This is exclusively the task of a
law court!]
Govt
to implement high-level commission’s report (ht
24/01/2020)
High
court overrules lower court’s order to release Giri on
bail (ht 24/01/2020)
Civil
society vows to protest until Sapkota’s nomination for
Speaker is dismissed: Agni Sapkota, who is accused of
murder, is certain to become Speaker of the House as
he is running unopposed, by Binod Ghimire (kp
23/01/2020)
FIR
filed against PA member (ht 23/01/2020), Police
arrest Gandaki provincial assembly member Deepak
Manange: Milan Gurung, chair of Kaski chapter of All
Nepal Football Association, had filed a complaint
after Manange slapped him on Tuesday, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 24/01/2020), Mockery
of rule of law: The person who got smacked by Deepak
Manange does not have untainted past, but this does
not give leeway to the provincial lawmaker to take the
law into his own hands (ht 24/01/2020), Milan
Gurung, chair of Kaski chapter of All Nepal Football
Association, arrested: Gurung was arrested after a
complaint of fraud and banking offences was registered
against him on Thursday, police said, by Lal
Prasad Sharma (kp 25/01/2020), PA
member Manange remanded to custody (ht 25/01/2020)
Police
misusing indecent behaviour clause (ht 23/01/2020)
Deadline
arrives but sugar mills still owe farmers Rs800
million: Farmers have been duped by sugar mill owners
in the past but this time they were betrayed by the
government too, they say, by Krishana Prasain (kp
22/01/2020), Sugar
producers deceive farmers yet again: Pay farmers only
Rs 160 million despite making promises to clear over
Rs 1 billion in dues by Tuesday (rep 22/01/2020)
‘How
can someone responsible for murdering my husband be
elected speaker?’, by Madhusudhan Guragain (rep
22/01/2020)
Crusher
industries operating illegally (ht 22/01/2020)
Murder
of transwoman shows that things remain perilous for
the LGBTIQ community: Ajita Bhujel’s murder in Hetauda
has the trans community concerned for their safety and
security, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 20/01/2020), Five
arrested in connection with murder of transgender
woman in Hetauda: Police said that Ajita Bhujel had
been murdered after a dispute over payment for sex,
by Subash Bidari (kp 05/02/2020)
Cases
of daylight burglary rising in Kathmandu Valley,
police say: Thieves are targeting homes and apartments
of working families, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
20/01/2020)
Conflict
victims condemn parties for bulldozing decision on
transitional justice appointments: After an agreement
between ruling and opposition forces, recommendation
committee picks 10 individuals, all with affiliation
to political parties, by Binod Ghimire (kp
19/01/2020) [Those who share
responsibility for so many crimes will never provide
justice! Dahal, Deuba, Ex-King Gyanendra and the top
brass of the army had highest responsibility!]
GoAML
To Check Financial Crime, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
19/01/2020)
Locals
of Tingla vandalize vehicles, by Sher Bahadur Jero
(rep 19/01/2020)
Dahal
says he will take responsibility for insurgency deaths
but his actions don’t match his words: Victims say he
is delaying the justice process, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 18/01/2020), How
a photo has come to symbolise long wait for justice:
Muktinath Adhikari, a teacher and a member of Amnesty
International Nepal, was killed in Lamjung 18 years
ago by the Maoists (kp 18/01/2020)
Cops
take charge of body, arrest hubby (ht 17/01/2020)
Police’s
intelligence continues to fail them as Chand party
claims explosion: Despite the government designating
the Chand party a criminal outfit, Wednesday’s
explosion shows that security agencies are still
unaware of their activities, by Shuvam Dhungana
(kp 17/01/2020)
Aided
by Indian drug traffickers, farmers are increasingly
turning from marijuana to opium: Once limited to Tarai
districts along the border with India, the cultivation
of poppy plants has now spread across the hills of
Nepal, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 16/01/2020)
Police
confiscate smuggled mobile phones worth over Rs 3.5
million: Police said no one claimed ownership of the
phones that were recovered in passenger buses, by
Shuvam Dhungana (kp 16/01/2020)
Dahal
ready to own up 5,000 deaths during insurgency: Says
state killed 12,000 people (ht 16/01/2020) [It does not matter who is
responsible for more killings! They all have to stand
trial for this: Maoists, politicians, army leaders,
ex-king etc.]
A
fraud company swindles millions off farmers in Lamjung
and Tanahun: Police in Lamjung say they have not
received any formal complaint against the company
representatives who have been out of contact for
almost a year now, by Aash Gurung (kp 16/01/2020)
Peace
minus justice: The promises made under the
Comprehensive Peace Accord have been thrown to the
winds, by Daman Nath Dhungana (kp 15/01/2020)
Conflict
victims decry government’s consultations as a sham:
The consultations were not aimed at ensuring justice
but simply at showing the world that feedback was
collected, victims say, by Binod Ghimire (kp
14/01/2020)
Bhat-Bhateni
among firms faking VAT bills worth millions: SC
(rep 14/01/2020), SC
indicts Bhatbhateni for tax evasion, by Umesh
Poudel (ht 16/01/2020)
Self-styled
godman Shivananda Swami held (ht 14/01/2020)
Police
intervene rally demanding justice for Nirmala Pant:
Security personnel used force on women rights
activists who were protesting in front of the
Kanchanpur District Court seeking justice for Nirmala
Pant, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp 14/01/2020)
Attorney
General seeks accurate forensic reports to deal with
problems correctly (kp 13/01/2020)
Government
rescues hundreds of children every year but does
little for their care: Children are usually put up in
transit homes before they are either handed over to
other shelters or their families, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 12/01/2020)
Two
rape cases reported in valley, suspects held (ht
12/01/2020)
Irate
kin vandalise hospital (ht 12/01/2020)
Youth
crushed to death by tipper for protesting illegal
extraction of riverbed materials in Dhanusa:
Twenty-four-year-old Dilip Kumar Mahato was struck and
dragged by the tipper driver, say police, by
Santosh Singh (kp 11/01/2020) [Not
only the direct murderers are responsible, but also
the idle and disinterested government and
administration!] Police
nab four of the alleged perpetrators of Dhanusha
tipper attack: Dilip was killed on Friday morning
while protesting the illegal mining of riverbed
materials from a river beside his home at Sripur in
Mithila Municipality, by Ajit Tiwari (kp
12/01/2020), Police
arrest owner of crusher plant in connection with
murder, by Mithilesh Yadav (rep 12/01/2020), Rein
in Crusher Mafias: Book the culprits of Mahato’s
‘murder’ (rep 12/01/2020), Alleged
perpetrators of Dhanusha tipper attack remanded into
custodyDilip was killed on Friday morning while
protesting the illegal mining of riverbed materials
from a river beside his home at Sripur in Mithila
Municipality, by Santosh Singh (kp 13/01/2020), Dilip
Mahato was attacked before being run over by a tipper
truck: Police; In his statement to police, truck
driver Munindra Mahato has admitted to the crime,
by Ajit Tiwari (kp 14/01/2020), Dilip
Mahato should have been a hero. Instead, he will be
forgotten: Dilip’s murder encapsulates several of the
ills that ail this tottering republic, by Amish
Raj Mulmi (kp 24/01/2020)
Conflict
victims say their hope on Pradeep Gyawali might have
been misplaced: Gyawali, who had appeared sympathetic
to the cause of conflict victims, is also moving ahead
on transitional justice without taking victims into
confidence, by Binod Gjhimire (kp 09/01/2020)
Police
take steps to curb opium farming in remote areas of
Makwanpur: The first time police discovered an opium
plantation in the district was five years ago, by
Pratap Bista (kp 09/01/2020)
Despite
stringent measures, no let up in gold smuggling
through Kathmandu airport: In the past one week alone,
police have already arrested five people at the
Tribhuvan International Airport, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 07/01/2020)
School
teacher held on charge of beating and injuring
student: The victim’s family lodged a complaint with
the police on Sunday and urged authorities to take
strong against the guilty, by Sanju Poudel (kp
07/01/2020)
Police
arrest bank hacker fugitive: The gang had stolen
around Rs48.5 million from the Lahan Branch of the
Agriculture Development Bank and Panas Remittance,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 06/01/2020)
Transitional
justice: This time around, the government must not go
back on its promise (kp 06/01/2020), NHRC’s
threat to withdraw its member from ex-CJ-led panel
(ht 06/01/2020), Amend
the TRC Act: It makes no sense in appointing members
in the TRC and CIEDP without amending the TRC Act in
line with the Supreme Court verdict (ht
06/01/2020)
Sudan
scam guilty Shambhu Bharati out on Rs 142 million bail,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 06/01/2020) [??],
Corruption
convict Bharati released before completing jail term
(rep 06/01/2020)
Law
Ministry aims to get Transitional Justice Act amended
from ongoing session of Parliament: Foreign Minister
Pradeep Gyawali, also the law minister now, who has
made commitments from various platforms including the
United Nations, is taking the lead for amendments,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 05/01/2020)
24
ropanies of Rani Mahal’s land encroached upon: Report;
The National Vigilance Centre says ownership titles
have been tampered with in collusion with employees of
District Land Revenue, District Survey Office and the
then VDC office, by Madhab Aryal (kp 05/01/20202)
For
Nepali women seeking work in the Gulf, new routes and
old risks: Despite restrictions from traveling to the
Gulf countries, desperate Nepali women are falling
into traps of trafficking agents who are exploiting
new routes to take them out of the country, by
Parbat Portel (kp 04/01/2020)
'We
don't follow Chhaupadi', by Dhan Bahadur Budha (kp
04/01/2020)
572
India-bound girls, women missing (ht 04/01/2020)
Nepal
may be becoming a new transit point for drug
smugglers: As many as 5,607 people were arrested for
drug-related crimes in the first five months of the
current fiscal year, data show, by Shuvam Dhungana
(kp 04/01/2020)
After
failing to establish charges, government to deport all
arrested Chinese nationals: Police had arrested 122
Chinese from different parts of Kathmandu for their
involvement in suspicious activities, by Anil Giri
(kp 03/01/2019)
Police
arrest six persons for allegedly making fake smart
driving licences: Fake licences are mostly used by
people who fail the licence test or those who want to
go abroad, Metropolitan Traffic Police Division says,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 02/01/2020), After
crackdown against drink driving, MaPaSe cases have
decreased in Kathmandu Valley, police records show:
Division office says an awareness programme for 47,000
drivers and riders focusing on the anti-drink drive,
helped reduce MaPaSe cases, by Anup Ojha (kp
02/01/2020)
Nepal
Police to keep record of landlords, tenants (ht
01/01/2020)
One
held with gold hidden in rectum (ht 01/01/2020)
Attacked
and violated: From Chhaupadi death to incidents of
sexual exploitation to cases of acid attacks, there
was no let-up in incidents of violence against girls
and women in 2019, by Elisha Shrestha (kp
31/12/2019)
Rape
accused godman freed on bail (ht 31/12/2019) [??]
Polluted
air spikes respiratory illness: The govt standard for
unhealthy air is way above WHO’s, by Sabitri
Dhakal (ht 29/12/2019)) [And
the government is doing nothing!]
Battle
against Chhaupadi in Karnali: Govt gets aggressive,
but people’s blind belief too strong (rep
29/12/2019)
Man
arrested on charge of rape, by Maheshwar Chamlinf
Rai (rep 29/12/2019)
Food,
gold adulteration rampant in Syangja, by Santosh
Pokharel (rep 29/12/2019)
National
conference on sexual harassment held (ht
29/12/2019)
Bike-lifting
syndicate busted, 12 arrested with 40 two-wheelers
(ht 28/12/2019), Police
arrest two men from Changunarayan for alleged
motorcycle theft: Out of 1,611 incidents of vehicle
theft in the last fiscal year, only 189 were
recovered, police records show, by Shuvam Dhungana
(kp 29/12/2019)
Addressing
The Issue Of Gender Violence, by Indu Pant Ghimire
and Saurav Raj Pant (rn 28/12/2019)
Missing
teenage girl murdered (ht 28/12/2019)
Police
arrest two persons with alleged tax-evaded electronic
gadgets valued at Rs 5.2 million: The police also
confiscated more than Rs1.5 million in cash and
cheques worth more than Rs5,73000 from the accused,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 27/12/2019)
Govt
to designate watchdog for money laundering (ht
27/12/2019)
Rape
accused godman’s file submitted to court, by
Santosh Kafle (ht 27/12/2019)
Alarming
Abductions, by Bini Dahal (rn 27/12/2019)
Government
and police fail to abide by human rights commission’s
recommendation: The commission two months ago had
recommended action against police officials involved
in extrajudicial killing of Kumar Paudel, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 26/12/2019)
Breaking
the chain: Human trafficking under the guise of labour
migration has become one of the most severe problems
faced by Nepali migrant workers in recent times,
by Anurag Devkota (kp 26/12/2019)
Police
rescue a girl being trafficked to India, by
Tapendra Karki (rep 26/12/2019)
Chand
group’s donation terror in Udayapur (ht
26/12/2019)
Govt
to act tough against those who encourage Chhaupadi
(ht 25/12/2019)
122
Chinese nationals arrested from different parts of the
Capital: Police say the arrested, who had arrived in
Nepal on a tourist visa, are being investigated for
their involvement in illegal activities, including
financial crimes, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
24/12/2019), At
least 800 Chinese nationals are under watch in
Kathmandu: The revelation follows the arrest of 122
Chinese nationals on Monday in a joint Nepal-China
operation, by Anil Giri and Shuvam Dhungana (kp
25/12/2019), Arrested
Chinese remanded to 5-day police custody, by
Ujjwal Satyal (ht 25/12/2019), Police
recover only 67 passports from the arrested 122
Chinese nationals: The arrested Chinese nationals may
be involved in suspicious activities, including
cybercrime, police suspect, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
26/12/2019), The
recent arrest of 122 Chinese nationals sets a
dangerous precedent: How would Nepal react if the
state apparatus was conducting similar mass arrests on
Nepali soil on behalf of India?(kp
26/12/2019), Arrest
of 122 Chinese nationals was not a ‘joint operation’,
security agencies say: Although the Chinese Foreign
Ministry had said that Monday’s arrests were a joint
operation between China and Nepal, Nepali security
agencies say they acted solely on their own, by
Anil Giri (kp 27/12/2019), Detained
122 Chinese nationals likely to be deported (ht
30/12/2019)
Call
for survivor-friendly approach to investigate human
trafficking cases: Experts urge adopting Forensic
Experiential Trauma Interviews approach for better
dealing with survivors and investigating such cases,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 24/12/2019)
Bangladeshis
are being trafficked into Nepal, but most cases go
unreported: The Embassy of Bangladesh in Kathmandu
receives two to three cases of labour trafficking
every month, by Eliha Shrestha (kp 24/12/2019)
Two
drivers arrested for unhealthy competition on road,
by Dhruba Dangal (rep 24/12/2019)
Narcotics
Control Bureau arrests four foreigners for cocaine
smuggling: Two Belarusians and two Bolivians arrested
with 6kg of cocaine worth at least Rs150 million,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 23/12/2019)
Rural
municipality chair rescued hours after his abduction:
The Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal
has claimed responsibility for the incident, by
Jyoti Katuwal and Tularam Pandey (kp 23/12/2019)
Police
launch awareness drive in Dadeldhura community
schools: Police personnel are running classes for
students to instil positive thinking in them, by
D.R. Pant (kp 23(12/2019)
Police
arrest two persons on the charge of kidnapping three
minors: The kidnapping cases have risen by 48 percent
since 2014-15 to 104 in 2018-19, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 22/12/2019)
Police
bust a gang involved in motorcycle theft in Kathmandu
Valley: Auto theft incidents are on the rise, but
vehicle recovery and arrest rates are dismal, data
show, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 21/12/2019)
Police
rescue three children from clutches of kidnapper
(ht 21/12/2019)
Birgunj
High Court seeks suggestions from lawyers to transfer
Aftab Alam’s case away from his hometown: Government
attorney appealed for a transfer of the case following
threats from the lawmaker who has been charged with
mass murder, by Binod Ghimire (kp 20/12/2019)
Patan
High Court denies bail to Mahara (ht 20/12/2019)
Sexual
violence case involving faculty member settled in
school (ht 20/12/2019) [????
Such cases cannot be settled but must be puniushed!]]
She
was returning from a temple. Then a drunk driver
killed her.: On Saturday morning, a 38-year-old woman
was run over by a car with four passengers who were
returning after a night of heavy drinking, by
Shuvam Dhungana (kp 19/12/2019), It’s
time to make our drink driving laws tougher: The
killing of a 38-year-old woman has raised questions
about how people get away with driving after heavy
drinking, despite checkpoints (kp 19/12/2019), Families
reach compensation deal in drunk driving case, but
case will proceed regardless: While the family of
Leela Devkota stands to receive up to Rs10 million in
compensation, police say they will continue to pursue
a vehicular homicide case against Prithvi Malla,
by Shucvam Dhungana (kp 20/12/2019)
Dahal’s
proposal to set up mechanism for transitional justice
raises alarm: Conflict victims and human rights
defenders say it is wrong to have a political body
that influences the commissions, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 19/12/2019)
Drug
smugglers find a new, loose route— Siddhartha Highway:
Police have registered as many as 35 drug-related
cases in the past three years, by Madhav Aryal (kp
18/12/2019)
Municipality
threatens strike seeking release of rape accused ward
chair (ht 18/12/2019)
A
crisis centre provides relief to victims of violence
in Janakpur: The centre was built nine years after the
state said it would set up such centres in several
other districts, by Shahiman Rai (kp 18/12/2019)
One
year since the sexual abuse exposé: It would be a
disservice to all if we forget the survivors of
Lalitpur Madhyamik Vidhyalaya and the victims in so
many other schools, by Monika Niroula (kp
17/12/2019)
Rape
cases on the rise, by Ujjwal Satyal (ht
16/12/2019)
Ending
the stigma of menstruation: How many girls must die
before we realize that Chhaupadi in all its forms must
stop? Three-month jail time or Rs 3,000 fine is not
enough to stop this brutal practice, by Sakun
Gajurel (rep 16/12/2019)
Police
inspector among three killed in Dhanusha blast: No one
has claimed responsibility for the midnight blast,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 15/12/2019), Three,
including inspector, killed (ht 15/12/2019), Police
probing Dhanusha blast (ht 16/12/2019), Upholding
Order, by S. Binodkumar Singh, (SAIR 16/12/2019),
Bomb
terror grips Dhanusha: Following the Mahendranagar
incident, people have become both wary and terrified
(ht 17/12/2019)
CDOs
instructed to form anti-chhaupadi mechanisms,
intensify campaigns (rep 15/12/2019)
“They
turned me into a living corpse”: For victims of the
Maoist insurgency, no justice and no peace: Over 13
years after the peace agreement, transitional justice
process has largely been held hostage to partisan
interests, with both the political parties and Army
playing for time, by Binod Ghimire (kp 14/12/2019)
Lack
of proper parking spaces in the capital gives rise to
auto theft cases: Thieves sell stolen two-wheelers at
prices ranging between Rs50,000 and Rs150,000,
depending on the vehicle’s condition, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 14/12/2019)
Amend
act on human trafficking: NHRC (ht 14/12/2019)
Evidence
to prosecute Dr Rohit Kumar Jha for attempt to rape
insufficient (ht 14/12/2019)
Families
are sites of love and affection but also violence and
discrimination: A new report by UN Women points to the
dual role of families in Nepal, where 26 percent of
women face domestic violence, by Elisha Shrestha
(kp 13/12/2019)
Everything
you need to know about Chhaupadi, the taboo ritual of
banishing women to period huts: Legal actions and
social campaigns have failed to make people in Nepal’s
remote western regions understand the urgency of
abolishing the deadly tradition, by Elisha
Shrestha (kp 12/12/2019)
Exploitation
continues unabated at Kathmandu’s dance bars and
dohori restaurants: As such informal entertainment
venues are not regulated by the government, there is
ample room for labour exploitation and physical and
sexual harassment, by Elisha Shrestha (kp
12/12/2019)
Rape
incidents up in Saptari (ht 12/12/2019), Three,
including ward chair, held for attempt to rape (ht
12/12/2019)
South
Asian states urged to end culture of impunity (rep
12/12/2019)
Police
arrest three persons for defrauding around Rs150
million through social media platforms: Peter Herman,
a Nigerian national believed to be currently residing
in India is the mastermind of the scams, says police,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 12/12/2019)
Police
want to be friends with the community but they act
more like foes: Time and again, police quickly resort
to baton charges and physical violence to deal with
protests, even when unnecessary, by Anup Ojha (kp
11/12/2019), Nagarik
reporter injured in police assault, by Rajan Shah
(rep 11/12/2019), Criminal
case filed against police over assault on Nagarik
journalist (rep 18/12/2019)
Abused
and forced to flee: How unchecked superstition
displaced a family in Dolakha: Belief in superstition
and the abuse of human rights that comes with it is
widespread in this mountainous district of about
200,000 people, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp
11/12/2019)
Paedophile
caught in the act with three minor girls: One of his
victims escaped and brought cops to his hotel room,
by Ujjwal Satyal (ht 10/12/2019)
Violence
against differently-abled women goes largely
unreported, by Anjali Subedi (rep 10/12/2019)
Statues
are being stolen from Simraungadh, but nobody is
bothered: Simraungadh is the capital city of the
Mithila kingdom and houses many historical palaces,
which is why statues and other artefacts are
frequently extracted from various places, by Laxmi
Sah (kp 10/12/2019)
Time
to think out of the box: If we had tackled this
problem from women’s health perspectives rather than
cultural taboos, perhaps the woman who died in
Chhaupadi shed would be among us today, by
Mukesh Adhikari (rep 09/12/2019) [Chhaupadi
is an archaic and perverse tradition that has its
origin in the morbid delusion of superiority of a
deeply patriarchal way of thinking. This crime against
women must be eradicated if women's health is to be
protected.]
Department
of Foreign Employment seeks support of other
government agencies for overseas job frauds: The
department seeks collaboration with Nepal Police and
Department of Immigration for controlling malpractices
in foreign employment sector., by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 09/12/2019)
Police
arrest Chinese national in possession of banned drug:
The contraband is valued at more than Rs5 million in
the international market, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
09/12/2019)
Crime
rate rose by 40 percent in five years: Data: 6,233
murder cases, 5,155 suicide cases and 3,999 women and
children related cases were registered last fiscal
year, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 08/12/2019)
Doctor
arrested for ‘raping’ woman, by Madan Thakur (rep
08/12/2019)
Rape
accused AHW held (ht 08/12/2019)
‘Collective
effort needed to curb rape’ (ht 06/12/2019)
Suspended
DSP served arrest warrant over alleged criminal link:
On May 3, Nepal Police had suspended Dhungel, who was
then in charge of Chandranigahapur Area Police Office
in Rautahat, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 05/12/2019)
Victims
of domestic violence must make the decision to take
back control of their lives: The national mission to
end domestic violence must be taken to every family,
school, workplace, courtroom, cabinet and police
station, by Madhuri Rana Singh (kp 05/12/2019)
Police
arrest two persons for alleged online fraud: Police
recover more than Rs800,000 from the bank account of
alleged fraudsters, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
04/12/2019)
Menstruation
huts become death traps: 17 die in sheds in ten years,
by Prakash Singh (ht 04/12/2019) [If
men cannot stay in the house together with
menstruating women, then men must leave the house and
stay in sheds!!], Banishing
women to “period huts” is a national shame: Young
girls and women losing their precious lives to a
deadly superstition is distressing (kp
05/12/2019)) [It's not only a
shame, it's a grave crime!], For
greater activism: The local school is a good place for
intervention, where an appropriate curriculum could
help create awareness among the students (ht
05/12/2019) [related to chhaupadi crime], Police
arrest brother-in-law of Parbati Budha who died in a
menstruation hut in Achham: This is the first arrest
since the country criminalised Chhaupadi in August
2017, by Binod Ghimire (kp 06/12/2019)
Transitional
justice: Truth is its foundation; Transitional justice
is a challenge by which we test ourselves, our vision
of the future and the kind of society we want to build
out of the rubble of the decade of conflict, by
Mohna Ansari (ht 04/12/2019)
Priceless
idols stolen from Padukasthan Temple of Dailekh,
by Govinda KC (kp 04/12/2019)
Banished
from home, Achham woman dies in menstrual hut, by
Prakash Singh (ht 03/12/2019)
Despite
protests from animal rights activists, tens of
thousands of animals are being slaughtered in
Gadhimai: In line with the Supreme Court’s order to
work towards eliminating animal sacrifice, the temple
has decided to stop sacrificing pigeons, by Laxmi
Sah (kp 03/12/2019), Ritual
sacrifice at Gadhimai shrine begins, photos barred
(ht 04/12/2019) [This brutal
and completely senseless slaughter of innocent
creatures must never be called a "ritual sacrifice".
It is simply barbaric!], Contempt
of court case against govt, Gadhimai Trust for animal
sacrifice (rep 04/12/2019)
High-profile
culprits skip police custody on medical grounds
(ht 03/12/2019)
CVCP
calls for parliamentary panel’s meeting, by
Sabitri Dhakal (ht 02/12/2019)
Man
arrested for 'raping' distant granddaughter (rep
02/12/2019) [What is a
'distant' granddaughter? And why is 'raped written
with quotation marks?]
Most
traffickers are relatives of victims, officials say:
Police in the past four fiscal years have rescued
2,333 trafficked persons, statistics show, by
Shuvam Dhungana (kp 01/12/2019)
International
concern: Delay in transitional justice process
(rep 01/12/2019)
Rape-accused
godman admits himself to hospital fearing arrest:
Sunsari police say he will be arrested once discharged,
by Santosh Kafle (ht 30/11/2019), Rape-accused
Siddhababa in ICU (ht 02/12/2019), Rape
accused 'godman' taken from ICU of nursing home to
court for remand (ht 03/12/2019), Siddhababa’s
remand extended by seven days (ht 07/12/2019), Giri
to be in judicial custody for 7 more days, by Amar
Khadka (rep 07/12/2019), Siddhababa’s
remand extended by three days (ht 14/12/2019)
Hi-tech
forgery racket busted, 3 arrested (ht 30/11/2019)
Two
Chinese nationals held with eight kilo gold (ht
30/11/2019)
Conflict
victims demand government to dissolve the
recommendation and start afresh selection process:
They claim the government is inviting international
intervention by politicising the transitional justice
process, by Binod Ghimire (kp 29/11/2019), TJ
appointments process hits snags (rep 30/11/2019)
Fake
doctors are conning villagers in Banke: People with
basic medical training are running clinics in rural
areas and putting people’s lives in danger, by
Rupa Gahatraj (kp 29/11/2019)
IED
detonated outside ruling party candidate’s office in
Mahottari: The explosion has caused minor damages to
the building while there were no human casualties,
by Santosh Singh (kp 29/11/2019)
Butwal
Sub-metropolis implements programme to end incidents
of sexual abuse in schools: Under the programme, every
school is supposed to assign a focal person for
resolving complaints filed by students, by Amrita
Anmol (kp 28/11/2019)
In
Achham, domestic abuse is driving women to depression:
Every week, the Bayalpata Hospital, which has a
dedicated mental health bureau, sees over a hundred
women suffering from depression, doctors say, by
Menuka Dhungana (kp 28/11/2019)
Police
arrest six men for withdrawing Rs1.9 million from a
bank account by forging signature: Suspects caught
with Rs 1.8 million, copies of citizenship cards,
signature specimens and cheque books, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 28/11/2019)
Rights
groups’ statement shows the world is watching Nepal’s
transitional justice process, experts say: The
statement from four prominent human rights
organisations is stronger than ones issued in the
past, indicating the international community may be
gradually losing faith in Nepal’s system, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 27/11/2019) [see joint
statement by ICJ, AI, HRW and TRIAL], International
rights watchdogs concerned about justice for victims
(ht 27/11/2019),
NHRC
decision too little, too late: Conflict victims,
by Roshan S. Nepal (ht 27/11/2019)
NCP
student wing cadres thrash college chief: ANNFSU
targets Tri-Chandra College principal for hiking fees
(ht 26/11/2019), Deplorable
conduct: The unruly conduct of the student unions has
its genesis in the upbringing by the parties that use
them for disruptive activities (ht 27/11/2019)
Detainee’s
death in police custody suspicious (ht 26/11/2019)
Couple
ostracised for practising witchcraft (ht
26/11/2019)
Officials
stress need for ending all forms of violence against
women, by Mukti Prasad Neupane (rep 26/11/2019)
Police
yet to identify culprit in hit-and-run that claimed
doctor’s life (ht 25/11/2019)
The
transitional justice process has failed to envision
the pains of women who were sexually abused during the
insurgency: As the state has excluded rape in the
interim relief process and in transitional justice,
many victims still await closure, by Chandra
Bhadra (kp 24/11/2019), Panel
moves to recommend TJ officials amid widespread
criticism (rep 24/11/2019)
Our
songs from the forest: Finding freedom from menstrual
taboos in the lap of nature, by Uma Bista (kp
23/11/2019)
The
fight for fighting crime: Inside the Nepal Police’s
investigation unit: The country’s crime investigation
body has come a long way, but challenges persist,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 23/11/2019)
Surveillance
heightened in driving test centres to catch imposter
candidates: Police arrested six persons for taking
driving tests on behalf of others in the past four
months, by Anup Ojha (kp 23/11/2019)
High
court seeks details on Mahara case (rep
23/11/2019)
Smugglers
using Kimathanka border point in Sankhuwasabha to move
gold into the country: Arrests of three people,
including a gold carrier, has made it clear that
smugglers are using the border point to bring the
precious yellow metal from Tibet, say police, by
Dipendra Shakya (kp 22/11/2019)
Govt
to take care of four rape victims (ht 22/11/2019)
Dahal
for appointing new faces to TRC (ht 22/11/2019) [The leader of one of the
outstanding human rights violating forces at the time
of the conflict must not have any say in the
composition and work of the two commissions!]
Mahara
challenges Kathmandu court’s remand order in Patan
High Court: Former House Speaker was remanded in
judicial custody earlier this month in an attempted
rape case, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 22/11/2019)
Justice
still eludes conflict victims: NHRC (ht
21/11/2019), Peace
and injustice: Thirteen years of Comprehensive Peace
Accord (rep 21/11/2019), Waiting
for justice: Thirteen years after signing of CPA,
justice eludes the conflict victims, by Ram Kumar
Bhandari (rep 21/11/2019), Conflict
victims decry apathy of government and parties towards
transitional justice: Thirteen years after the peace
deal, victims of the decade-long Maoist insurgency
continue to wait for justice, by Binod Ghimire (kp
22/11/2019)
Unidentified
group kills man in Sunsari district (ht
21/11/2019)
Alleging
political intervention, applicants for transitional
justice commissions are withdrawing their names: Since
the recommendation committee has become a rubber stamp
for the political parties, no independent decision is
forthcoming, rights activists and victims say, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 20/11/2019), Stakeholders
prepare for consultations on TJ bill (rep
20/11/2019)
Seven
trafficking victims, including four minor girls
rescued (ht 20/11/2019)
Fuel-laden
tanker goes missing (ht 20/11/2019)
Supreme
Court sentences ‘Pooja Bohara’ rape accused to 11 yrs,
six months in jail, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
19/11/2019)
After
deal between parties, selection panel publishes list
of probable candidates for transitional justice
bodies: Conflict victims object to political
interference, saying they won’t accept the officials
selected without following the due process, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 19/11/2019), Victims
decry selection of candidates for TJ bodies, by
Rohan S. Nepal (ht 19/11/2019)
Five
murder accused arrested (ht 19/11/2019)
Police
arrest man for fatally stabbing his friend in the
Capital: Forty-six-year old Manish Kunwar Khadgi was
detained in connection to the death of Arun Chitrakar
of Kathmandu Ward No. 19, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
18/11/2019)
Police
arrest Indian man suspected of running Hundi from
Capital: The arrestee has been identified as
Satyanarayan Prasad, 57, of Betiya District, India,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 18/11/2019)
Panel
proposes Bhatta for TRC head, Mallick for CIEDP chief
(ht 18/11/2019)
Eight
arrested for hostage-taking (ht 17/11/2019)
956
gambling dens dismantled across country in three years
(ht 17/11/2019)
In
Rajapur, police consistently fail to investigate cases
involving marginalised communities: Police have
refused to look into a number of recent cases
involving Tharus and Dalits, despite their families
alleging foul play, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
16/11/2019)
Under
the guise of humanitarian aid, high-profile
paedophiles are abusing Nepali children: Loose laws,
illiteracy and poverty, along with an unsuspicious
welcome of foreigners, have turned Nepal into a haven
for Western paedophiles, by Janakraj Sapkota (kp
16/11/2019)
Revenue
Investigation Department files cases on multi-billion
rupee tax evasion scam: More than 900 firms are under
investigation for purchasing fake VAT bills, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 16/11/2019)
Govt
auctioning Oriental’s assets to compensate duped
victims, by Sujan Dhungana (ht 16/11/2019)
Parties
close to consensus on chairperson for Truth and
Reconciliation Commission: Both ruling and opposition
parties are positive about appointing Ganesh Datta
Bhatta, associate professor at Nepal Law Campus,
ruling party leaders say, by Binod Ghimire (kp
15/11/2019)
Law
to protect victims, witnesses need of hour:
‘Vulnerable should be relocated and their privacy
protected’ (ht 14/11/2019), Protect
victims: Although relocation of the vulnerable with
changed identity has been suggested, is this feasible
in a small country like ours? (ht 15/11/2019)
Police
arrest 50-year-old woman for alleged human
trafficking: The then minor victim was trafficked to
India in 2012 and thrown into prostitution, by
Shuvam Dhungana (kp 14/11/2019), Woman
held for selling her niece to brothel in India (ht
15/11/2019)
Durbar
Marg rape case accused sent to prison: Main accused
sentenced to five years and two months in jail (ht
14/11/2019)
49
gamblers nabbed from valley in a day (ht
14/11/2019)
Five
accused in Nidan Hospital kidney scam sent to judicial
custody (ht 13/11/2019)
Families
of air crash victims say they are being pressured to
withdraw their case: 22 Nepalis were killed when
US-Bangla flight BS 211 from Dhaka crashed while
landing at Kathmandu airport, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 13/11/2019)
Two
witnesses in Alam trial change their statements:
Government prosecutors demand protection for witnesses
and their close relatives, by Shiva Puri (kp
12/11/2019), Defendants
present arguments (ht 12/11/2019), No
blast had occurred in 2008: Alam's lawyers, by
Madan Thakur (rep 12/11/2019), A
witness in Alam trial says he was abducted and forced
to change statement: Gauri Shankar Ram Chamar, who was
injured in the 2008 Rautahat blast, is currently under
police protection, by Shiva Puri (kp 13/11/2019),
Protect the victims, eyewitnesses (rep
13/11/2019), Victim’s
family tempted to change statement (ht
14/11/2019), Aftab
Alam remanded in judicial custody after his formal
trial ended on Friday: Rauthat District Court had
begun a formal trial on Alam’s case on November 7,
by Shiva Puri (kp 16/11/2019), As
reputed lawyers flock to Alam’s defense, many question
their moral judgment: Mohammad Aftab Alam, who is in
custody on charge of a mass murder, is being
represented by nearly three dozen lawyers, some of
whom once held the position of attorney general,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 17/11/2019), District
judge and attorney dealing with Alam’s case left
district: Alam was remanded in judicial custody after
his formal trial came to an end on Friday, by
Shiva Puri (kp 17/11/2019)
Cop
takes Sudan scam convict Bharati to hotel on pretext
of health check-up (ht 11/11/2019)
High-profile
gamblers in hospitals 'to avoid police custody'
(rep 11/11/2019)
14-year-old
girl found dead in suspicious circumstances: Family
members claim the victim was abducted, raped and
subsequently murdered, by Kamal Panthi (kp
10/11/2019)
Recommendation
committee fails to pick candidates leaving TJ bodies
in the lurch (ht 09/11/2019)
Department
of Money Laundering Investigation notifies District
Police for investigation into Alam’s properties: Alam
will be arrested again even if the court releases him
on general date, according to the letter sent by the
department, by Shiva Puri (kp 09/11/2019)
Woman
accused of witchcraft, tortured (ht 08/11/2019)
Tarai
farmers face crop failure due to fake paddy seeds: The
Garima variety of seeds sold to farmers in Kailali and
Kanchanpur produced only empty grains, by Bhawani
Bhatta (kp 08/11/2019)
Six
Chinese hackers sent to judicial custody, by
Ujjwal Satyal (ht 08/11/2019)
Police
rescue 14-year-old boy (ht 07/11/2019)
Minister
Rawal yet to appear before court (ht 07/11/2019)
Nepal
Police appears unwilling to take action against
officials involved in extrajudicial killing: The human
rights commission had asked that criminal charges be
filed against officers implicated in the killing but
police say they have yet to receive any official
communication in that regard, by Binod Ghimire (kp
06/11/2019)
Police
submit report on kidney scam at Nidan Hospital (ht
06/11/2019)
Man
dunking wife’s face in hot curry shocks even folks
used to VAW, by Anjali Subedi (rep 05/11/2019)
The
District Attorney’s Office files charge sheet against
Alam, seeking life imprisonment: Alam was presented at
the court on Monday amid tight security, while his
supporters had gathered outside the court, shouting
for his release, by Shiva Puri (kp 05/11/2019), Charge-sheet
filed against Alam: Ten absconding persons named as
co-accused, by Prabhat Kumar Jha (ht 05/11/2019),
Life
imprisonment sought for Alam and ten others, by
Madan Thakur (rep) 05/11/2019, Alam’s
statement being recorded in Rautahat (ht
06/11/2019)
Nationwide
campaign launched to end violence against women:
Flagged off from Province 1, the drive will be run
throughout the year for long-term effectiveness,
by Binu Timsina (kp 05/11/2019)
Krishna
Bahadur Mahara remanded in custody over attempted rape
allegations: The former House Speaker will have to
stay in custody until the court passes the final
decision, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 05/11/2019), Former
speaker in judicial custody for attempt to rape,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 05/11/2019), Ex-speaker
Mahara off to jail until final verdict: He is the
first politician of his stature to land in jail on a
criminal charge in Nepal’s recent history (rep
05/11/2019)
High-profile
individuals, when arrested, tend to suddenly need
hospitalisation: Often, lawyers and doctors are
complicit in employing legal loopholes to help the
accused avoid time in jail while in police custody,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 04/11/2019)
Court
urged to send Mahara to judicial Custody (ht
04/11/2019)
Money
laundering probe against 25 gamblers (ht
04/11/2019)
Panel
to probe code of conduct violation charge against
Shahi (ht 04/11/2019)
Nepal
yet again fails to report to the UN on status of
judicial action on the killings of journalists: We are
waiting for updates from the Home Ministry,
Communication Ministry says (kp 03/11/2019)
Army
major among nine detained for alleged gambling: Police
detained 473 gamblers in the last two weeks across the
country, more than Rs31 million seized, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 03/11/2019), NA’s
Major Shahi sent to police custody (ht 04/11/2019)
Three
persons found murdered in Gulmi forest: Investigating
officers suspect the victims were from the same family
and were murdered by smashing their heads, by
Ghanhyam Gautam (kp 03/11/2019)
Assailant
of Hetauda acid attack arrested after more than six
years: The perpetrator had thrown acid on a
19-year-old girl for rebuffing his romantic advances,
by Subash Bidari (kp 02/11/2019)
Filing
complaints with the police is filled with hassles:
Nepal Police’s behaviour with people seeking help from
the authorities has frequently come under the scanner,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 02/11/2019)
Ministry
starts process to amend bill on transitional justice
law: Law and Justice Ministry will gather suggestions
from the concerned parties to finalise the amendment
bill, by Binod Ghimire (kp 02/11/2019)
Investigation
report in Alam’s case submitted to attorney’s office
(ht 02/11/2019)
Chargesheet
filed against Mahara for rape attempt: District
attorney office has sought five to seven-and-a-half
years jail term for the former House Speaker, by
Shuvam Dhungana (kp 01/11/2019), Attempt
to rape case filed against Mahara: His trial hearing
has been scheduled for today (ht 01/11/2019), Rape
attempt case filed against Mahara: Prosecution seeks
up to 7 years 6 months jail (rep 01/11/2019), Mahara,
in court statement, denies ever entering the woman’s
apartment: The former Speaker of the House finally
gave his statement on Friday after he was formally
charged with attempted rape, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 02/11/2019) [Mysteriously,
he did not remember this before?]
Man
dies after police fire on a group defying curfew in
Krishnanagar: Local administration imposed indefinite
curfew after a clash between Hindu and Muslim
communities over the route of idol procession, by
Manoj Paudel (kp 01/11/2019), A
10-point agreement signed between the agitating
parties and local administration in Kapilvastu: The
situation remained peaceful throughout Friday;
administration yet to lift curfew, by Manoj Paudel
(kp 02/11/2019), Curfew
continues at Krishnanagar (ht 02/11/2019)
“I
thought I would die”: Despite laws on domestic
violence, archaic and insensitive treatment by police
and the justice system force women in Nepal to remain
trapped in cycles of abuse, even when they muster the
courage to report them; In the majority of domestic
violence cases, police push for reconciliation, by
Bhrikuti Rai (kp 01/11/2019)
Police
file two more cases against Aftab Alam: Police have
filed ‘attempted murder’ and ‘holding, transporting
explosive materials’ cases against Alam, by Shiva
Puri (kp 01/11/2019)
VTEN's
arrest is only a symbol of a larger malaise: ‘Moral
order’ is such an amorphous idea that anything
undesirable to the authorities can be slotted into it,
by Amish Raj Mulmi (kp 01/11/2019)
Owner
and manager of a leather factory in Parsa Bara
arrested over Sirsiya stream pollution: Industrial
waste from the Parsa-Bara Industrial Corridor has
become a major contributor to the pollution of Sirsiya
stream, say authorities, by Shankar Acharya (kp
01/11/2019)
Squatters,
who received plots to build houses, are deprived of
land titles: Around 500 landless squatters had
received space to build in Salyan district, by
Biplab Maharjan (kp 01/11/2019)
Student
leader from ruling party arraigned on rape charge:
Indra Hang Rai of All Nepal National Free Students
Union is accused of assaulting an 18-year-old girl,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 31/10/2019), Three
youth leaders of NCP, Nepali Congress arrested on rape
charges (ht 31/10/2019)
Politics
has become a haven for crime and corruption: Political
parties have not only protected the criminality of
their cadres, but they also have provided shelter to
notorious criminals, by Achyut Wagle (kp
31/10/2019)
Interpol
decides to enhance exchange of police data (ht
31/10/2019)
Police
arrest 25 and seize over Rs 26 million in illegal
gambling bust: Acting on a tip-off, police raided a
house in Maharajgunj for operating an illegal gambling
den, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 28/10/2019), 59
gamblers nabbed in a day from valley (ht
31/10/2019)
Even
with a murder conviction, lawmakers might still be
able to hold on to their seats: Lawmakers are
suspended when they are convicted but they do not lose
their seats unless their crime involves ‘moral
turpitude’, but no one is certain what that means,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 26/10/2019)
‘Enough
evidence to corroborate accusation against Mahara’:
Office of the Attorney General will decide whether or
not to file charge sheet against Mahara (ht
26/10/2019)
Police
arrest four suspected Chand party members for burning
PM Oli’s effigy: The four persons have been held on
charges of disturbing public peace, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 26/10/2019) [??]
Even
as lawmakers are accused of heinous crimes, Parliament
remains without disciplinary committee: The Speaker,
who is responsible for forming such committees,
himself remains in judicial custody after being
accused of rape, by Binod Ghimire (kp 25/10/2019)
American
Interpol deports rape, murder convict Gautam to Nepal
(ht 24/10/2019), For
the first time, a Nepali has been deported from the US
to serve his sentence: Acting on a red corner notice
issued by Interpol, Lila Raj Gautam, who was convicted
of rape and murder, was repatriated to Nepal, by
Shuvam Dhungana (27/10/2019)
Foreigners
report high number of theft and fraud cases with
tourist police: 1,252 cases were reported in the past
two fiscal years, but none concerned serious crime,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 24/10/2019)
Despite
increased security, the crime rate increased by 36
percent this Dashain: Due to increased awareness,
people have started reporting crimes like
cyberbullying, banking offences and social crimes,
police say, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 24/10/2019)
The
crimes Alam has been accused of are grave, but his
party has little to say: Nepali Congress leaders
continue to insist that an individual’s crimes do not
reflect on the party, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
23/10/2019) [The cover of
criminals in their ranks has system in many Nepali
parties!], Alam
refuses to undergo polygraph test: Police on Tuesday
attempted to carry out the test after the Nepali
Congress lawmaker denied his involvement in the murder
while recording his statement, by Shiva Puri (kp
23/10/2019), Alam’s
remand extended yet again (ht 26/10/2019)
Excavator
operator and three others detained for investigation
in Baitadi: Eight villagers have been injured, one
seriously, when an excavator struck villagers
protesting road construction, by Tripti Shahi (kp
23/10/2019), Nepal
needs development, but not by coercion: Reimagining
Nepal and developing it warrants a broad outlook that
listens to its people and shows regard for their
displeasure (kp 23/10/2019), Seven
injured as digger driver smites protesters with
excavator bucket in Baitadi, by Baburam Shrestha
(ht 23/10/2019), Excavator
driver charged with attempt-to-murder (ht
23/10/2019), Three
more to be sued for excavator attack (ht
26/10/2019)
Event
organisers misuse names and photos of prominent people
to promote Nepali shows in foreign countries: Anuradha
Koirala and Kul Man Ghising have been featured in
promotional posters for an award show in South Korea
without their knowledge, by Chandan Kumar Mandal
(kp 23/10/2019)
Killing
of Chand party cadre Kumar Paudel was extrajudicial,
human rights commission says: The National Human
Rights Commission has concluded that Paudel was killed
after he was arrested and has recommended criminal
charges against three police officers, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 22/10/2019), Police
killed CPN leader Paudel in cold blood: NHRC (ht
22/10/2019), NHRC
rejects police encounter claim in Paudel death, calls
for suspending 3 (rep 22/10/2019), Begin
thorough probe: The government should start a thorough
investigation, and there must be no attempt by the
state to influence the outcome (ht 23/10/2019)
Govt,
parties ‘have put TJ on backburner’, by Roshan S.
Nepal (ht 22/10/2019), Big
2 parties agree to revise controversial TJ law
(rep 22/10/2019)
Unearthing
of the grisly mass murder in Alam case has Nepalis
pointing fingers at a failed system: The onus to
strengthen the system lies on politicians and the
people in power, but analysts say recent incidents
show how they have used the system in service of their
own interests, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 22/10/2019)
Attempt
to rape FIR against Mahara: Shahi’s retraction ‘can
backfire’; Will have no effect on outcome of the case:
Lawyers (ht 22/10/2019)
Man
held for running sex racket (ht 22/10/2019)
Three
arrested with machine used for printing fake currency
notes (ht 22/10/2019)
CEO,
promoters involved in banking fraud: Police, by
Devendra Basnet (rep 22/10/2019)
Four
of a family held on murder charge (ht 22/10/2019)
‘Discontinuing
chhaupadi isn't just about destroying period huts;
it's about ending the stigma of menstruation.’ Former
Miss Nepal Shrinkhala Khatiwada discusses her
one-night stay at a chhau goth in Babala, Achham, to
experience the ancient practice of the outlawed
Chhaupadi, by Srizu Bajracharya (kp 21/10/2019)
Mahara
remanded to custody for five more daysLawmaker Parbat
Gurung freed without bail (rep), Mahara’s
custody extended till October 23 (ht 21/10/2019),
Congress
lawmaker Mohammad Aftab Aalam remanded in custody for
five more days: Alam was arrested on October 13 in
connection with an explosion and the subsequent murder
of at least 23 persons in Rautahat 12 years ago,
by Shiva Puri (kp 21/10/2019), District
court frees lawmaker Gurung on general date (ht
21/10/2019) [??], No
blast occurred, state is plotting against me: Alam,
by Madan Thakur (rep 21/10/2019)
Protest
grips Chitwan Medical college over patient's death:
Police fire 40 rounds of teargas and detain 12 people
for vandalism, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp
21/10/2019), Medical
Association issues 24-hour ultimatum (ht 22
/10/209)
Lahan
police seize smuggled goods worth over a million,
by Mithilesh Yadav (rep 21/10/2019)
ASI
arrested on rape charge in Dharan (ht 20/10/2019)
Inter-caste
marriage leaves girl in a lurch (ht 20/10/2019)
Mahara’s
three days in judicial custody already over, but
police are yet to file a chargesheet: The former House
Speaker, who is facing rape charges, has been in
hospital and refused to record his statement, citing
health condition, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
20/10/2019), Former
speaker Mahara undergoes coronary angiogram at Norvic,
by Sabitri Dhakal (ht 20/10/2019)
Rautahat
blast injured start coming in police contact after
Alam’s arrest, by Madan Thakur (rep 20/10/2019)
More
foreigners in criminal activities (ht 20/10/2019)
A
private hospital’s negligence has an infant on the
verge of death: A string of errors and oversights by
doctors at Grande International Hospital has destroyed
a 15-month-old child beyond repair, his parents allege,
by Swarup Acharya (kp 19/10/2019)
A
discrimination case riles up Dalit activists in Morang
district: A Dalit rights group has demanded the
authorities launch a fair investigation, by Binu
Timsina (kp 19/10/2019)
Supreme
Court directs information commission to respond to
writ regarding Lal Commission report: The report
includes findings from investigations into deadly
violence in 2015 that killed nearly 50 people, by
Tika R. Pradhan (kp 18/10/2019), NIC
gets three months to decide on Lal panel report
(ht 18/10/2019)
The
rise and fall of Comrade Mahara, by Sewa Bhattarai
and Sanghamitra Subba (nt 18/10/2019)
Police
in Banke arrest a sub-inspector over an attempt to
rape charge: The official was arrested on the basis of
a complaint filed by a woman police trainee earlier
this week, by Madhu Shahi (kp 18/10/2019)
Nepali
citizens detained during Xi Jinping’s visit for
Tibetan signage on clothes and accessories: All
citizens have a right to political opinion and the
right to criticise and protest Nepal’s foreign policy,
irrespective of the country’s formal position, say
rights activists, by Bhrikuti Rai (kp 18/10/2019)
Crime
and punishment: The legal actions taken by the police
against politicians can help bring an end to
criminalisation of politics (ht 18/10/2019)
Bid
to combat human trafficking gets a boost (ht
18/10/2019)
Police
arrest five including Nidan Hospital officials and a
government section officer over kidney scam: A patient
had filed a complaint saying he was lured into selling
his kidney but was later cheated, as the hospital
created a fake donor, by Arjun Poudel (kp
17/10/2019)
Parties
continue to look the other way while their leaders get
arrested for crimes: Three lawmakers were arrested in
the past two weeks and none has been censured or
suspended by their parties, by , by Binod Ghimire
(kp 17/10/2019) [This has to
do with the fact that politicians and parties consider
themselves to be above the law, just as the monarchy
did before!]
Lawmaker
Parvat Gurung served summons for murder bid (ht
17/10/2019), Arrest
warrant issued against NCP lawmaker, by Ramesh
Khatiwada (rep 17/10/2019)
Cases
of polygamy unchecked in several districts of Province
5: Lack of stringent laws and loopholes in existing
legal provisions create an encouraging environment for
polygamy, by Amrita Anmol (kp 17/10/2019)
Hospitals
are implanting hormonal birth control on mentally
impaired women: Rights activists say that such
implants are a violation of women’s rights and legal
provisions and do not address the core problem of
violence against women, by Arjun Poudel (kpn
17/10/2019)
Teacher
thrashes student (ht 16/10/2019)
Mahara
to remain in police custody for three more days:
Police will soon conduct DNA tests on Mahara and
things collected from the complainant’s apartment,
by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 16/10/2019), Fighting
crime and gaining public trust: The government can
show its sincerity by conducting a fair probe into
Mahara's case, by Udayan Regmi (kp 16/10/2019)
Suspended
Congress MP Alam remanded in custody for seven days:
Police have linked Alam with the explosion and the
deaths, as well as accused him of murdering the
injured survivors by burning them alive in a brick
kiln, by Shiva Puri (kp 16/10/2019)
Lawmaker
Yadav demands fair investigation into acid attack,
by Ritesh Tripathi (rep 15/10/2019)
Health
Ministry to monitor hospitals to curb sex-selective
abortions: Newborn data of the Paropakar Maternity and
Women's Hospital shows a wide gap between the number
of boys and girls, by Arjun Poudel (kp 15/10/2019)
Despite rape and murder
charges, Mahara and Alam remain ‘honourable’
lawmakers: The new House Regulations have removed a
previous clause that automatically suspended any
lawmakers charged with crimes, by Tika R. Pradhan
(kp 15/10/2019) [There are a
lot more honourable criminals among Nepal's
politicians!], Crime
and impunity: Arrest of Mohammand Aftab Alam (rep
15/10/2019), Members
charged with a crime should be removed forthwith: The
criminalisation of politics is a threat to the basic
structure of the constitution, but the current
regulation allows lawbreakers to continue as lawmakers
(kp 16/10/2019)
Rastriya
Janata Party lawmaker vandalises counter at Janakpur
airport: The lawmaker said that he was furious at the
condition of the airport, and the irresponsibility and
indifference of Budhha Air’s officials to passengers’
queries, by Santosh Singh (kp 15/10/2019), Airline
operators warn of suspending all Janakpur flights
(rep 15/10/2019) [When are politicians severely
punished for such crimes so that they finally realise
that they are not above the law?], Lawmaker
Pramod Sah arrested for vandalism: ‘Booked without
invoking any Civil Aviation Act section’ (ht
16/10/2019) [It seems the time
has come for godlike politicians to finally become
normal mortals!], Lawmaker
Sah remanded to custody (ht 17/10/2019), Lawmaker
Sah freed on general date (ht 19/10/2019)
Irate
youths vandalise hospital in Rajbiraj (ht
15/10/2019)
Police
to record Mahara’s statement from hospital bed
(rep 14/10/2019), Make
Example, Not Exception, by P. Kharel (rn
14/10/2019), Mahara
to be presented in court (ht 15/10/2019)
Congress
lawmaker Mohammad Aftab Alam arrested in relation to
2008 Rautahat blast: The politician faces charges of
burning those injured in the explosion alive in a
brick kiln, by Shiva Puri (kp 14/10/2019), Ex-Minister
Alam arrested in connection with 2008 ‘murders’,
by Madan Thakur (rep 14/10/2019), Police
arrest NC leader Alam (ht 14/10/2019), Explainer:
The brick kiln murders Alam is accused of, by
Bhadra Sharma (rep 14/10/2019), Nepali
Congress cadres stage protest against Aftab Alam’s
arrest: The agitating cadres of the main opposition
burnt tyres and obstructed roads at different places,
by Shiba Puri (kp 15/10/2019), Alam
arrest revives writ petitioner's hopes of justice,
by Madan Thakur (rep)
In
Achham, postpartum mothers continue to face ostracism:
While the district has introduced several safe
motherhood programmes, they have largely been
ineffective, by Menuka Dhungana (kp 14/10/2019)
Mahara
to face trial following his treatment: Likely to
remain in hospital for an extended period (ht
13/10/2019)
Parties
agree on transitional justice officials but
recommendation committee disagrees: Political
consensus may be necessary but the committee's
independence should not be undermined, taskforce
members say, by Binod Ghimire (kp 12/10/2019)
With
a complaint formally registered against Mahara, all
eyes are now on the police and the government: As the
country prepares for Dashain holidays, there are fears
about the investigation’s progress and about the
complainant’s safety, by Bhrikuti Rai, Anil Giri
and Tika R. Pradhan (kp 06/10/2019), Preparation
on to take Mahara into police custody as investigation
escalates (ht 06/10/2019), Police
arrest Krishna Bahadur Mahara over rape allegations:
Police took Mahara into custody after the Kathmandu
District Court earlier on Sunday issued an arrest
warrant against him following a formal complaint by
the accuser on Friday (kp 07/10/2019), Krishna
Bahadur Mahara, who was arrested earlier this week
over rape allegations, admitted to Norvic Hospital:
Police arrested Mahara on Sunday evening from his
residence in Baluwatar following a court order, by
Shuvam Dhungana (kp 11/10/2019)
Journalists’
group demands action against those issuing threats to
journalist Shiwakoti: The Federation of Nepali
Journalists says threatening journalists for doing
their job is against press freedom (kp 05/10/2019)
National
Human Rights Commission seeks progress report from
police on Mahara rape charges: Though police say the
woman's conflicting statements have made it difficult
for them to pursue the case, criminal lawyers say the
investigating agency can take the investigation
forward as she had already called police on the night
of the incident (kp 05/10/2019)
Impunity
in sex crime: UN, Australia, EU nations concerned
(ht 05/10/2019)
Girl
found murdered after rape (rep 04/10/2019)
Prioritise
Transitional Justice, by Hira Bahadur Thapa (rn
04/10/2019)
Rights-protecting
bodies are supposed to keep the executive in check:
The National Women Commission not having a chairperson
since 2017 is a sign of institutional erosion (kp
04/10/2019), Weekly
meet cancelled to duck Mahara issue? (ht
04/10/2019), Rights
groups seek probe into rape case (ht 04/10/2019),
Journo
who broke ‘rape news’ gets threats, by Ujjwal
Satyal (ht 04/10/2019), Journalist
pleads for his safety (rep 04/10/2019), Police
stop Mahara probe as woman files complaint saying no
truth in media reports (rep 04/10/2019) [No
one will resign from office immediately if the
accusations against him are completely false!],
Politicians’
silence on the Mahara case speaks volumes about their
beliefs: Analysts say politicians pay lip service to
women’s rights but don’t speak out about cases
involving one of their own, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
05/10/2019), Dashain
holidays could delay investigation into Mahara rape
charges: Though police say investigation is underway,
they refuse to share the progress, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 05/10/2019), Govt,
parties mum on slur against Mahara: Women MPs from
ruling, oppn parties also silent on the issue (ht
05/10/2019)
Failure
to ensure justice in Mahara case could cost Nepal
dearly in the international arena: As Nepal is party
to many international human rights conventions, it is
required to ensure justice for victims of gender-based
violence, or face international censure, by Anil
Giri (kp 04/10/2019)
The
Mahara case once again exposes the Nepal Police’s
shortcomings: Repeated failings in high-profile cases
are slowly eroding the public’s trust in the capacity
of Nepal Police to conduct impartial investigations,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 04/10/2019)
Woman
accused of critically injuring stepdaughter, arrested,
by Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep 04/10/2019)
Police
step up highway security to prevent untoward incidents
during festival season: The armed looters intensify
their activities during major festivals like Dashain,
Tihar and Chhath, by Om Prakash Thakur (kp
04/10/2019)
How
a Dalit woman fell victim to caste-discrimination in
Pokhara, by Deepak Pariyar (kp 03/10/2019)
Ignorance
and poverty driving parents in Humla to send their
children to children’s homes in Capital: 40 children
were rescued from several children’s homes in
Kathmandu and handed over to their families in Humla
in the past three months, by Chhapal Lama (kp
03/10/2019)
One
held on rape charge (ht 02/10/2019)
Online
violence against women in Nepal on the rise: Nearly 70
percent of the 353 cases filed at the cybercrime
bureau in the last two months were online abuse
directed towards women, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
01/10/2019)
Women
victims of conflict era in Rupandehi demand identity
card: Since the government has not addressed many of
the issues faced by conflict victims, many widows say
they are facing an uncertain future, by Amrita
Anmol (kp 0/10/2019)
Parliament
Sectt staffer accuses Mahara of rape (ht
01/10/2019), Speaker
Mahara accused of sexually harassing female employee
(rep 01/10/2019), Speaker
Mahara offers 'temporary resignation' following
accusation of rape (ht 01/10/2019), PM
advises Speaker Mahara to step down from his post,
by Tapendra Karki (rep), House
Speaker Mahara resigns amid sexual harassment
accusations, by Tapendra Karki (rep 01/10/2019), Why
the rape charges against Speaker is a litmus test for
police, the ruling party and government: Although
Krishna Bahadur Mahara has tendered his resignation,
the government and ruling party have yet to take a
concrete position while the police still haven’t
pursued a criminal case, by Anil Giri (kp
02/10/2019), A
scandal that could mean curtains for Mahara’s long
political career: Krishna Bahadur Mahara, who has
risen through the ranks over the decades, was
embroiled in controversies in the past too, by
Tika R. Pradhan (kp 02/10/2019), Speaker
Mahara resigns following rape allegations: The
incident cannot be allowed to become yet another
unsolved case (kp 02/10/2019), A
constitutional body that could’ve played a significant
role in the case against Mahara has been scuttled:
Without a chairperson for four years, the National
Women Commission, mandated to deal with cases of
gender-based violence, cannot even issue a statement,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 03/10/2019), Investigation
against Mahara should go on, opine lawyers (ht
03/10/2019), Mahara’s
fate rests on our probe: Police (ht 03/10/2019), Victim
needs emotional support, counselling, by Sabitri
Dhakal (ht 03/10/2019), All
eyes on PM: The PM should unequivocally ask the police
to launch an inquiry even if Shahi does not file an
FIR against Mahara and refuses to undergo medical
tests (ht 03/10/2019)
Stop
attacks: The ruling party must keep its cadres under
control, and the police should take action against
those involved in physically intimidating the NC
leader and others (ht 0/10/2019)
Governments
have no right to dictate what the citizenry can think:
The current government is notorious for its attempts
to muzzle the free press (kp 30/09/2019)
Bid
to attack Minendra Rijal of NC: Main opposition party
blames NCP cadres for the incident (ht
30/09/2019), The
government and the ruling party must dial down on the
authoritarian behaviour: The Oli-administration would
do well to remember that the people democratically
elected it to uphold the rule of law (kp
01/10/2019)
Authorities
rescue children from different childcare homes in poor
conditions: The majority of the rescued children are
from Karnali zone, by Binod Ghimire (kp
29/09/2019)
Anti-corruption
campaigner Gyanendra Shahi attacked in Chitwan: Shahi
was one among the passengers who criticised Minister
of Tourism Yogesh Bhattarai for causing a delay to a
Kathmandu-bound Buddha Air flight in Nepalgunj earlier
this month, by Ramesh Kumar Poudel (kp
29/09/2019), Attack
on government critic signals drive to crush dissent:
The brutal beating of Gyanendra Shahi is a symptom of
the ruling party’s intolerance for any kind of
criticism, analysts say, by Anil Giri (kp
30/09/2019), ‘Attack
on Shahi a severe blow to freedom of expression’
(ht 30/09/2019), Contemptible
act: The ruling party cannot use its cadres to
intimidate the people criticising the government for
its failure to deliver goods and services (ht
30/09/2019), Protest
staged expressing solidarity with Gyanendra Shahi
(ht 01/10/2019)
Government
plans to impose severe penalty against companies that
fail to develop anti-money laundering mechanism: Ahead
of Nepal’s compliance evaluation next year, the
government moves forward to strengthen enforcement
mechanism, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 29/09/2019)
Dahal
owns up to insurgency-era mistakes and pledges to
deliver transitional justice: The major parties—Nepali
Congress and Nepal Communist Party—are on the same
page when it comes to an early conclusion to the
drawn-out transitional justice process, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 27/09/2019)
Married
as children, women in Bajhang are abused, abandoned
and killing themselves: The majority of marriages in
the district are still between underage children,
which often leads to polygamy and gender-based
violence, by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 26/09/2019)
Hackers
steal over Rs 47 million from Agriculture Development
Bank in the biggest heist yet: Police have arrested 12
people in connection with the robbery, which is the
second bank hacking attack in less than a month,
by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 26/09/2019)
Call
to form local and provincial bodies to fight human
trafficking: Once limited to some districts, human
trafficking has now become a nationwide menace, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 26/09/2019)
In
Bardiya, even elected Dalit representatives face
caste-based bigotry: Untouchability and caste
discrimination may have taken a backseat in public
places and platforms, but it is still prevalent on an
individual level, say Dalits, by Kamal Panthi (kp
25/09/2019)
Government
forms new team to re-examine Nirmala’s DNA sample
(ht 25/09/2019)
Child
labour still prevalent in Pokhara: Nearly 400 children
were employed as workers in Pokhara in the last fiscal
year 2018/19, data shows, by Bina Thapa (kp
25/09/2019)
Rampant
rise in ‘illegal’ collection of parking fees (ht
25/09/2019)
Police
are failing rape victims, new human rights commission
report says: Nepal’s criminal justice system continues
to make access to justice complicated and challenging
for victims of rape, according to the report, by
Bhrikuti Rai (kp 24/09/2019), More
than 1,300 rape cases filed in seven months: NHRC
report (ht 24/09/2019)
CPN
running extortion racket in Bajura (ht 24/09/2019)
Dahal
hints at withdrawing ‘fake’ cases related to Tikapur
incident: Tharu activists have long argued that the
Tikapur violence was a spontaneous political event and
should be treated as such, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
23/09/2019) [??]
Less
than a year later, Nepal’s men of #MeToo are back to
work: When women came forward to share stories of
sexual harassment, there was hope that powerful men
were finally going to be held accountable. But today,
it’s business as usual, by Bhrikuti Rai (kp
21/09/2019)
Man
accused of abusing step-daughter released on bail of
three lakh rupees (ht 20/09/2019)
Body
of a 56-year-old woman found in Kapan, police suspect
murder: The body of 56-year-old Kamala KC, who hailed
from Badganga Rural Municipality in Kapilvastu
district, was found by her neighbours, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 19/09/2019)
Action
taken against over 2,000 erring cops (ht
19/09/2019)
More
than two dozen assault cases registered with Rupandehi
police in the last two years: Traders and tourism
entrepreneurs fear the increase in criminal activities
in the district is working against the district’s
ambition to expand commercially, by Madhav
Dhungana (kp 18/09/2019)
Indian
girls trafficked for sex trade rescued, by Ujjwal
Satyal (ht 18/09/2019)
Government
ready to amend transitional justice Act as per
international standard: Law minister: Conflict victims
say they are ready to support the process if Minister
Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal fulfils his commitments, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 17/09/2019)
Bus
conductor held from Suvakamana Chowk for raping
11-year-old girl, by Ujjwal Satyal (kp 17/09/2019)
Violence
against children on the rise, by Ujjwal Satyal (ht
16/09/2019)
TRC
used as tool to exact revenge: Dahal (ht
16/09/2019) [The unbelievable
statement of a person who obviously used the Maoist
uprising for his own personal political and economic
rise and who is not interested in the fate of his
former fighters nor in that of the victims of the
uprising and their families!]
Rupandehi
villager shot dead in broad daylight (ht
16/09/2019)
Police
data suggests rise in abduction cases over the years:
Around 104 cases of kidnapping were reported last
fiscal year alone, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
15/09/2019)
Police
open fire to arrest crime suspect (ht 14/09/2019)
New
penal code fails minor rape victims: Lawyers, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 14/09/2019)
Committee
formed to select transitional justice officials
decides to step up efforts: Government is preparing to
start consultations with victims to amend the
transitional justice act, by Binod Ghimire (kp
13/09/2019)
Students
say colleges cutting their hair to discipline them is
equivalent to harassment: ‘We cut hair at Rs50, while
other shops charge around Rs100 to Rs200. It is
actually more profitable to students,’ one college
principal said, defending his institution’s practice,
by Arjun Bhattarai (kp 13/09/2019)
NCP
cadres attack NC members during awareness campaign
(rep 13/09/2019), Nepali
Congress stages rally to protest attack on Banke
president (ht 14/09/2019)
Home
Minister’s brother, along with eight others, face
charges of extortion: The Central Investigation Bureau
on Sunday detained Naresh Thapa and his accomplices
for their alleged involvement in threatening several
contractors, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 13/09/2019), Gangster
Basnet ran an extortion racket from prison using home
minister’s brother
Police shoot at and capture another suspect linked
with the racket, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp
13/09/2019), Home
minister’s brother released on bail: Five others sent
to jail, by Ujjwal Satyal (ht 19/09/2019)
Man
held for murdering his beloved in cold blood (ht
13/09/2019)
Citizenship
debate has reached another low, rights activists say:
New provisions in the citizenship amendment bill could
further limit equal citizenship rights for women,
by Bhrikuti Rai (kp 12/09/2019)
To
forgive or not to forgive: Failure of the government
to adhere to the Supreme Court verdict in relation to
amnesty could further agonize the victims, setting the
ground for vengeance and violence, by Deepak Joshi
Pokhrel and Rajendra Senchurey (rep 12/09/2019)
16
medical students arrested during demonstration in
Chitwan released (ht 12/09/2019), Netra
Bikram Chand's son arrested (rep 12/09/2019)
Despite
reservations, parties have their way on transitional
justice appointments: Conflict victims say they won’t
accept the new teams chosen at the behest of political
parties, by Binod Ghimire (kp 11/09/2019) [This
is the safest way to secured injustice!]
Recruiting
agencies ‘using migrant workers to siphon off US
dollar abroad’: Country's foreign exchange reserve
depleted by Rs64 billion in the last fiscal year
compared to the preceding year, according to the
central bank, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
11/09/2019) [But it is also
true that nobody can go abroad with $500 in cash!
Everybody knows this. The Nepali citizen Khadka Prasad
Sharma Oli recently went to Singapur twice for
expensive health treatment. Has he been checked and
arrested at TIA? All citizens are equal before the
law!]
Smuggling
of animal body parts rife in Kakadbhitta border point:
Division Forest Office says smuggling has become
easier because of the open border between Nepal and
India, by Parbat Portel (kp 11/09/2019)
Fair
or not, some say it’s time to talk about skin colour
discrimination: Like racism, colourism is largely
overlooked and dismissed in Nepal. Some Nepalis say
society should start addressing it head on, by
June Karkee (kp 10/09/2019)
Twin
blasts at midnight in Jhapa (ht 10/09/2019)
Nepali
women are being trafficked to China and sold as wives॥
Bride-buying is becoming increasingly prevalent in
China, where men far outnumber women, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 09/09/2019)
Suspected
Chand party cadre, Army deserter among eight arrested
for a string of crimes: Cases of theft and robbery on
rise in the Capital in recent years, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 09/09/2019)
Lawmakers
demand death penalty for acid attackers, lawyers
oppose (ht 09/09/2019), From
public harassment to acid attack, legal loopholes
emboldening assailants, by Priyanka Adhikari (rep
12/09/2019)
Mayor,
deputy mayor blame each other for the death of a
person killed in clash: A violent clash ensued between
the supporters of Mayor Mandal and Deputy Mayor Jha
over the issue of the administrative centre of the
municipality, by Shyam Sundar Shashi (kp
09/09/2019)
Discrimination
against Dalits still rife, continue to be left out of
decision making processes: Marginalisation of members
of Dalit communities still persists even though
several laws and constitution bar discrimination,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 08/09/2019)
Human
rights body to pull out of committee formed to select
transitional justice commission officials: Rights body
is recalling Prakash Osti from the committee, saying
it does not want to be part of the process that has
been heavily politicised, by Binod Ghimire (kp
08/09/2019), Panel
set to publicize list of TJ bodies candidates this
week (rep 09/09/2019)
Will
Tribhuvan University be the first educational
institution to have a sexual harassment policy in
Nepal? Months after articles and news stories about
continued sexual harassment in the country’s oldest
and largest university, it finally has put a team to
work on addressing these issues through a grievance
mechanism, by Bhrikuti Rai (kp 08/09/2019)
Outlawed
party on extortion spree amid clampdown: Security
officials said the ongoing arrests and crackdown on
the party's activities have proved little to deter the
party's donation drive (rep 08/09/2019)
A
teenage girl was attacked with acid after her father
told a man to stop pursuing her: Muskan Khatun, a
ninth grader, suffered burns on her face, chest and
hands, and is receiving treatment in Kathmandu, by
Bhusan Yadav and Shankar Acharya (kp 07/09/2019)
[The government must also be
made responsible for not enacting the August 2017
order of the SC to regulate sale and distribution of
acids!!], Hetauda
acid attacker still at large: Six years since the
incident, police are still struggling to arrest the
assailant, by Pratap Bista (kp 09/09/2019), Enact
law pronto: The government should enact law to
regulate the sale and distribution of acids to prevent
women and girls from acid attacks (ht 10/09/2019)
Kin
suspect woman murdered over dowry (ht 07/09/2019)
Conflict
victims may ‘snub’ TJ process over commissioner
appointments (rep 07/09/2019)
Bote
community in Makwanpur denied licence renewal for
fishing: The Bote people fish in the local rivers and
rivulets, especially in the Rapti river, which falls
inside the Parsa National Park, by Pratap Bista [???? This is the economic survival
basis of this small group! At the same time, members
of the ruling social groups destroy the nature of the
country in many places for the mere sake of profit!]
Will
the new commissions go the way of the transitional
justice bodies? There is no alternative to making
appointments in such commissions transparent and fair,
by Mohna Ansari (kp 06/09/2019)
Two
more FIRs filed against ‘loan shark’ (ht
06/09/2019)
Human
trafficking still a major challenge for the country:
Despite legal protections and law enforcing agencies
in action, Nepali girls, women and children are still
vulnerable to human trafficking, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 05/09/2019), Over
500 women missing from Nepalgunj border (ht
05/09/2019), Clear-cut
laws are needed to fight human trafficking: While the
individuals concerned are doing their best to stop it,
the laws defining what constitutes human trafficking
remain narrow (kp 06/09/2019)
Rift
surfaces in committee to select transitional justice
commission officials: Committee members are at odds
over the selection criteria, chairman fails to rise to
the occasion, by Binod Ghimire (kp 05/09/2019)
Police
to solve Jha’s murder case (ht 05/09/2019), Sanu
Kanchha sent to jail until final verdict (rep
12/09/2019)
One
held for extortion attempt, security beefed up (ht
05/09/2019)
Agitating
students vandalise TMC (ht 04/09/2019)
TJ
appointment meeting cancelled at the eleventh hour
(rep 04/09/2019)
Youth
arrested for sexual abuse, fraud (ht 03/09/2019) [At the age of 29, the person
should be called adult, not youth!]
Police
probing Kalawar for money laundering also (rep
03/09/2019)
Cows
from Nepalgunj being smuggled into Bihar via the
East-West Highway, by Mithilesh Yadav (rep
03/09/2019)
Millions
stolen by ATM hackers exposes vulnerability of Nepali
banks: Five Chinese nationals were arrested on
Saturday night on suspicion of using cloned debit
cards to breach the banks’ processing system and
withdraw cash, by Shuvam Dhungana and Rajesh
Khanal (kp 02/09/2019), Banks
must invest more in digital security: The recent
breaches show that not enough has been done to
increase security (kp 03/09/2019), 3
Nepalis among 4 more arrested for cyber heist, by
Ujjwal Satyal (ht 03/09/2019), Rs
35.8m withdrawn in Saturday’s heist: NRB (ht
05/09/2019), Police
still clueless about two Chinese involved in cyber
heist (Uht 08/09/2019)
Where
are the disappeared? (rep 01/09/2019)
Number
of theft cases on the rise: Police advise caution as
festival season approaches near, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 01/09/2019)
Guest
house owner arrested for raping teenage employee:
Thousands of women working in entertainment sector
face exploitation (ht 01/09/2019)
Parents
of murdered child question country’s justice mechanism,
by Prabhat Kumar Jha (ht 01/09/2019)
300
households displaced in Sarlahi as ‘loan shark
produces fake loan documents’, b y Tapendra Karki
(rep 01/09/2019)
Police
rough up a Madhesi man yet again. This time, it’s on
video: A viral video from Janakpur shows police
pushing and pulling on a Madhesi man, prompting
outrage on social media, by Samuel Chhetri (kp
31/08/2019)
State
softens stance on transitional justice after pressure
from victims and rights groups: National Human Rights
Commission says it will recall its member from the
recommendation committee if parties don’t correct
their working style, by Binod Ghimire (kp
31/08/2019)
Bride
trafficking racket busted, four Chinese nationals
among 10 arrested: The Chinese men mobilised their
Nepali associates to lure unwary girls and women into
fake marriages with them (ht 31/08/2019)
Former
minister, four others held on charge of human
trafficking (ht 31/08/2019)
On
the International Day of the Disappeared, one family
in Kanchanpur talks about the misery of being torn
apart: According to the data available at the district
administration office, 53 people have disappeared in
the district over the decade-long insurgency period,
by Bhawani Bhatta (kp 30/08/2019), Victims’
woes unaddressed: CIEDP collected 3,212 complaints but
couldn’t probe any, by Roshan S. Nepal (ht
30/08/2019), A
day for the victims, and for the future of
transitional justice: This day should serve as an
occasion to remember the need to continue working
towards completing the transitional justice process,
by Navaraj Pudasaini (kp 30/08/2019), Insurgency
victims in Rolpa await return of missing kin, by
Dinesh Subedi (rep 30/08/2019)
A
teenager in Okhaldhunga killed herself after she was
bullied online: The perpetrator had created a fake
Facebook account in the victim’s name to defame her,
by Kumbha Raj Rai (kp 28/08/2019)
Derailing
justice: Transitional justice has taken up a lot of
resources. It cannot be allowed to get derailed into
an industry that supports interests of conflict
spoilers, by Pranab Kharel and Gaurab KC (rep
27/08/2019)
Cyber
bureau receives 320 plaints in three months (ht
27/08/2019)
SC
orders compensation for wrongfully convicted cop:
Another cop confesses to stealing service revolvers
for which his colleague was sentenced to four years,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 26/08/2019)
Female
workers subjected to forced labour (ht
26/08/2019), Regulate
leisure sector: A provision of decent working
conditions is a prerequisite to prevent females from
being sexually abused (ht 27/08/2019)
Rupandehi
border becoming hub for drug smugglers, by Rekha
Bhusal (rep 26/08/209)
Police
file charge-sheet against Lamichhane, Kandel and Karki,
by Sabita Shrestha (rep 26/08/2019), Lamichhane,
two others freed, by Tilakram Rimal (ht
27/08/2019)
Dealing
with syndicates : As long as the market-related
inefficiencies that actually gave rise to syndicates
remain, the transportation syndicates will rise again,
in one form or another, by Biswo Poudel (rep
26/08/2019)
Parties’
undue intervention could call credibility of
transitional justice process into question: Conflict
victims and rights activists say politicians must
correct their past mistakes and appoint officials in
an impartial and transparent manner, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 25/08/2019)
Drugs
worth millions are seized from smugglers every year:
Police say smugglers are taking advantage of the
porous border to bring in contrabands, by Shuvam
Dhungana (kp 25/08/2019)
Nine
arrested for trying to settle rape case (ht
23/08/2019)
Transitional
justice in jeopardy: Keep aside vested interests,
by Ram Dayal Rakesh (ht 22/08/2019), Conflict
victims oppose plan to amend transitional justice act
based on a draft they rejected a year ago: As the
political parties do not appear serious about ensuring
justice, their actions will only promote impunity,
conflict victims say, by Binod Ghimire (kp
23/08/2019), TJ
appointments get messy as one nominee declines offer
(rep 23/08/2019)
Nine
minors rescued from a children’s home in Bafal, three
arrested: The children were living in dismal
conditions, surviving only on rice and salt,
authorities say, by Shuvam Dhungana and Bhrikuti
Rai (kp 22/08/2019)
Govt
unable to control thriving human trafficking (ht
22/08/2019)
Bimala
Tamang's kin prepare to move apex court, by Sonam
Thapa (rep 21/08/2019)
Man
sets wife and son ablaze, by Sarita Shrestha (rep
21/08/2019)
Parties
finalising names for two transitional justice bodies
this week: Nepal Communist Party will take leadership
of the truth commission while Nepali Congress will get
the one on disappearances, by Binod Ghimire (kp
20/08/2019) [Still active
leaders of both parties had political responsibility
at that time and are not qualified for this task!],
Costs
of justice delayed: If the voices of the victims are
ignored and justice process is put on hold like this,
Nepal’s TJ process is surely going to attract
universal jurisdiction, by Ram Kumar Bhandari (rep
20/08/2019), Former
attorney general Raman Shrestha is parties’ pick for
truth commission: While Shrestha himself says he will
not take up the position, conflict victims too are
against the parties’ decision, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 22/08/2019) [?????],
NCP’s
choice for TRC chair turns down offer (ht
22/08/2019)
Police
to probe Paras’ manhandling of on-duty cop (ht
20/08/2019)
Police
arrest suspected Chand party member for posession of
firearms and bullets: The government in March declared
the Chand-led party a criminal outfit and banned its
activities, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 19/08/2019)
NA
offers to set up Maina memorial, by Roshan S.
Nepal (ht 19/08/2019) [This is
a blatant mockery against the background that
criminals from the security forces, including in the
murder case of Maina Sunuwar, are protected and
promoted unchanged by the army leadership and
politicians!], Do
not obstruct justice (rep 20/08/2019)
FIR
filed almost one year after ex-ambassador Jha’s murder
(ht 19/08/2019)
Man
on the lam after ‘thrashing Dalit woman’ arrested,
by Ganesh Bishu and Govinda KC (rep 18/08/2019)
Case
against Chhaupadi: Chhaupadi is rooted in ignorance
and unfounded fears, another reason why it must be
completely eradicated, by Shiva Kumar Pokharel
(rep 18/08/2019)
Nine
persons, including NEFIN president, injured in baton
charge (ht 18/08/2019)
One
arrested with two pistols, bullets (ht 18/08/2019)
Government
introduces stringent strategy to combat money
laundering: Provisions allow even police to
investigate cases, but experts say implementation will
be the key to avoiding getting blacklisted, by
Krishna Acharya (kp 17/08/2019)
Murder,
rape, drug trafficking accused held (ht
17/08/2019)
Head
of Bal Mandir, nation’s oldest non-profit for
children, arrested on charges of child trafficking:
The director of the organisation has been accused of
abetting a British national in unlawfully procuring a
Nepali child and assisting in obtaining fraudulent
documents to claim the baby, by Tsering D. Gurung
(kp 16/08/2019)
Concerted
efforts stressed to combat human trafficking (ht
16/08/2019)
Pudasaini
death mystery:TV host Lamichhane among three arrested,
by Ujjwal Satyal (ht 16/08/2019), Five-day
custody for Rabi Lamichhane, 2 others, by Tilakram
Rimal (ht 17/08/2019), Lamichhane
fans clash with police, seven policemen injured
(rep 17/08/2019), Police
lathi-charge Lamichhane supporters; use tear gas to
control situation, by Kamal Subedi (rep
17/08/2019), Case
filed against Rabi Lamichhane, two others (ht
19/08/2019)
Journalists
are being arrested for their political beliefs, in
eerie reminder of Panchayat days: At least two
journalists are in detention on suspicion of their
affiliation with the Chand-led Communist Party of
Nepal, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 15/08/2019)
Neglected
for giving birth to a baby girl: If there is something
our society as a whole must fight together it is this
(rep 15/08/2019)
Nirmala
rape and murder case: Bhandara emerges from coma after
one year, starts speaking, by Ujwal Satyal (ht
15/08/2019)
Nepal
falls behind in combating human trafficking, says NHRC
(ht 15/08/2019)
Two
arrested for raping women (ht 15/08/2019)
Police
use force on protesters (ht 14/08/2019)
Youth
held for sexually abusing minor in Jhapa (ht
14/08/2019)
Probe
into trader’s murder begins (ht 14/08/2019)
Geneva
Conventions instrumental in reducing suffering, says
Welch (ht 13/08/2019), Jail
term till death proposed for grave violations, by
Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 13/08/2019)
Zero
VAW cases in Manang (ht 13/08/2019)
Two
trafficking suspects held, woman rescued (ht
12/08/2019)
Police
baton-charge SRC agitators (ht 12/08/2019)
Woman
thrashed 40 days ago yet to recover from injuries,
by Pushparaj Joshi (rep 12/08/2019)
OAG
braces up for protecting victims (ht 12/08/2019)
Elderly
couple brutally murdered in Baglung (ht
12/08/2019)
Police
arrest three chain snatchers from valley (ht
11/08/2019)
Dhading
locals burn excavators after two youths drown (ht
11/08/2019)
Trafficking
in persons: Nepal must focus on prevention efforts and
victims' protection, by Dev Datta Joshi (kp
09/08/2019)
Cases
of domestic violence unchecked in Baitadi: Eighty-six
cases of domestic violence were filed at the District
Police Office in the fiscal year 2018-19, by
Tripti Shahi (kp 08/08/2019)
Physical
Infrastructure Ministry’s interest in Kathmandu-Tarai
expressway is delaying DPR endorsement: Sources say
Minister Mahaseth wants his say in the construction of
the multibillion-rupee project, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 07/08/2019)
Calls
from the police shake up human rights activists: At
least three rights activists received calls from the
police asking for their professional affiliation,
without saying why, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
07/08/2019)
Nearly
1.5 million Nepali at risk of human trafficking,
report says: Aspiring migrant workers, Nepali working
abroad, child labour, workers in the entertainment
sector and missing persons are more vulnerable human
trafficking, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
06/08/2019), Human
traffickers, in a change of tricks, are now waiting
across the border: Despite decades of surveillance and
awareness programmes, hundreds of women continue to be
trafficked across the open Nepal-India border every
year, by Madhu Shahi (kp 06/08/2019)
People’s
representatives from Likhu Tamakoshi visit district
administration office seeking security: They have
accused Govinda Bahadur Khadka, chairman of the rural
municipality, of assaulting office staff, by Tika
Prasad Bhatta (kp 05/08/2019)
AWC
urges NHRC to conduct fair investigation (ht
05/08/2019), No
credible basis to conclude Paudel was killed in
encounter: Rights groups (rep 05/08/2019)
More
rape victims seek police help (ht 04/08/2019)
Theft
cases on the rise across country: More than 20 per
cent of burglars turn out to be repeat offenders
(ht 04/08/2019)
Recommendation
committee to consult with victims before picking
transitional justice leadership: The move comes in
place following concern from various international
human rights bodies urging the government to take
action, by Binod Ghimire (kp 03/08/2019)
NHRC
investigation challenges govt claim on Kumar Paudel
‘encounter’ (rep 03/08/2019)
SC
overturns high court decision against Golyan, frees
him on Rs 10 lakh bail: Upholds all other decisions of
Biratnagar High Court and endorses lower court’s order
in case of 33 defendants (ht 03/08/2019)
Social
campaigner is beaten up while nabbing litterbugs in
Koteshwor: Garbage throwing on roadside is rampant
during the night, but authorities till date have paid
no heed, by Anup Ojha (kp 03/08/2019)
Alarming
rise in crimes in Province 3, by Ashok Sujan
Shrestha (rep 03/08/2019)
Inmate
kills Nakkhu jailmate (ht 03/08/2019)
Unidentified
groups torch more than 30 Ncell towers across the
country: Police suspect Netra Bikram Chand-led
Communist Party of Nepal behind the arson (kp
02/08/2019)
CPN
cadres held with weapons (ht 02/08/2019)
Prachanda
and the spectre of The Hague: Transitional justice
should not be aimed only at hounding and punishing
Prachanda for all war-era crimes. But his own party
comrades may not be with him on this, by Dinesh
Kafle (kp 02/08/2019)
CPN
cadres torch three ward offices (ht 01/08/2019), CPN
cadres seize land (ht 01/08/2019)
How
I suffered violence: Women are still being
character-assassinated. How many more suffering women
does it take to change Nepali society’s mindset toward
domestic abuse?, by Ushma Rebel (rep 01/08/2019)
Two
youths abducted in Parsa (ht 01/08/2019)
TJ
process prolonged as victims insist on no impunity:
Political parties wrangle over appointments to
commissions (rep 31/07/2019) [The
perpetrator side must not be represented in the
commissions, i.e. please no representatives of the
political parties, the army and the former monarchy!]
No
means ‘no’: Dressing in a sexually appealing way is
not an invitation for sex. If a woman agrees to allow
a man to pay for her food or drinks, it does not mean
that she owes him sex, by Giri Bahadur Sunar (rep
31/07/2019)
Four
international rights groups criticise government
inaction on transitional justice: Nepali government
officials say they are working sincerely to conclude
the process, by Binod Ghimire (kp 30/07/2019) [see
common statement by Amnesty
International, Human
Rights Watch, TRIAL
International and International
Commission of Jurists; same statement
in Nepali], ‘I’ll
become global hero if dragged to The Hague’ (ht
30/07/2019) [What bullshit
nonsense! Dahal is obviously trying to acquit himself
of his co-responsibility for crimes from the time of
the uprising!], Govt
told to start fresh appointment process‘: Authorities
flippant on fulfilling obligations’, by Roshan S.
Nepal (ht 30/07/2019), Rights
bodies urge govt to halt ongoing commissioner
appointment process: The process cannot be halted,
says the recommendation committee (rep
30/07/2019), There
are no heroes in The Hague: By throwing an open
challenge to be taken to the International Criminal
Court, Dahal has also trivialised the hallowed
institution (kp 31/07/2019), Amend
the act: The government should not be seen as trying
to protect the perpetrators of rights violations
during the conflict era; it is time justice is
delivered to the victims (ht 31/07/2019)
Dispute
over forming panel to investigate Tarai deaths
obstructs House, again: Speaker Mahara feels trapped
by the positions taken by the ruling and opposition
MPs, his advisors says, by Binod Ghimire (kp
30/07/2019)
Postpartum
mothers in Joshibunga carry the weight of old
traditions: In many parts of Nepal, new mothers are
considered “untouchable” until the eleventh day of
delivery, by Tripti Shahi (kp 30/07/2019)
Two
persons held for rape made public (ht 30/07/2019)
Women,
children go missing from Kailali (ht 30/07/2019)
Chepang
women picket Dhading District Administration Office
over illegal sand mining: Illegal mine operators have
been extracting sand from river and streams in
collusion with representatives of rural municipality,
locals say, by Harihar Singh Rathour (kp
30/07/2019)
House
sub-committee begins discussion on the issue of unpaid
electricity bills: Nepal Electricity Authority says 25
factories need to be forced to disgorge an estimated
Rs10 billion, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 30/07/2019)
Hundreds
of Nepalis fall victims to pyramid scheme operating
out of Uttar Pradesh: Police have arrested two primary
operators of the business, but five others remain at
large, by Manoj Paudel (kp 30/07/2019)
Nepal
Police’s central lab needs upgrading: Forensic
experts: With the lapses in DNA tests surfacing after
the Nirmala Pant case, experts say faults may continue
unless the central lab is equipped with infrastructure
and qualified staff, by Nayak Paudel (kp
30/07/2019)
Big
hauls of gold are being smuggled through the northern
border, authorities say: Lax border security, and poor
telligence, infrastructure and investigation are
encouraging gold smuggling, officials say, by
Nayak Paudel (kp 28/07/2019)
Tracing
Disappeared Persons, by Jaya Chor Chapagain (rn
28/07/2019)
National
human rights body asks prime minister’s
office—again—to report on the status of Nirmala Pant
case: The rights watchdog had made 24-point
recommendations in January for a fair and credible
probe into the 13year-old’s rape and murder, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 27/07/2019)
Only
porters are arrested in gold seizures on Tibet-Gorkha
route, by Narahari Sapkota (rep 27/07/2019)
Nearly
a year later, no new developments on Nepal’s biggest
gold smuggling case: Most of those accused have either
been released on bail or general date while those in
custody are appealing for conditional release, by
Nayak Paudel (kp 26/07/2019)
How
government bureaucracy killed a new mother: Goma Osti
needed an airlift from Nuwakot to Kathmandu after
postpartum complications. But a labyrinthine
bureaucracy delayed her treatment by four hours—and
took her life, by Arjun Poudel (kp 26/07/2019)
People
are furious after Home Minister says Nirmala Pant’s
rape and murder isn’t a “new phenomenon”: The remark
comes just days before the one-year mark of the
gruesome incident whose investigation is still
incomplete, by Bhrikuti Rai (kp 24/07/2019) [It is an outstanding task of the
govt, especially of the home minister, to end this
phenomenon once and for all. If you are incompetent to
do this, Mr Thapa, then you should resign and stop
such nonsense talk! This is a political issue in every
respect!], Home
minister’s gaffe: To Nirmala’s parents who are seeking
justice, such thoughtless comments from a minister
only add insult to injury (ht 25/07/2019), Walk
the talk (rep 25/07/2019), YouTube
videos on Nirmala Pant leave more questions than
answers: The 13-year-old’s rape and murder has created
a cottage industry of YouTube channels that
churn out sensational crime videos, adding more
confusion than clarity, by Bhrikuti Rai (kp
25/07/2019), 367
days of injustice (rep
Police
reluctant to register FIR of trafficking victims,
by Ujjwal Satyal (ht 24/07/2019
Selective
abortion rampant in Siraha, by Mithilesh Yadav
(rep 23/07/2019)
‘Innocent
people should not be framed in Nirmala’s rape and
murder case’, interview with Durga Devi, mother of
murdered Nirmala Panta (ht 22/07/2019)
TRC,
CIEDP nominations next month, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 21/07/2019) [Take your
time and wait until all the victims and perpetrators
have died a natural death. This is likely to happen
sooner to the victims and their families due to the
circumstances of their lives!]
Transitional
justice without leaders as parties disagree on
candidates: Transitional justice without leaders as
parties disagree on candidates, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 20/07/2019) [And only
politically nominated male Bahuns can lead these
commissions?]
Conflict
victims demand halt to TJ bodies appointment process
(rep 19/07/2019)
Thousands
of domestic violence cases are registered every year,
but almost none go to court: Nepal’s law itself
favours mediation over prosecution, as domestic
violence is regarded to be a family affair, lawyers
say, by Tsering D. Gurung (kp 19/07/2019)
5
concrete Buddha statues vandalized in Rupandehi
(rep 19/07/2019)
Nepal
risks being blacklisted on money laundering: An
international task force is not convinced Nepal has
done enough to tackle financial crime, by Sharad Ojha
(nt 19/07/2019)
Three
convicted of human trafficking (ht 18/07/2019)
Man
admits to killing his wife to marry girlfriend, by
Sandesh Shrestha (rep 18/07/2019)
For
rape survivors, police are not always their friends:
Nepal’s police force is heavily male and woefully
undertrained when it comes to dealing with survivors
of sexual violence, by Bhrikuti Rai (kp
17/07/2019), Humiliated
again: The police should help victims of sexual
assault get justice, not shame them further (kp
18/07/2019)
‘Crime
investigation action plan successful’ (ht
13/07/2019)
Teenager
convicted of murder (ht 13/07/2019)
Nepali
women take to media to expose abuse: Upset by
impunity, more women share testimonies of harassment
from their own pasts, by Reeti K.C. (nt
12/07/2019)
Chand
cadre, police constable die in shootout, by Alisha
Shrestha (kp 11/07/2019), CPN
cadre, cop killed in exchange of fire (ht), Two
including cop killed in incident with armed Chand
cadre, by Akson Rai (rep 11/07/2019), Another
Chand cadre’s killing raises questions about
government’s stance—and style—against the outfit:
Killings of citizens, regardless of which party they
belong to, cannot be justified, rights defenders
and security experts say, by Binod Ghimire (kp
12/07/2019)
Kin
of Saroj Narayan Mahato yet to receive compensation:
Ishwarpur mayor says they will release compensation
after the Cabinet’s decision, by Om Prakash Thakur
(kp 11/07/2019)
A
year-old child is paying the price of his brother’s
eloping with a Dalit: It’s been eight years since
Nepal was declared ‘untouchability free’, but
caste-based discrimination is still practiced widely
in the country, by Pramita Dhakal (kp 11/07/2019)
Thrashed
student dies, teachers, principal arrested (ht
11/07/2019), Ninth
grader dies after severe beating by teachers: Four
teachers in police custody (rep 11/07/2019)
Actress
files case against filmmaker husband (ht
11/07/2019)
Couple
held for killing wife’s ex-lover (ht 11/07/2019)
Police
killed a Madhesi man. Home minister blamed it on the
man: Opposition obstructs House after ruling party
refuses to form a panel to look into deaths of
Saroj Mahato and Kumar Paudel, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 10/07/2019)
Teenager
dies under 'mysterious circumstances' (rep
10/07/2019)
Hospital
vandalised after minor’s death (kp 10/07/2019), Locals
vandalize snakebite treatment center in Sarlahi after
toddler dies, by Tanka Chhetri (rep 10/07/2019)
2,362
absconding convicts arrested (ht 10/07/2019)
Canadian
national sentenced to nine years on paedophilia
charges: Peter Dalglish, a high-profile Canadian
humanitarian was convicted of victimising two young
boys, by Janakraj Sapkota (kp 09/07/2019)
Tradition
defies the law: Parliament has criminalised Chhaupadi,
but the practice still exists due to prevalent social
norms, by Labhesh Thapa (kp 09/07/2019) [This
reflects the cultural mania determined by men in the
patriarchal Hindu state that discriminates against
women!]
TU
files sexual harassment FIR against teache: rFirst
time the varsity has done so, by Sabitri Dhakal
(ht 09/07/2019)
More
than 50 persons involved in gold smuggling under
anti-money laundering agency’s scanner, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 08/07/2019)
Woman
arrested on the charge of killing her husband, by
Tanka Chhetri (rep 08/07/2019)
Undue
delay in Badarmude rape case (rep 08/07/2019)
Priest
accused of sexually abusing schoolgirls in
Janakpurdham (ht 08/07/2019)
Man
arrested with gold hidden in diapersAirport scanner
fails to detect the metal (kp 08/07/2019)
Varsity
offices vandalised, locked (ht 08/06/2019)
Naseem
Khan, a most wanted criminal by Kapilvastu police,
arrested in Kathmandu, by Nayak Paudel (kp
07/07/2019)
Victim’s
family accuse police of inaction (ht 07/07/2019)
Physically
punishing students is ineffective, harmful, and
illegal but teachers continue to do it: Many school
teachers, and even parents, still believe that
physically disciplining students is sometimes
necessary, by Binod Ghimire (kp 06/07/2019)
Man
kills daughter to claim double insurance amount in
Rautahat (ht 06/07/2019)
Son
held for killing mother in Saptari (ht 06/07/2019)
Police
arrest three fugitives after 12 years (ht
06/07/2019)
Ruling
party leaders are enraged after provincial lawmaker
with criminal past enters the party: Rajib Gurung, who
goes by the name of Dipak Manange, has been charged
with attempted murder, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
05/07/2019) [The party leaders
knew all this when they mada him a candidate in the
elections!]
Ex-police
chief Thakuri surrenders two years after being
convicted in Sudan Scam: Supreme Court registers his
petition to review the judgment before sending him to
Dillibazaar Prison, by Nayak Paudel (kp
05/07/2019)
Ward
member shot in Dhading (ht 05/07/2019)
Crime
and politics: Conviction of former lawmakers (rep
04/07/2019)
Three
people are under investigation in hospital staff
suicide case: Police are investigating if the suspects
had provoked Bimala Tamang into taking her life,
by Nayak Paudel (kp 03/07/2019)
People’s
representatives concerned over incidents of blasts,
arsons: Elected representatives have stopped going to
their local offices in rural areas of Achham district,
by Menuka Dhungana (kp 03/07/2019)
Court
slaps second life term on former minister ‘Takla’,
by Surtesh Yadav (rep 03/07/2019)
Rolpa
conflict victims worried about the secrecy of their
complaints, by Dinesh Subedi (rep 03/07/2019)
Anti-money
laundering agency resumes probe into Sumargi’s deals:
Controversial trader is said to have laundered around
Rs20 billion, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
02/07/2019)
Woman
held for plotting mother’s murder, by Ujjwal
Satyal (ht 02/07/2019)
Sixty-year-old
woman found murdered in her room, by Nayak Paudel
(kp 01/07/2019)
One
killed, several hurt as police open fire at
protesters in Sarlahi: People of Ishwarpur
Municipality were protesting against illegal sand mine
after a 12-year-old boy died falling into a 30-feet
pit, by Ajit Tiwari and Om Prakash Thakur (kp
01/07/2019), Killing
of Tarai man brings age-old question to the fore: when
can police fire a live bullet?The country’s law
enforcement agency fails to exercise restraint during
protests in Madhes, rights activists say, by Tika
R. Pradhan and Om Prakash Thakur (kp 02/07/2019) [It's not only the citizens' right
to life, the question is also when will the police
stop torture and beating and respect the fundamental
rights of the people?], Insurgency’s
over but police continue to stop and interrogate
people on streets: City residents say they regularly
get accosted by police, particularly at night,
asking why they’re out until late., by Tsering D.
Gurung (kp 02/07/2019) [Yes, and police must also learn to
be polite! Citizens are not under orders and have a
right to explanation!]
Police
initiate action against its staff amid further erosion
of its credibility, by Sujeeta Pradhan (rep
30/06/2019)
Missing
children: Girls more vulnerable as human traffickers
find it easy to lure them, by Sujita Pradhan (rep
29/06/2019)
Man
attacking women with ‘sharp objects’ in police
custody: Police have confirmed that no syringes were
used in the attacks, by Arjun Poudel and Nayak
Paudel (kp 29/06/2019)
Two
minor girls raped in Nijgadh Municipality (ht
27/06/2019)
Man
cheated of Rs 455,000 by Facebook pal (ht
27/06/2019)
Tarai
communities more prone to abuse and torture in police
custody, report says: Advocacy Forum says marginalised
communities and women are more likely to be abused and
tortured in detention, by Binod Ghimire (kp
26/06/2019)
[See statement
by Advocacy Forum - Nepal], Citizens
in uniform: Differential treatment by the police
towards people from the Tarai community is condemnable
(kp 27/06/2019)
No
justice in sight for rape, murder victim Nirmala, by
Ujjwal Satyal (ht 26/06/2019)
Fresh
bout of political instability: Former Maoists are
frightened as a fair investigation into conflict-era
cases would send many among them behind bars, by
Achyut Wagle (kp 25/06/2019)
Two
girls gang-raped (rep 25/06/2019)
Man
labelled Dalai Lama’s agent, deported to US:
Immigration officials at TIA did so because a man with
his name was on China’s most wanted list, by Rajan
Pokhrel (ht 25/06/2019) [???]
Committee
failsagain to recommend TJ commissioners (rep
24/06/2019)
Rape
cases increase in Karnali State (rep 24/06/2019)
House
committee to question Home Ministry over killing of
Chand party leader: Lawmakers are concerned over
whether Kumar Paudel’s killing in Lalbandi was
extrajudicial, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 24/06/2019),
Lawmakers
are unconvinced Chand party member was killed in
‘encounter’: Home minister reiterates police version
but commits to forming a probe committee, by
Tika R. Pradhan (kp 25/06/2019)
Supreme
Court clears the deck for tax authority to recover
unpaid taxes from Sumargi: Inland Revenue Department
says Sumargi sold his stake in Nepal Satellite Telecom
for Rs5.63 billion to Cyprus-based Airbell Service,
but failed to pay capital gains tax, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 24/06/2019)
Chaudhary’s
shackling shows how state treats its citizens
differently, rights defenders say: District court had
convicted Chaudhary, who won the 2017 elections
from Kailali, of inciting the 2015 Tikapur violence,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 23/06/2019), Resham’s
manacled leg enrages PM: Chief secy told to take
action against cops who did this (ht 23/06/2019)
Growing
child trafficking cases worry Kalikot parents:
Eight trafficked children were rescued from
Kathmandu before they were reunited with their
families on Friday, by Tularam Pandey (kp
23/06/2019)
How
schools are becoming easy target to fulfil petty
party interests: The trend has increased as Netra
Bikram Chand-led outfit intensifies
anti-government activities, by Binod Ghimire (kp
23/06/2019)
NHRC
probing CPN leader’s killing in Sarlahi (ht
22/06/2019)
Nepal
fails to meet minimum standards for elimination of
trafficking: US report, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep
22/06/2019) [see report
section on Nepal], Trafficking
of Nepali women, girls continues unabated, says
report (ht 23/06/2019)
Steps
yet to be taken to ensure justice for war-era victims
of sexual violence: Two rights bodies file petitions
at UN committee to build pressure on the government of
Nepal, by Binod Ghimire (kp 21/06/2019)
Dhading’s
centuries-old temple where women are still barred,
by Sarita Shrestha (rep 21/06/2019
40
Gorkha-bound Chepang children rescued from Chitwan:
The children were being taken to Gorkha without any
documents by a man who is currently detained for
investigation, by Pramita Dhakal (kp 21/06/2019)
Doctors
alarmed by the assaults they are facing at the hands
of family of deceased: Relatives usually allege
doctors of negligence, but medical professionals say
the issue needs to be dealt with more carefully,
by Arjun Poudel (kp 20/06/2019)
Four
women attacked with sharp objects, by Sabitri
Dhakal (ht 20/06/2019)
Swindler
in police custody (ht 20/06/2019)
Series
of murders terrify local residents (ht
20/06/2019)
Hospital
staff found dead in Capital, by Arjun Poudel (kp
19/06/2019)
Two
women gang-raped, one accused held (ht 19/06/2019)
Mayor
thrashed during meeting (ht 19/06/2019)
Kobold’s
deadline to bring fire trucks has expired but tourism
board hasn’t decided on a legal response yet: There
was no official agreement to receive fire trucks
because official policy prohibits accepting
second-hand vehicle as donations, officials at
Disaster Management Department tell the Post, by
Tsering D Gurung (kp 18/06/2019), Fire
truck expedition cancelled, Michael Kobold says: In a
statement posted on social media, the German
watchmaker said that the project was impossible from
its inception, by Tsering D Gurung (kp 20/06/2019)
Without
personal means and support from government, mother of
acid attack survivor struggles to foot medical bills:
Kamala Khadka can expect financial aid only after a
final verdict on her daughter’s case, by Nayak
Paudel (kp 17/06/2019)
Violence
against girls: Let’s talk about it, by Kokila KC
(ht 17/06/2019)
Police
arrest 82 pickpockets in a month in the Capital,
by Nayak Paudel (kp 17/06/2019)
Police
arrest mastermind of human trafficking racket in the
Capital: The 40-year-old was involved in smuggling
Nepalis into Libya, promising them lucrative jobs in
European countries, by Nayak Paudel (kp
16/06/2019)
A
year on, family of a minor killed after abduction
still awaiting justice, by Madan Thakur (rep
14/06/2019)
US
and UK join hands to combat human trafficking in
Nepal: UK injects extra Ł4.5 million to $8 million
Hamro Samman project (rep 14/06/2019)
Chhaupadi
affects teaching-learning (ht 13/06/2019)
Police
open fire to arrest drug smuggler in Pokhara, by
Sanskriti Acharya (rep 13/06/2019)
Man
arrested for attempting to rape daughter in the
Capital, by Nayak Paudel (kp 12/06/2019), Under-secretary
held for bid to rape teenage daughter (ht
12/06/2019)
Girls
at high risk in Birgunj, by Ritesh Tripathi (ht
12/06/2019)
Former
UN official convicted of child abuse:
Thirteen-year jail term to be sought for Canadian
national (kp 12/06/2019)
Committee
to recommend leadership for transitional justice
bodies fails to nominate anyone, again: Latest excuse
for the delay: busy schedule of the committee head,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 11/06/2019) [Real
reasons: There is no interest in providing justice for
the victims and the responsibilities of politicians
and army leaders for the crimes are to be disguised!]
Four
months after ban on its activities, Chand outfit yet
to join talks: Government officials do not rule out
violent actions, as security analysts say the approach
to dealing with the party is faulty, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 09/06/2019) [For a
government that does not take fundamental rights and
the constitution too seriously, it is hardly possible
to enter into dialogue with terrorists who claim that
their murders and the destruction of private and
public property are in the interests of the citizens!]
Suspect
held after a man is robbed by two persons pretending
to be cops, by Nayak Paudel (kp 08/06/2019)
Police
arrest burglars who carried out robberies in four
places in the Valley, by Nayak Paudel (kp
08/06/2019)
Eight
people, including two Indian citizens, arrested on
criminal charges, by Shiva Puri (kp 08/06/2019)
Top
court postpones hearing on petition against 2015
ruling on transitional justice for 22nd time:
Continued deferrals amid delay in amending
Transitional Justice Act concern conflict victims,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 07/06/2019)
Conflict
victims mount pressure on leaders to amend
transitional justice Act: Law minister tells victims
the process will start when top leaders reach an
agreement, by Binod Ghimire (kp 06/06/2019) [This is a question of justice and
the rule of law! Many of the so-called leaders have
been responsible for the crimes of the past! They have
no right to have any say at all!], Top
leaders seek ways to manage conflict-era cases:
Consider revising TJ-related laws by taking victims
into confidence and appointing commissioners at the
earliest (rep 06/06/2019), Conflict-era
sexual violence victims yet to be identified (ht
06/06/2019), Thirteen
years on, victims of the Badarmude incident await
compensationDespite a pledge from Pushpa Kamal Dahal
during the 2017 election season, victims of the
2006 civilian bus bombing have received nothing,
by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp 06/06/2019)
Family
feuds, depression fueling crimes: Police, by
Giriraj Baskota (rep 06/06/2019)
Juvenile
cases on the rise in Rupandeh:iThe district is seeing
a sharp rise in delinquency cases—from 16 recorded
cases in the past year to 85 this year so far,
by Amrita Anmol (kp 05/06/2019)
Leaders
may face arrest abroad if TJ issues not resolved:
Australia envoyVoices concern over moves concerning
NHRC and press freedom, by Kosh Raj Koirala (rep
05/06/2019)
Say
no to corporal punishment (rep 05/06/2019)
Police
send reinforcements to Solukhumbu village after Chand
party’s ‘suspicious activities’: Reports of an attack
on a police post, which authorities later said was
baseless, have prompted new security concerns, by
Kumbha Raj Rai (kp 04/06/2019)
Violence
against children unabated in Province 2, by Suresh
Yadav (rep 04/06/2019)
Man
sentenced to over 38 years in jail for selling wife,
son (rep 04/06/2019)
Man
on hunger strike seeking justice for Shahi (ht
04/06/2019)
Murderer
made public (ht 04/06/2019)
District
court finds man guilty in the death of transwoman:
Bidesh Karki faces 10 to 15 years in prison after
being convicted of involuntary culpable homicide in
the killing of Junu Gurung, by Tsering D Gurung
(kp 03/06/2019)
‘Smart
Chhori’ preparing daughters of martyrs of conflict for
a better futureA total of 189 girls from 16 districts
are receiving education at Shahid Smriti Residential
Secondary School, by Durgalal KC (kp 03/06/2019)
Tale
of two trafficked women, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
02/06/2019)
Her
husband set her on fire: She lived to tell her story,
by Bijay Gajmer (kp 01/06/2019)
Women
ostracised for activism against Chhau (ht
31/05/2019)
Shaman
slays toddler in human sacrifice, by Suresh Yadav
/rep 31/05/2019)
Superstition
drives women out of homes—again— into Chhau sheds in
Achham districtDhakari was declared a Chhaupadi- and
untouchability-free village on May 17 with much
fanfare. But a recent fire has led the villagers to
believe that their embracing of the campaign has
angered the gods, by Menuka Dhungana (kp
30/05/2019)
Abducted
boy, 7, found dead in Bara: Two kidnappers injured in
police firing while trying to flee the scene, by
Bhusan Yadav (kp 30/05/2019)
Supreme
Court tells authorities to determine the source of
Sumargi’s money, which is currently frozen: Orders the
authorities concerned to find whether the funds
entered the country violating Money Laundering
Prevention Act, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
29/05/2019)
Wildlife
crimes decreasing, rape and drug abuse on the rise,
by Sabita Shrestha (rep 29/05/2019)
Child
marriage still rampant in Bajura: Even people’s
representatives are found to be marrying
off their underage children, by Sangeeta
Timilsena (kp 28/05/2019)
General
shutdown hits life across nation; Terror unleashed as
bombs go off and vehicles get torched (ht
28/05/2019), 8
million stduents missed classes due to Chand shutdown
(rep 28/05/2019)
Blasts
indicative of an intelligence failure, analysts say:
Security officials said they were aware of possible
violence but they failed to prevent a series of blasts
that killed four people, by Anil Giri (kp
28/05/2019), Thapa
says those killed in explosions weren’t citizens,
angering opposition: Home minister has grown extremely
critical of Chand, once his ally, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 28/05/2019)) [You may call
them criminals or even terrorists but that were most
of the offenders of the Maoist insurgency, too! They
all are Nepali citizens and have to be punished
according to law!], Government’s
dealing with Chand outfit faulty, experts say, as
multiple blasts unleash terror: Tensions ran high in
Ghattekulo a day after an explosion killed one in the
neighbourhood, by Tika R Pradhan and Anup Ojha (kp
28/05/2019), Bomb
scares and arson mark the nationwide strike enforced
by Chand-led communist outfit: Co-chair of ruling
Nepal Communist Party Pushpa Kamal Dahal says
political objectives cannot be materialised by
spreading terror (kp 28/05/2019) [Dahal
claimed the opposite between 1995 and 2005 though he
did not call it terror at that time! And he vehemently
resists a punishment of the perpetrators from the time
of the rebellion!]
In
educated and elite circles, a different kind of
‘period huts’: Young Nepali women living in cities may
not be banished to sheds, but many of them are forced
to adhere to a long list of menstrual restrictions,
by Tsering D Gurung (kp 28/05/2019), Meet
Nepal’s ‘Pad Man’ who is challenging menstrual taboos:
Not content with selling reusable sanitary pads, Gyan
Maharjan visits communities and schools in Lalitpur,
teaching girls, boys and teachers about menstrual
hygiene, by Anup Ojha (kp 28/05/2019)
No
regulation in place to control sale and distribution
of acid: Steps have not been taken yet to form
regulations, officials say, by Nayak Paudel (kp
27/05/2019)
Conflict
victims demand amendment to TJ Act (ht 27/05/2019)
Four
killed, at least three injured in separate blasts in
the Capital: Police suspect the involvement of Chand
outfit, which has called a general strike today,
by Nayak Paudel (kp 27/05/2019), Multiple
blasts claim four lives in valley: Police suspect hand
of Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal; Three of the
seven injured in critical condition, by Ujjwal
Satyal (ht 27/05/2019), Terror
sweeps Valley: Own bombs kill 4 Chand outfit members,
six injured; IEDs found in several places (rep
27/05/2019)
Darchula
couple found murdered (kp 27/05/2019)
Human
trafficking 'kingpin' Gurung finally deported to Nepal,
by Biken K Dawadi (rep 26/05/2019)
This
is how society and state continue to fail rape
survivors: Many survivors have their lives uprooted,
and are forced to relocate, live away from their
family and friends, and start fresh in an
unfamiliar setting, by Tsering D Gurung (kp
25/05/2019)
10
months after Nirmala rape and murder, rights activists
renew call for justice, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp
25/05/2019)
Fake
Indian currency worth Rs 76.7 million confiscated
(ht 25/05/2019)
Teenager
gang-raped in Myagdi for declining sex proposal
(rep 24/05/2019)
26
persons sent to prison over murder (ht 24/05/2019)
Sarita
murder case: Husband, four of his family sent to jail
(ht 24/05/2019)
Say
no to dowry: Don’t make it a status symbol, by
Sangita Chalise (ht 24/05/2019)
Uncover
the truth: Incidents of gruesome murders are on the
rise following the Maoist insurgency, which has made
society insensitive to crimes (ht 23/05/2019)
UN
urges Nepal to change its rape law: Rights activists
say they are cautiously optimistic given Nepal’s lax
attitude to past pleas, by Bhrikuti Rai (kp
22/05/2019), Change
laws to ensure justice to rape victims: UN to Nepal
(rep 22/05/2019), Amend
laws for victims’ access to justice: UN (ht
22/05/2019)
Nine
members of two families murdered in Miklajung,
Panchthar: Murder suspect found hanging from a tree in
a village 90 minutes’ walk from incident site, by
Gyanu Ghimire and Madhav Ghimire (kp 22/05/2019), Police
begin investigation into Panchthar carnage, by
Gyanu Ghimire (kp 23/05/2019), Frightened
friends, classmates remember the deceased minors:
Aarubote Secondary School Headmaster Bhawendra Kumar
Rai says the students are scared after the incident
and have refused to come, by Arjun Rajbanshi (kp
24/05/2019), Evidence
suggests involvement of younger son-in-law, by
Giriraj Baskota (rep 24/05/2019)
Revenue
investigation office seeks six-year term for
gold smuggler: Officials say the main culprit behind
7kg gold haul could not be identified, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 22/05/2019)
Teachers
affiliated to Far-western University not paid since 11
months, by Yogesh Rawal (22/05/2019)
Rastriya
Janata Party-Nepal asks government to make Lal report
public: Party says it will obstruct House proceedings
until the report on Tarai protest is out, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 21/05/2019)
Notorious
robber ‘Kale’ lands in police net, by Biken K
Dawadi (rep 21/05/2019)
Controversial
ascetic Bomjan resurfaces in Sindhuli ashram (kp
20/05/2019)
Newborns
dying in sheds in Bajura (ht 19/05/2019)
Bomb
blast in the house of Rural Municipality Chair, by
Jitendra Kumar Jha (rep 19/05/2019)
Province
5 sees high number of women dying unnatural deaths:
Forty-one women were killed in the province in the
past 10 months. Rights activists believe violence
against women to be the primary cause, by Amrita
Anmol (kp 18/05/2019)
A
20-year-old woman battles for life after her husband
hurled acid at her: Last fiscal year alone, four acid
attacks were reported across the country, by Nayak
Paudel (kp 17/05/2019) [This
reflects the value of women in the extremely
patriarchal state and society of Nepal!]
Elected
officials demand road be opened—against court order:
Supreme Court orders the Tilganga-Tamaraganga road
section remain closed, as it is part of a UN heritage
site and must be protected, by Anup Ojha (kp
16/05/2019) [Decisions of the
SC are binding law, also for politicians!!]
Musahar
families denied access to water after an intercaste
marriage dispute, by Binu Timsina (kp 16/05/2019)
Men
thrashed over business deal admitted to hospital
(ht 16/05/2019)
Violence
against women unabated in eastern Nepal, by
Giriraj Baskota (rep 15/05/2019)
Birgunj
Avenues Television office vandalised (ht
14/05/2019)
Police
start bureaus to fight cybercrime and human
trafficking, by Nayak Paudel (kp 13/05/2019)
Two
suspects held for rape (ht 13/05/2019)
Brick
kilns operating in human settlements: Thick smoke
risks public health, agriculture, by Mithilesh
Yadav (rep 13/05/2019)
Women
rebuilding Chhau sheds in Chhaupadi free
areas of Bajhang: Local representatives’ awareness
drive in Saipal Rural Municipality was ineffective,
by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp 12/05/2019)
Unable
to bear domestic violence, woman ‘commits suicide’
(rep 12/05/2019)
12
Indians held for networking business (ht
12/05/2019)
Is
Nepal’s #MeToo movement finally taking off? The theatre
fraternity’s response to revelations of sexual harassment by
several of its members has provided a template on how such
behaviour could be handled, by Bhrikuti Rai (kp
11/05/2019)
Couple
arrested on charge of burning their 10-month-old daughter to
death in Darchula, by Prem Chunara (rep 11/05/2019)
Two
suicide attempts in police custody within a month raise
concerns: With track-laying and test run over, service is
expected to resume in 5 monthsAs issues pertaining to lack
of proper surveillance surface, Nepal Police says that it
will do the needful to ensure detainees’ safety, by
Nayak Paudel (kp 11/05/2019)
23
Nepali women rescued from Mizoram in India: Officials
say human traffickers are using India-Myanmar borders
to move their victims in recent times, by Parbat
Portel (kp 10/05/2019)
Man
set wife on fire to save illicit relations with
sister-in-law: Police, by Suresh Yadav (rep
10/05/2019)
Woman
accused of murdering daughter-in-law for dowry, by
Binod Pariyar (rep 10/05/2019)
Mentally
unsound girl tied with rope for 14 years, by
Yogesh Rawal (rep 10/05/2019)
Almost
a year on, Jha murder case remains a mystery: Division
says apart from the Jha case, it solved various
high-profile cases and arrest a number of culprits
over the past year, by Nayak Paudel (kp
10/05/2019)
686
crime suspects arrested in one year (ht
10/05/2019)
Parties
in negotiations to get ‘their’ people in transitional
justice bodies: Victims say such political
interference could jeopardise transitional justice
process, by Binod Ghimire (kp 09/05/2019) [It's
always the same! These failed and dishonest
politicians and parties will never change! They want
to prevent justice for the victims at all costs!]
Probe
committee clears three Lalitpur Madhyamik teachers of
sexual abuse charges: The report, instead of spelling
out how it reached the decision, emphasises how events
took place years ago, by Marissa Taylor (kp
08/05/2019)
Police
expose family’s complicity in crime (ht
08/05/2019)
Blackout
of
government sites exposes cybersecurity lapses in
country: But government officials downplay the
incident saying it’s ‘part and parcel’ of Nepal’s
evolving cybersecurity process, by Bhrikuti Rai
(kp 06/05/2019)
Two
arrested for misbehaving with and thrashing
"low-caste" principal (rep 06/05/2019)
Ex-lawmaker
and her husband held for abandoning their newborn,
by Nayak Paudel (kp 06/05/2019), Former
lawmaker Gayatri Shah, husband arrested: Accused
of abandoning baby with Down syndrome (ht
06/05/2019), Former
lawmaker Shah, husband remanded to seven-day custody
(ht 07/05/2019)
APF
constable arrested on charge of raping a woman, by
Amar Khadka (rep 05/05/2019)
Siraha
woman, 21, found dead in suspicious circumstances,
by Bharat Jarghamagar (kp 04/05/2019)
Details
of 196,771 ‘lost’ passports recorded in Interpol
database (kp 04/05/2019)
Booked
for marital rape (ht 04/05/2019)
Victims
pressure
government to amend Transitional Justice Act: Rights
defenders and victims’ groups ask authorities to
halt process to appoint officials, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 03/05/2019)
15
arrested for beating a wedding guest to death, by
Narahari Sapkota (ht 03/05/2019)
Fostering
impunity: Proposed amendment to NHRC Act 2012 does a
disservice to justice delivery (kp 02/05/2019)
‘65
pc cases of violence against women occur inside home’
(ht 02/05/2019) [see WOREC
Nepal report]
Lawmaker
accused of protecting murder-accused grandson (rep
02/05/2019)
Murder
cases over petty issues on the rise in Province 5,
by Amrita Anamol (kp 01/05/2019)
Truck
'reverses' and kills girl after accident, by
Yogesh Rawal (rep 01/05/2019) [Unbelievable
brutality!!]
Abducted
boy, 12, rescued from India, by Abdhesh
Kumar Jha (kp 01/05/2019)
CPN
district in-charge Ghalan arrested soon after his
release, by Pratap Bista (kp 30/04/2019)
Woman’s
body found, murder suspected (ht 30/04/2019), In-laws
accused of murdering a woman for dowry, by Sarita
Shrestha (rep 29/04/2019),
Rally
held seeking action against guilty (ht 01/05/2019)
Unknown
group detonates IED, by Kashiram Dangi (kp
30/04/2019)
Woman
found dead, relatives suspect murder (ht
29/04/2019), In-laws
accused of murdering a woman for dowry, by Sarita
Shrestha (rep 29/04/2019)
Checking
terrorism: Efficient intelligence required, by
Govind Prasad Thapa (ht 29/04/2019)
Huge
cache of prescription drugs seized, 16 persons
arrested (ht 29/04/2019)
Unidentified
group plants IED at DCC gate, by Suman Malla (rep
28/04/2019)
Untouchability
thriving in rural Bajura (ht 26/04/2019)
Sangita
Magar: from survivor to champion: … but brave acid
survivor now dreads her attacker’s release from prison,
by Animesh Shrestha (nt 26/04/2019)
Conflict
victims’
associations to recommend names for transitional
justice bodies: But they lay stress on an amendment to
the existing act before new leaderships assume offices,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 25/04/2019)
69
trafficked women rescued from Mizoram, by Ujjwal
Satyal (ht 25/04/2019)
Rape-accused
held (ht 25/04/2019)
New
bill deprives provinces of right to prosecute
criminals, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 25/04/2019)
Smuggler
held
with 750 grams of gold hidden in his rectum: The
Bangladeshi man had come to Nepal after his friends
told him that the Tribhuvan International
Airport ‘has light security checking’, by Nayak
Paudel (kp 25/04/2019)
Woman’s
death sparks protests in Pathari, by Binod
Bhandari (kp 24/04/2019)
Rights
activists picket DAO demanding justice for Nirmala,
by Bhawani Bhatta (kp 24/04/2019)
Indian
and
Chinese nationals arrested for conning Nepalis through
a lottery scam: Nigerian national, supposed
mastermind, is at large, by Nayak Paudel (kp
24/04/2019)
Loktantra
Day: People injured in police brutality decry
government’s apathy, by Mohan Budhaair (kp
24/04/2019)
Tootle
and
Pathao make commute easy, but many women express
safety concerns: Women say harassment has not stopped
even though both ride-sharing services say they
have a system in place to discourage—and
penalise—riders, by Sachitra Gurung (kp
23/04/2019)
CPN
cadre threatens to kill Kavre trader (ht
23/04/2019)
Police
arrest three of six persons suspected in Ranibari
house robbery incident, by Nayak Paudel (kp
22/04/2019)
15-year-old
boy dies in police custody; family claims torture,
by Parbat Portel (kp 20/04/2019), Police
form three teams to look into the death of 15-year-old
boy in custody (kp 22/04/2019), Police
record statement from Kiran’s family: NCP stands
against its members protesting teen’s custody death,
by Parbat Portel (kp 26/04/2019) [??],
Rights
body team probes into Kiran’s suspicious death, by
Parbat Portel (kp 28/04/2019)
Police
seize woman’s body from ghat (ht 20/04/2019)
Former
lawmaker Yadav, RJP-N leader Mandal held for forgery,
by Abadhesh Kumar Jha (kp 19/04/2019)
Strike
disrupts life in Sudurpaschim (kp 19/04/2019), Blasts,
hoaxes, arson mark CPN’s general strike (ht
19/04/2019)
[Only criminals organise
strikes against the interests of the people, destroy
their properties and endanger their lives!!]
Man
slapped 16-year jail sentence for incest (ht
18/04/2019)
Rape-accused
entrepreneur freed on Rs 5-lakh bail (ht
18/04/2019)
Another
key accused in Nakkhu and Basundhara blasts arrested:
Police say Ranbir had planted IEDs at both explosion
sites, by Nayak Paudel (kp 18/04/2019)
UN
pushes
Nepal to amend Transitional Justice Act in a strongly
worded letter: UN officials, in a 10-page letter, also
reminded the Foreign Ministry of their repeated
requests for a visit by the Special Rapporteur, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 18/04/2019), UN
concerned about sluggish transitional justice process
(ht 18/04/2019), UN
rapporteurs for transparency in TRC, CIEDP members
appointments (rep 18/04/2019), UN
letter
on transitional justice process puts government in a
bind: Officials say the agency has tried to portray
Nepal in a way that inaccurately shows the
country has done nothing, by Anil Giri (kp
19/04/2019) [And why have you
prevented justice for the victims for 13 years and
instead protected and promoted perpetrators?],
Justice
delayed:
The entire peace process will remain incomplete unless
the victims get justice, reparation and fair treatment
from the state (ht 19/04/2019), End
impunity: Don’t make mockery of HR, by Ram Dayal
Rakesh (ht 19/04/2019)
Oh
no, not this again: Transitional justice seems to be
walking blind; that’s why it keeps falling into holes,
by Mohna Ansari (kp 17/04/2019)
Missing
boy found decapitated (ht 16/04/2019)
12
Nepali girls rescued from Kenya club (ht
15/04/2019)
Call
for
competent people in transitional justice bodies:
Faulty process was responsible for picking inept
people in the past, rights defender says, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 13/04/2019), TJ
bodies
spent Rs 460 million in four years, conflict victims
still await justice: Despite spending millions of
rupees in the salaries, neither of the two commissions
could prosecute even a single perpetrator (rep
13/04/2019)
Father
held for raping 14-year-old daughter (ht
13/04/2019)
Sarlahi
growing as a transit point for drug trafficking,
by Tanka Chhetri (rep 13/04/2019)
Chinese
nationals caught with 3.5kg gold, by Nayak Paudel
(kp 13/04/2019)
Indian
held with 64kg marijuana (kp 13/04/2019)
French
man held on paedophilia charges, by Janak Raj
Sapkota (kp 13/04/2019)
Slow
boat to justice: The government keeps dilly-dallying
while frustrated conflict victims keep waiting, by
Geja Sharma Wagle (kp 12/04/2019), CIEDP
commissioners retire without accomplishing given tasks
(rep 12/04/2019)
Man
held for cheating women (ht 12/04/2019)
SC
scraps writ petition demanding release of CPN leader
Oli (rep 11/04/2019)
Fed
up
with molestation, Nepali women are learning to fight
back: With a growing number of individuals and
organisations providing self-defence classes, young
girls and women are tackling their harassment head on,
by Sachitra Gurung (kp 10/04/2019)
RPP’s
Lingden gets death threats (ht 10/04/2019)
How
Tribhuvan
University let students down after a sexual harassment
case: Students at the university filed a sexual
harassment complaint but instead of taking action,
university officials facilitated a compromise between
the five women and the teachers accused of harassing
them, by Bhrikuti Rai (kp 09/04/2019)
Most
Chand outfit leaders, cadres out on bail: Police,
by Biken K Dawadi (rep 09/04/2019)
KMC
to slap fine for littering public vehicles (ht
09/04/2019)
Nepali
Army defuses socket bomb (ht 09/04/2019)
Police
baton charge RPP supporters (ht 09/04/2019), Police
baton-charge RPP protestors in capital, detain 20 in
Pokhara, by Biken K Dawadi (rep) [This
police action is a crime, regardless of the
anti-national policies advocated by the demonstrators!]
Process
of
selecting TRC, CIEDP members okayed: Conflict victims
not impressed, lambast recommendation panel for
‘unilateral decision’, by Roshan S Nepal (ht
08/04/2019), A
new approach: Victims must be placed at the centre of
the reconciliation process (kp 08/04/2019)
Online
sexism: Challenges of tackling it, by Samiksha
Koirala (ht 08/04/2019)
Police
still clueless about four missing followers of Bomjan:
We cannot question Bomjan without evidence, a police
official says, by Nayak Paudel (kp 08/04/2019)
Man
held with undeclared foreign currency at TIA (ht
07/04/2019), TIA’s
only café in sterile zone shut after owner held with
undeclared foreign currencies, by Nayak Paudel (kp
11/04/2019)
Illegal
drug dealing on the rise in Kavre district (ht
07/04/2019)
Airport
police arrest four Indians with more than 5kg gold,
by Nayak Paudel (kp 06/04/2019)
Health
workers in Khotang without salaries for five months
(rep 06/04/2019)
Doctors’
strike hits patients hard across country (ht
06/04/2019), Near
50,000 patients hit by doctors' strike (rep
06/04/2019)
Govt’s
apathy promoting impunity: NHRC (ht 05/04/2019)
GODAN
threatens to halt health services (ht 04/04/2019),
Government
doctors to halt out-patient care from today, by
Arjun Poudel (kp 05/04/2019), Doctors’
strike hits patients hard across country (ht
06/04/2019), Near
50,000 patients hit by doctors' strike (rep
06/04/2019), Government
doctors
steadfast on their strike against Civil Servants
Adjustment Bill: Nepal Medical Association extends
solidarity with the protest that has hit thousands of
people, by Arjun Poudel (kp 07/04/2019), As
government
doctors go on strike, the country’s poor suffer the
most: Several state-run health facilities were
overwhelmed on Sunday by patients, most of whom were
visiting from outside of Kathmandu, only to be refused
medical care, by Arjun Poudel (kp 08/04/2019)) [The legitimacy of a medical strike
is extremely limited. As soon as patients are
seriously endangered, it becomes a crime!]
Panel
to
pick new leaderships of two transitional justice
bodies by mid-April: Names of former Supreme Court
justices under consideration, sources say,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 04/04/2019)
Social
crimes are rising across the country, says police,
by Nayak Paudel (kp 03/04/2019)
Transitional
justice Act amendment, appointment of officials to go
together, by Binod Ghimire (kp 03/04/2019)
Complaints
registered
with transitional justice bodies to be sealed until
new leadership assumes office: Office bearers at the
Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission
of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons will
retire on April 14, by Binod Ghimire (kp
02/04/2019)
VIPs
are not above the law (rep 01/04/2019) [Their
self-assessment looks different!], It’s
our road too: Vehicles carrying VIPs should not
get precedence over others (kp 01/04/2019)
Koshi
flood victims pay tax for inundated land, by
Pradeep Menyangbo (kp 01/04/2019)
Police
arrest
man for faking abduction to swindle Rs 2.3 million
from his family: Authorities say cases of people
faking their own abduction are on the rise, by
Nayak Paudel (kp 01/04/2019)
Dahal
decries
attempt in US to ‘vilify him as terrorist': Dahal said
that he personally felt bad by the behavior shown by
the Nepali community toward him (rep 01/04/2019),
Reimagining
leadership:
Transitional justice process has not come to a
meaningful end because conflict victims were not
placed at the center, by Charan Prasai (rep
01/04/2019)
64
drug trafficking cases in eight months alone (kp
01/04/2019)
No
more secrecy: The government must pick the people for
the transitional justice bodies transparently, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 31/03/2019)
A
police vehicle escorting ex-prime minister Chand hits
scooter and then flees: Armed Police Force says
investigation has been launched by calling driver,
Assistant Head Constable Santosh Ghimire, to
headquarters, by Nayak Paudel (kp 31/03/2019)
Sunita
beaten to death over dowry, by Bhusan Yadav (kp
31/03/2019), A
sad story of a wife killed by husband for dowry,
by Ritesh Tripathi (rep 01/04/2019), Woman
allegedly beaten to death by her husband, by Madan
Thakur (rep 01/04/2019), Rage
against dowry death (rep 03/04/2019)
Opium
farming goes unchecked, difficult to locate plantation
sites, by Shiva Puri (kp 31/03/2019)
Overstaying
foreigners
in Pokhara booked: Immigration office in the lake city
has arrested a dozen visitors, including six from
Russia, for overstaying their visa this fiscal year,
by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp 31/03/2019)
Seven
people jailed in 2012 Janakpur blast (kp
29/03/2019)
Crime
and forgiveness: We need to rethink reconciliation for
peaceful coexistence in post-insurgency Nepal, by
Dinesh Kafle (kp 29/03/2019)
Nirmala
Pant rape and murder case: DSP Angur GC surrenders
before court, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp 26/03/2019)
Five
individuals charged with evading revenue worth Rs
169.28 million, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (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)]
Nirmala
rape, murder mystery: Sacked SP Bista surrenders,
detained, by Tekendra Deuba (ht 20/03/2019), SP
Bista released on bail, by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal
(rep 25/03/2019) [???]
80%
of accused rapists were acquaintances of the victims,
by Biken K Dawadi (rep 19/03/2019)
Parties
still
undecided on appointment of officials at transitional
justice bodies: Conflict victims concerned about
further delay in justice delivery, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 19/03/2019) [Positions
are far more important than justice for the victims!]
Betrayed
by activists: Rights activists, her husband and media
have made life difficult for Durga Devi Panta,
Nirmala’s mother, by Anjali Subedi (rep
19/03/2019)
Chand’s
men on extortion drive in Surkhet, by Nagendra
Upadhyaya (rep 18/03/2019) [Another
crime against the common people!], PM
terms Chand outfit a criminal gang (rep
18/03/2019), A
series of events, and intel report led to government
action against Chand outfit: Security agencies have
orders to arrest major suspects behind violent
activities carried out by the group, a high-level
police source says, by Nayak Paudel (kp
18/03/2019)
In
Dahal’s
‘my life under threat’ claim, many see bid for
sympathy: Politicians, analysts say Dahal is
exaggerating ‘sabotage’, a term his party used to mean
‘destruction of infrastructure’, by Tika R Pradhan
(kp 17/03/2019)
Rs
4b hundi case referred to money laundering probe,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 17/03/2019)
1,127
rape cases recorded in 8 months (rep 16/03/2019)
Unidentified
groups torch motorcycle, vandalize school bus (rep
16/03/2019)
Watchdog
aims better coordination with other state agencies to
increase anti-money laundering compliance, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 16/03/2019)
Transitional
Justice bodies may end up without commissioners
(rep 16/03/2019)
Nirmala
rape, murder mystery: Arrested police personnel bailed
out (ht 15/03/2019), Durga
Devi’s U-turn (ht 15/03/2019)
House
issues ruling to make public probe report on Tarai
protest, by Binod Ghimire (kp 14/03/2019)
Defence
team
questions legality of charge against police officers
in Nirmala case: The case was registered after the
expiry of three-month statute of limitation, defence
lawyers argue, by Nayak Paudel (kp 14/03/2019)
The
33 kilo gold smuggling racket, explained: Nepal’s
biggest gold smuggling racket also exposes serious
security vulnerabilities at the country’s only
international airport, by Nayak Paudel (kp
14/03/2019)
Government
labels
Chand party a criminal group, bans its activities: The
Cabinet has concluded the Communist Party of Nepal’s
activities are more criminal than political, an aide
to the prime minister says, by Anil Giri and Tika
R Pradhan (kp 13/03/2019) [How
else shall we call a group that kills innocent
citizens and destroys public property, independent of
some probably reason able arguments?]
Achham
police launch campaign against Chhaupadi, by
Menuka Dhungana (kp 12/03/2019)
Chand
party owns up to Friday’s explosion in Basundhara:
Police await government’s position on how to deal with
the outfit, by Nayak Paudel (kp 11/03/2019)
Nepal
Communist Party leader held on murder charge (kp
11/03/2019)
Justice
for conflict victims: If the government continues to
dillydally, we should go to the international courts,
by Govinda KC (kp 10/03/2019)
Another
explosion
in Capital—two weeks after a deadly blast—raises
security alarm: High time the government made it clear
whether the Chand-led party is a political
outfit or a terror group, security experts say, by
Nayak Paudel (kp 10/03/2019)
Abducted
lawmaker released after four hours, by Basanta
Pratap Singh (kp 09/03/2019)
Girl,
14, raped in Rautahat (kp 09/03/2019)
Tikapur
residents
fear possible unrest over court’s order to imprison 11
people: The authorities, on their part, have beefed
up security in Tikapur to control possible
violence, by Ganesh Chaudhary and Arjun Shah (kp
09/03/2019)
Case
filed
against eight cops for torture, evidence destruction
in Nirmala case: Six were taken in custody after they
were produced before Kanchanpur court on Thursday,
by Bhawani Bhatta (kp 08/03/2019)
Apex
court releases CK Raut on general date; probe into him
continues, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 08/03/2019)
Resham
Chaudhary
and ten others sentenced to life for 2015 Tikapur
violence: Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal objects to
Kailali District Court’s order, pulls out support from
the government immediately after the ruling, by
Arjun Shaha (kp 07/08/2019) [Politicians
obviously see criminals within their parties as immune
against punishment!]
120
cases of violence against women recorded in a month
(kp 07/03/2019)
Social
crimes
on the rise, but hard to intercept, police say: In a
span of just six months, 1,150 cases of social crime
have been registered in the Valley, by Nayak
Paudel (kp 07/03/2019)
Park
rangers
tortured a man to death. Then, they were rewarded: An
investigation by The Kathmandu Post, in partnership
with BuzzFeed News, shows that the World Wide Fund for
Nature continues to ignore blatant violations of human
rights inside Nepal’s conservation areas—including the
death of a Tharu man in Chitwan in 2006—while
continuing to reward, fund and train partners who
operate with impunity, by Tsering D. Gurung (kp
04/03/2019) [This is
reminiscent of the attitude towards security forces
and politicians who, during the Maoist uprising, were
to blame for crimes!], A
new film celebrates a park official — and the torture
and abuse of detainees: Manoj Pandit’s Khaag glorifies
an official who was accused of killing an indigenous
man in Chitwan over a decade ago, by Tsering D.
Gurung (kp 14/03/2019)
Bardiya
police rescue two women from border, by Kamal
Panthi (kp 04/03/2019)
Tokha
mayor, 9 others, convicted of fraud, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 04/03/2019)
Two
persons charged with misappropriation of Rs 36 million
through Hundi, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
04/03/2019)
Chand
outfit
spokesman under probe for terror financing: Department
of Money Laundering Investigation says it has started
probing Khadga Bahadur Bishwakarma, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 03/03/2019)
Three
get 10-year jail for rape, murder bid (ht
02/03/2019), Three
slapped with 10 years jail in Godamchaur rape case:
Victim's family still receiving threats, by Bikan
K Dawadi (rep 02/03/2019), Punishment
to
Godamchaur ‘A’ rapists good step, but too little, too
late: Rights activists; They stress the need for
continuous hearing to ensure speedy justice to
survivors, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 03/03/2019)
Conflict
victims demand their 'say' in transitional justice
process (rep 02/03/2019)
Headmaster
gets five-year jail term for sexually abusing students
(kp 01/03/2019)
Whither
Transitional Justice?, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
28/02/2019), No
blanket amnesty for rights violations, says Gyawali
(ht 28/02/2019), No
blanket amnesty for serious rights violations, Gyawali
says in Geneva, by Anil Giri (kp 01/03/2019)
Chand
party
planned for a month before perpetrating attacks:
Police sources: The outfit reshuffled its district
committees to dodge security officials after attacks,
by Nayak Paudel (kp 28/02/2019), Chand-led
CPN cadre held in connection with Nakkhu blast (ht
28/02/2019)
In
need of a broader solidarity: #MeeToo is an
intersectional issue where gender, caste, and
ethnicity all come into play, by Sangita Thebe
Limbu and Kalpana Jha (kp 27/02/2019)
In
his
own words: How a man whisked away gold from Indian
smugglers: Authorities say a man, who was arrested
with 23 kilos of gold, admitted that the gold actually
belongs to Indian smugglers—he stole from them, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 27/02/2019) [???]
Scourge
of
dowry violence in Dhanusha: Around 690 cases of
gender violence have been registered in
the current fiscal year, by Ajit Tiwari (kp
27/02/2019)
A
horror confronted: Sexual harassment of girls in
schools largely goes unreported (kp 27/02/2019)
Elderly
couple murdered, set on fire (ht 27/02/2019)
Ncell
blast victim’s kin wants govt to act against Chand’s
CPN (ht 26/02/2019) [It
would be completely incomprehensible if such action
had not already been taken in the face of this
terrorist crime!], In
not
speaking against Chand outfit, Dahal sees an
opportunity to rebuild his own image: At this point,
Chand’s rise plays to Dahal’s benefit, a Maoist leader
says, by Tika R Pradhan (kp 27/02/2019)
Tribhuvan
University
is finally talking about its sexual harassment
problem: After months of criticism, an interaction
programme at Nepal’s oldest university discussed
sexual harassment on campus, by Bhrikuti Rai (kp
26/02/2019)
19
women saved from trafficking (kp 26/02/2019)
Two
women raped in Saptari district (kp 25/02/2019)
Man
held for raping 81-year-old woman (kp 25/02/2019)
Police
constable thrashes woman (ht 25/02/2019)
A
month since the revelation of abuse at Lalitpur
school, probe committee has little to show: The
committee has only reached out to two former students
till date, by Alisha Sijapati and Marissa Taylor
(kp 25/02/2019)
Victims
push against reappointment of transitional justice
body officials, by Binod Ghimire (kp 24/02/2019)
Concerns
of Nepali women to be presented at international stage,
by Nayak Paudel (kp 24/02/2019), Customs
trump law on issue of gender equality (kp
24/02/2019)
Banks
still
struggling to implement court order to retrieve
Sumargi’s money: It’s a month and a half since the
Nepal Investment Bank was told to get the money
withdrawn by the controversial businessman back
to his account, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
24/02/2019) [When will the
judges who ordered the release of the money in
December 2018 be called to account?]
Six
dead bodies recovered within a week in Rautahat,
by Madan Thakur (rep 24/02/2019)
Menstruating
women are still being banished to outdoor sheds — and
it’s killing them, by Tsering D Gurung (kp
23/02/2019)
Nirmala’s
parents call off indefinite sit-in after 105 days,
by Bhawani Bhatta (kp 23/02/2019)
Three
hurt
in powerful blast at Nakkhu: People residing as far as
500 metres away from explosion site could feel
the reverberations, by Roshan S. Nepal (ht
23/02/2019), Gurung,
one of three injured in Ncell office blast, dies
(ht 23/02/2019), Blast,
arsons
targeting Ncell prompt concerns about business
climate: Police suspect Chand-led party’s involvement
in attacks on mobile company; One injured in Nakkhu
explosion dies; two wounded are receiving treatment,
by Nayak Paudel (kp 24/02/2019), Nakkhu
explosion victim dies: Six arrested in Kathmandu, 16
held in other districts, by Ujjwal Satyal (ht
24/02/2019), Friday's
blasts
a question mark on PM's claim: Police suspect hand of
Netra Bikram Chand-led Maoist party in Friday's
multiple blasts (rep 24/02/2019), Police
in the dark about culprits behind Nakkhu blast (ht
26/02/2019)
300
girls get self-defence training in Tulsipur, by
Durgalal KC (kp 23/02/2019)
Govt
to act against public land encroachment: Minister
(rep 23/02/2019)
3
men injured in police firing while rallying for
Nirmala Pant suffer as state stops medical fund,
by Bhawani Bhatta (kp 22/02/2019)
Police
seize hash and kief worth Rs 10 million; arrest two
men, by Pratap Bista (kp 22/02/2019)
Where
is Bomjon? Police say, “We have no idea”, by Anil
Bhandari (rep 22/02/2019)
Home
minister says the biggest gold smuggling racket
busted: Claim comes amid no headway in 33kg gold
smuggling case, by Nayak Paudel (kp 21/02/2019)
Dalit
girl raped, cops arrest alleged rapist (ht
21/02/2019)
TU
assistant dean arrested for molesting teenage girl
(ht 21/02/2019)
Ward
chair accused of beating local woman (kp
21/02/2019)
Getting
off easy: Corrupt officials get to resign and
go scot-free, fuelling impunity (kp 21/02/2019)
Assaulting
free speech: The provisions in the new bill could
further curtail free speech and silence dissenters,
by Taranath Dahal (kp 21/02/2019)
Prithvi
Highway becoming a route for drug trafficking, by
Harihar Singh Rathour (kp 21/02/2019)
Nirmala
rape, murder mystery: CIB yet to decide which country
to send DNA sample, by Ujjwal Satyal (ht
20/02/2019)
Rape
cases up 79 pc in 2018: INSEC (rep 20/02/2019)
[For intensive evaluation of human rights in 2088 see: Human Rights Yearbook 2019, by INSEC,
17 February 2019]
Heed
the voice of disabled civilian war victims: Lalitpur
Declaration (rep 20/02/2019)
Retrieving stolen
mobile phones tall order for cops (ht 20/02/2019)
‘We,
as
a society, have kept quiet on sexual harassment, abuse
and violence so far’: Issues of sexual violence must
be included in public discourses to ensure equality
for women (kp 19/02/2019)
Conviction
rate has gone up: OAG report (ht 19/02/2019)
Trafficking
victims being brought home from Manipur (ht
18/02/2019)
Inaction
in sexual harassment allegations against Bhattachan
concerns international academics, by Bhrikuti Rai
(kp 18/02/2019), Silent
students: Usually vociferous unions are keeping
mum on harassment (kp 20/02/2019)
After
being trafficked, survivors struggle to rebuild lives,
by Marissa Taylor (kp 17/02/2019)
Dalit
woman thrown out of house in Salyan, by Biplav
Maharjan (kp 17/02/2019)
Province
2 turning into a drug smuggling hub (rep
17/02/2019)
Nepal’s
peace came with a promise for justice — but it’s been
painfully slow, by Binod Ghimire (kp 16/02/2019),
‘Appoint
TRC, CIEDP members without delay’, by Roshan S
Nepal (ht 16/02/2019), SC
begins hearings on petitions against Agni Sapkota
(rep 16/02/2019)
11-year-old
girl found dead, by Ajit Tiwari and Shyam Sundar
Shashi (kp 16/02/2019), Demand
to arrest Rasaili’s murderers (kp 17/02/2019), Police
arrest rape, murder suspect, by Shyam Sundar
Shashi and Santosh Singh (kp 20/02/2019), Heinous
crime:
Women’s rights, dignity and safety cannot be ensured
as long as the community itself does not foster the
“we” feeling (ht 20/02/2019)
Police
constable accused of raping woman, by Devendra
Basnet (rep 16/02/2019)
Three
men held for fake abduction, by Shyam Sundar
Shashi (kp 16/02/2019)
18kg
gold seized, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp 15/02/2019)
Misuse
of CCTVs made punishable (ht 15/02/2019)I
Father
held for raping daughter (kp 14/02/2019)
Criminals
exploiting social media to swindle unwary people:
Police (ht 14/02/2019)
Combatting
modern slavery: Challenges and opportunities, by
Jhabindra Bhandari (ht 14/02/2019)
Nepal
to defend its transitional justice process in Geneva:
Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali says he will tell the
international community there will be no blanket
amnesty in cases of serious human rights violations,
by Anil Giri (kp 13/02/2019) [13 years have passed since the end
of the ten-year conflict and not much has really
happened! So, what process do you want to defend?],
'Bomb
shattered my dreams, poverty took away my wife',
by Bhadra Sharma (rep 13/02/2019) [How
will you defend 13 years of inactivity in such cases,
Mr Gyawali?], Conflict
victims of Guranse struggle to overcome trauma, by
Biplav Maharjan (kp 14/02/2019), Ideological
differences in governing party surface over ‘people’s
war’, by Anil Giri (kp 14/02/2019)
Nirmala
rape, murder mystery: CIB plans to send DNA sample to
foreign lab (ht 13/02/2019), Wilful
inaction:
Whatever the outcome of the report from abroad, it
will not convince the public because the Nepal Police
has lost credibility (ht 14/02/2019)
Boy,
14, found dead with slit throat in Pokhara (kp
13/02/2019), Love
triangle ends in murder (ht 13/02/2019)
Series
of murders terrorizing locals of Sunsari: 15 murders
in seven months, by Amar Khadka (rep 13/02/2019)
Police
are
still clueless about 33 kg gold smuggling and Sanam
Shakya murder case: Officers implicated in the case on
regular duty after court orders, by Nayak Paudel
(kp 12/02/2019)
Rape-accused
ward chair surrenders in Nawalpur (ht 12/02/2019)
Elusive
Justice, by Ajit Kumar Singh (South Asia
Intelligence Review 11/02/2019)
International
company
used lies to threaten government, private rescue
agencies and hospitals in Nepal: A Post investigation
shows Australia-based Traveller Assist has been using
the helicopter rescue scam to market itself as the
sole representative of global insurance firms, by
Arpan Shrestha and Sangam Prasain (kp 11/02/2019), Govt
launches investigation into Traveller Assist (rep
11/02/2019)
25
protesting doctors arrested, released, by Arjun
Poudel (kp 11/02/2019), 25
govt docs arrested, 3 injured in police action in
Kathmandu (rep 11/02/2019)
Fake
currency seized in capital (kp 11/02/2019)
Two
arrested for using migrant workers to smuggle gold
(kp 10/02/2019)
Unknown
group sets off three explosions at Arun-III hydropower
project site, by Dipendra Shakya (kp 09/02/2019), IPPAN
flays bombings in Arun III hydel project (ht
12/02/2019)
Rape
rulings in Nepal follow letter, not spirit of the law,
by Sewa Bhattarai (nt 08/02/2019)
Millions
of students affected by Chand-led Maoist party’s
strike, by Binod Ghimire (kp 08/02/2019)
Kin
vandalise hospital after patient’s death in Chitwan
(ht 09/02/2019)
Over
300
Nepalis trafficked through the India-Myanmar border in
one month: Only two people have been tracked so far,
while the whereabouts of hundreds are still unknown,
by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 07/02/2019), Myanmar
emerging as a transit hub for trafficking Nepali girls
(ht 09/02/2019)
Rape
victim stigmatised, deprived of education (ht
08/02/2019)
House
endorses
amendment bill on Transitional Justice Act: Two
transitional justice bodies will get one-year
extension and new officials, by Binod Ghimire
(kp), Truth
and Reconciliation Commission chairman and member put
in papers, by Binod Ghimire (kp 07/02/2019)
Government
fails
to give concrete answer on Nirmala Pant rape and
murder probe: Home minister goes on defensive
responding to lawmakers’ queries, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 07/02/2019)
Justice
deferred
for Dalits: Many reports have pointed out that the
police hardly register the cases of crimes of
caste-based discrimination and rarely carry out
investigation, by Saraj Ray (rep 06/02/2019)
Two
more
teachers from Lalitpur Madhyamik accused of sexual
abuse: A document started by the school’s alumni has
over 40 testimonials from former students detailing
molestation by the school’s teachers, by Alisha
Sijapati and Marissa Taylor (kp 06/02/2019)
State
entities
keep financial intel body in dark: Probe agencies say
flow of information will boost crackdown on money
laundering, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
06/02/2019)
Cold
winter
nights add to the trauma of women banished to period
huts: ‘We can’t even build a fire inside because the
shed gets filled with smoke, and then it becomes
suffocating', by Basanta Pratap Singh and Menuka
Dhungana (kp 05/02/2019)
Mayor,
ward chairmen caught stealing electricity, by
Bibek Subedi (kp 05/02/2019)
Birta
City Hospital vandalized after an infant's mysterious
death (ht 05/02/2019)
Family
receives
Ram Manohar Yadav’s body five months after he died in
police custody: Brother says they will continue to
fight for justice and won’t accept the government’s
compensation pay, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
04/02/2019), Police
seize
Ram Manohar’s body on the way to funeral: Hundreds of
supporters of the Free Madhes movement showed up
for the last rites despite the arrest of scores by the
authorities, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
05/02/2019)
Nepal
Police sets up separate bureau to look into human
trafficking cases, by Nayak Paudel (kp
04/02/2019), Women
trafficking:
One reason why girl trafficking has flourished in
Nepal is because traffickers can operate here without
much fear (ht 04/02/2019)
At
least
130 Nepali girls rescued from India-Myanmar border in
two days: They were en route to Southeast Asian and
Gulf countries via Myanmar, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 03/02/2019)
TJ
bodies preparing interim reports as term ends near
(rep 03/02/2019)
Lawmakers
visit Bajura for field study of chhaupadi (ht
03/02/2019)
Student
wing resorts to violence; government vehicles
vandalised (kp 03/02/2019), NSU
cadres torch four govt vehicles, take scores in
control (rep 03/02/2019)
Man
chained to cowshed for 18 years (ht 03/02/2019)
Youths
more vulnerable to cyber crimes (rep 03/02/2019)
Police
and marijuana smugglers exchange fire, by Abadhesh
Kumar Jha (kp 03/02/2019)
127
burglary suspects rounded up in one month (ht
03/02/2019)
A
Madhesi died in police custody. No one knows what
really happened: Five months since the death of Ram
Manohar Yadav, a Free Madhes activist, the
family is still looking for answers while the police
stay silent, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
02/02/2019)
Chhaupadi
deaths fail to teach people any lesson (rep
02/02/2019)
Ministry
consults conflict victims on justice process, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 02/02/2019)
A
child cries in silence: Sexual abuse widespread,
by Aruna Uprety (ht 01/02/2019)
Six
trafficking victims rescued from Delhi (kp
01/02/2019)
Crime
and politics: Nirmala Panta’s unsolved rape and murder
divides activists and prolongs the family’s grief,
by Namrata Sharma (nt 01/02/2019)
Sexual
harassment on public transport unabated (ht
31/01/2019)
Hooch
production increasing in Rautahat (ht 31/01/2019)
Transitional
justice
bodies to get term extension; officials won’t: Move
aims to allay concerns of conflict victims but lacks
substance, by Binod Ghimire (kp 30/01/2019), TRC,
CIEDP members’ tenure extended till April 13:
Commissions get one year extension (ht
30/01/2019), CVCP
lauds bill related to TJ laws amendment (ht
31/01/2019)
Crime
and candidacy: Having lawbreakers as lawmakers would
be the biggest irony (kp 30/01/2019)
Raped
minor struggles with cancer, by Sher Bahadur Jero
(rep 29/01/2019)
A
faction of war victims refuses to be part of any
mechanism: “We want the two transitional justice
commissions to continue, but their officials should be
changed,” says Phanindara Luitel of Conflict Victims
National Network, by Binod Ghimire (kp
28/01/2019), Government
in
bind as conflict victims divided: One association
calls for mechanism to decide the future of
transitional justice process; another objects to any
new structure to deal with war-era cases, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 29/01/2019)
A
closed door: The process of seeking legal remedy for
cases of sexual abuse should be clear (kp
28/01/2019)
Girl,
10, found dead on riverbank, by Binod Bhandari (kp
28/01/2019),
Ten-year-old
girl found dead, rape suspected, by Hari Adhikari
(ht 28/01/2019), Missing
11-year-old girl found dead and naked, by Biken K
Dawadi (rep 28/01/2019), Police
arrest two men in rape andmurder of girl, 11,
by Deo Narayan Sah (kp 04/02/2019), Two
held for rape, murder paraded (ht 04/02/2019)
Nirmala
rape, murder mystery: NHRC finds flaws in collection
of vaginal swab (ht 28/01/2019), Durga
Devi’s DNA matched with Nirmala’s sample, by
Bhawani Bhatta (kp 29/01/2019), Police’s
extraction of male DNA shrouded in mystery (ht
29/01/2019), DNA
test of home minister’s son sought (ht
29/01/2019), Media,
rights activists violated our human rights: Bam
sisters (ht 29/01/2019)
Himalayan
Cargo owner under investigation for money laundering,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 27/01/2019)
Woman
found dead in Rautahat (kp 27/01/2019)
Law
minister-led
mechanism to decide future of transitional justice:
Sources say the body will seek participation of
all stakeholders, including conflict victims, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 27/01/2019), Transitional
Justice & Factional Diplomacy, by Ritu Raj
Subedi (rn 27/01/2019) [An
incredible statement by the Deputy Executive Editor of
the government-owned daily The Rising Nepal in blind
support of the machinations of the Oli government,
despite all the hypocrisy of today's opposition NC,
which has done similar things in the past when in
power. National and international supporters of
victims and civil society are accused of manipulative
interference in internal Nepalese affairs. They are
denied any appeal for respect for the rule of law,
democracy and human rights. Peace without justice for
the victims is not possible! Like all governments before, the
Oli government will do nothing in support of justice
without internal and external pressure!]
Govt
plans nationwide consultation on next transitional
justice process (rep 26/01/2019)
Maths
teacher
at Lalitpur Madhyamik Vidyalaya sexually abused young
girls for decades; An investigation by the Post
discovered a pattern of abusive behaviour by Bodha Raj
‘Basu’ Tripathee; At least seven female students, most
of them in their 20s now, recounted molestation by
Tripathee in the classroom, by Pranaya Shamsher JB
Rana and Marissa Taylor (kp 26/01/2019), Tears
and
anger after Post’srevelations about a teacher’s sexual
abuse of young girls: Lalitpur school suspended Basu
Tripathee after a Post investigation, by
Pranaya Shamsher JB Rana and Marissa Taylor (kp
28/01/2019)
Two-year-old
girl kidnapped, rescued (ht 26/01/2019)
Everest
fraud
leads insurers to threaten a boycott: Trek operators,
guides and helicopter operators had conspired to bilk
millions of dollars from insurance firms by
intentionally making hikers ill, by Kai Schultz
(kp 26/01/2019)
From
tika to ashes: There are layers upon layers of
injustice in the rape of Dalit women, by Sarita
Pariyar (kp 25/01/2019)
International
community
builds pressure on transitional justice: Foreign
missions, UN call for broader consultation with
conflict victims and stakeholders, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 25/01/2019), Govt
slams statement of Western countries, UN on
transitional justice (rep 25/01/2019),
‘Zero
draft’ starting point for talks with victims, by
Roshan S Nepal (ht 25/01/2019)
Swindlers’
list: The promise of a ‘serious probe’ devoid of any
strategy is frustratingly familiar (kp 25/01/2019)
Tribhuvan
University
lecturer sexually harassed female students for years:
Former students advised by Krishna Bahadur Bhattachan
say he touched them inappropriately and regularly made
lewd remarks; Bhattachan denies wrongdoing, says he is
‘so surprised', by Bhrikuti Rai (kp 25/01/2019), Tribhuvan
University
VC says its hands are tied on harassment case: Krishna
Bhattachan, the lecturer accused of sexually harassing
his students for years, defends himself in a letter to
the editor, by Tsering D Gurung Kp 29/01/2019), Bhattachan
responds (kp 29/01/2019), The
hollow eclipse of ‘Identity’: Some notes of reflection
on #MeToo, by Sabin Ninglekhu Limbu (kp
08/02/2019)
Case
filed against woman for dumping infant in Siraha
(ht 25/01/2019)
Armed
group leader killed in action: Doubts surface over
authenticity of leader Chaudhary’s death; NCP demands
investigation, by Abdhesh Kumar Jha (kp
24/01/2019)
Women
brave cold and spend night under tents during
menstruation, by Khamma Khatri (rep 24/01/2019)
Woman
killed on witchcraft allegation (kp 24/01/2019)
Rapist
jailed for eight years (kp 24/01/2019)
Nirmala
rape, murder mystery: NHRC glare on flaws in police
investigation (ht 24/01/2019)
Authorities
clamp down on poultry smuggling, by Shiva Puri (kp
23/01/2019)
‘Laws
made thru political consensus unacceptable’ (ht
23/01/2019)
Tootle
evaded VAT for 19 months: Sources: Was never
registered for VAT, by Biken K Dawadi (rep
23/01/2019)
Textile
smugglers usingtrucks carrying cement, by Bushan
Yadav (kp 23/01/2019)
Seven
held with huge cache of drugs (ht 23/01/2019)
Dalit
community practises untouchability, by Mohan
Budhair (kp 22/01/2019), Caste-based
discrimination rampant, by Tularam Pandey (kp
22/01/2019)
Chepang
girls physically assaulted in Chitwan (kp
22/01/2019), Chepang
girls brave physical assault, escape rape attempt
(ht 22/01/2019)
Nepali
arrested in Delhi for human trafficking (ht
22/01/2019)
Govt
has failed to provide security to women: Ansari
(ht 22/01/2019)
Four
murder accused made public in Kailali district (ht
22/01/2019)
Government
agencies say probe into Sumargi funds continues,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 22/01/2019), Central
bank
asks three banks to return Sumargi’s money to NIBL:
The controversial businessman had withdrawn frozen
funds after court order, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 23/01/2019), Retrieval
of
Sumargi’s money becomes more complicated: Experts say
the central bank did not play proactive role while the
court was silent on order implementation process,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 24/01/2019)
Bajura
police starts collecting data on Chhaupadi sheds
(kp 21/01/2019)
Justice
delayed:
There is no reason why the transitional justice
process should have taken thirteen years unless it is
trying to protect the perpetrators (ht 21/01/2019)
Police
to launch program to control VAW in public vehicles
(rep 21/01/2019)
CIB
arrests British man over paedophile case: In the raid,
Cole was found in apartment with three under-age boys,
by Nayak Paudel (kp 21/01/2019)
Policing
the police: Reform Nepal’s interrogration practices,
by Sakun Bhandari (kp 20/01/2019)
Rise
against
cybercrimes: Women are more susceptible to cyber crime
as perpetrator’s identity remains anonymous and he may
constantly threaten and blackmail the victim by using
different identities, by Dikchya Raut (rep
20/01/2019)
Four
men held on rape charge, by Pratikshya Kafle (kp
19/01/2019)
14-year-old
girl assaulted in Syangja (kp 19/01/2019)
Govt
unlikely to hold consultations with victims, by
Roshan S Nepal (ht 19/01/2019)
Murder
charge filed against ruling party leader in Dolakha,
by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 19/01/2019)
Dozens
of Nepalis invested in tax havens overseas, by
Tsering D Gurung (kp 17/01/2019), How
the ultra-rich use FDI to launder their illicit cash,
by Bibek Subedi (kp 17/01/2019), Rs
35.8 bn parked in Swiss banks: 55 Nepalis have
invested in foreign countries violating domestic laws
(ht 17/01/2019),
Black
money: From shell companies to Nepal, via Ncell,
by Arpan Shrestha (kp 17/01/2019), Washing
up: Political will vital to implicate Nepalis amassing
wealth in offshore accounts (kp 17/01/2019), Can
Nepal bring back Rs 52 billion stashed in Swiss banks?
(rep 17/01/2019),
Sumargi
among 55 Nepalis with investment abroad (rep
17/01/2019), 55
Nepalis invest in foreign firms (ht 17/01/2019), Dhakal
and Bajgain deny report, by Bibek Subedi (kp
18/01/2019), Some
Nepalis investing overseas deny breaking any law
(rep 18/01/2019), Money
laundering watchdog to probe fund transfer (ht
18/01/2019), Mahato
denies taking wealth to foreign countries, by Anuj
Kumar Adhikari (kp 19/01/2019), PM’s
Office
directs probe into Nepalis with offshore investments:
Finance minister says Non-Resident Nepali Act, Income
Tax Act and Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement could
be amended, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
19/01/2019), A
web of factors hamper probe into offshore investment,
money laundering: Businessmen exploiting legal
loopholes while channelising illicit cash into the
country, by Krishna Acharya and Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 21/01/2019), Decoding
NepaLeaks:
It should be noted that mere investing in foreign
lands does not constitute illicit activity in an age
of globalization and liberalization, by Narayan
Manandhar (rep 21/01/2019)
Woman
thrashed on charge of practising witchcraft (ht
17/01/2019)
Rukum
villages bid farewell to Maghe Sankranti with child
marriage, by Lokendra Khanal (rep 17/01/2019)
Family
of fifth missing Bomjan follower files report (kp
17/01/2019)
Justice
delayed,
denied: Why is the state so indifferent toward cases
of sexual violence even as it has totally undermined
rule of law, justice system, national security and
good governance?, by Nabita Nakarmi (rep
16/01/2019)
Kidnapped
boy rescued from Dhangadhi, by Arjun Shah (kp
16/01/2019)
17
years
of denied justice: Muktinath Adhikari’s family is
among thousands who have been dismissed in the
Transitional Justice process, by Suman Adhikari
(kp 16/01/2019)
Nirmala
rape, murder report: NHRC to make public contents of
probe, not findings, by Ujjwal Satyal (ht
15/01/2019)
Criminal
killed in police encounter, by Madhav Dhungana (kp
14/01/2019)
The
chairperson takes action: Local governments can
play a vital role in ending social evils like
Chhaupadi (kp 14/01/2019)
Report
on Maleth killings yet to be submitted, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 14/01/2019)
Police
arrest six men, including a ward chairman, with
illegal gold, by Bharat Jarghamagar (kp
13/01/2019)
Locals
pull down chhau shed in Bajura (ht 12/01/2019)
Nirmala's
father shows his dark side: Yagyaraj beats up his
ex-wife, by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal (rep 11/01/2019)
Preventing
sexual crimes: Policy level changes needed, by
Biranchi Poudyal (ht 11/01/2019)
Teaching
Hospital residents on strike, by Nayak Paudel (kp
11/01/2019) [Not paying the
doctors' salaries for 8 months is an unbelievable
crime! Please stop the paymernt of all politicians and
responsible administrators for the same period of
time!]
Even
right activists and teachers observe criminalised
Chhaupadi in western Nepal, by Basanta Pratap
Singh, Menuka Dhungana and Arjun Shah (kp 11/01/2019)
Tourism
board
to scrap deal with Michael Kobold if fire trucks don’t
arrive by March: In private emails raising funds for
the fire truck expedition, the German watchmaker
admitted that the project was a commercial venture,
not a charity as he’s been advertising to the Nepali
people, by Tsering D Gurung and Pranaya SJB Rana
(kp 10/01/2019), Pattern
of immigration fraud and employee abuse / Using two
passports, Michael Kobold evaded Nepali visa
regulations, by Tsering D Gurung and Pranaya SJB
Rana (kp 11/01/2019), Immigration
office launches probe into Michael Kobold, by
Tsering D Gurung (kp 12/01/2019)
Ganga
Maya Adhikari seeks global attention, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 10/01/2019)
Mother
and two sons die in Chhaupadi shed fire: Women are
still banished to sheds though the practice has been
criminalised, by Arjun Shah (kp 10/01/2019), Break
the
shackle: The local levels must launch a massive
awareness drive to get rid of the chhaupadi system
that dehumanises women in rural areas (ht
10/01/2019)
Nirmala’s
mother demands DNA authenticity verification, by
Bhawani Bhatta (kp 10/01/2019)
Conflict-affected
families of security personnel launch indefinite
sit-in (ht 10/01/2019)
Fate
of transitional justice bodies hangs in balance: As
parties vacillate, conflict victims are divided over
new mechanism, by Binod Ghimire (kp 09/01/2019), Snowfall
adds chill to quake survivors’ lives, by Anish
Tiwari (kp 09/01/2019) [Failure
of government and administration to provide assistance
in time!]
Anti-trafficking
society: Voice for the voiceless, by Shanta Dhakal
(ht 09/01/2019)
Cold
worsens menses woes in far-west (ht 09/01/2019)
Rectify
swearing-in:
Democracy is not just about elections, it is about
electing righteous people who will work for the
welfare of the people and the country (ht
09/01/2019)
Man
held for repeatedly raping daughter, 12, by
Pratichya Kafle (kp 08/01/2019)
CIEDP
probes
85 pc complaints in first phase: Preparing to record
statements of alleged perpetrators for the second
phase of investigation (ht 08/01/2019)
House
panel goes soft on ministers: Recommends action
against two secretaries, acquits Home Secretary Rai,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 08/01/2019) [There
is no rule of law as long as the crimes committed by
politicians and their clientele remain unpunished!]
Man
held in Canada for paedophile charges in Nepal, by
Janakraj Sapkota (kp 08/01/2019), Unwanted
visitors: Paedophilia has become more pervasive
over recent years (kp 09/01/2019)
Maoist
from Chand’s party held on extortion charge (rep
08/01/2019)
Ten
shops gutted in Dadeldhura, one arrested (ht
08/01/2019)
Woman
allegedly murdered for dowry by husband, in-laws,
by Ritesh Tripathi (rep 07/01/2019)
Action
sought against two industries releasing toxic waste
into Jhanjha River (ht 07/01/2019)
Property
worth millions looted at gunpoint (ht 07/01/2019)
Will
Manange be administered oath?, by Bishan Chhetri
(rep 06/01/2019), Provincial
Assembly snubs Manange, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp
07/01/2019), Gandaki
PA mired in dilemma over swearing in Gurung (ht
08/01/2019)
Breaking
the
silence on #MeToo: Women’s silence in Nepal’s feeble
#MeToo movement has also to do with illiteracy and
socioeconomic disadvantages majority of women face,
by Gyanu BK (rep 06/01/2019)
Criminal
Code ‘ineffective’ to end Chhaupadi practice, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 05/01/2019)
Police
search Bomjan’s ashram: Say nothing suspicious found
during raid; Investigation to continue, by Anish
Tiwari and Nayak Paudel (kp 05/01/2019), Police
suspect missing nun Sanchalal Waiba murdered, by
Anish Tiwari (kp 06/01/2019), Bodhi
Shrawan Dharma Sangh refutes charges against Bomjan,
by Anish Tiwari (kp 08/01/2019)
NAFEA
ex-chair booked for evading taxes worth crores (ht
05/01/2019)
Bullion,
real estate, casinos also come under money laundering
scrutiny (rep 05/01/2019)
Chaudhary
sworn in after party’s pressure, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 04/01/2019) [?????],
Why
govt let massacre-accused Resham Chaudhary take oath
(rep 04/01/2019) [There cannot
be enough (potential) criminals in leading political
positions! The rule of law in democratic states does
not allow the participation of persons who are accused
of crimes!], Back
to jail after oath, by Ashok Dahal (rep
04/01/2019), Tikapur
victims speak of grave injustice, by Dil Bahadur
Chhatyal (rep 04/01/2019), Road
to impunity: Oath to Resham Chaudhary (rep
06/01/2019), Verdict
on Tikapur carnage delayed, by Tekendra Deuba (ht
06/01/2019), Apex
court refuses to release Chaudhary, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 08/01/2018), SC
refuses to set Resham Chaudhary free (ht
08/01/2019), ‘Chaudhary
won’t get salary, perks’, by Sanjaya Lama (kp
10/01/2019)
Deepak
Manange’s swearing-in uncertain (ht 04/01/2019)
Chitwan
police arrest Pokhara man for throwing acid at his
wife, by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (kp 04/01/2019)
Police
to cross-check Nirmala’s vaginal swab, by Ujjwal
Satyal (ht 04/01/2019), ‘Allow
women lawmakers to investigate Nirmala Panta’s rape,
murder’ (ht 04/01/2019)
Trafficking
prevention more challenging now (kp 03/01/2019), Human
trafficking prevention a complex issue (ht
03/01/2019)
Fool
me once: The Conflict Victims’ Common Platform could
breathe new life into our pursuit for justice, by
Binod Kumar Paudel and Rajendra Sechuray (kp 03/01/2019)
Consent
is key: Will Nepali society ever fully understand
marital rape?, by Priya Rajbhandary (kp
02/01/2019)
Together
for justice: Charter initiative may further empower
perpetrators rather than victims. Dialogue can help us
unite, by Om Prakash Aryal, Anita Neupane Thapalia
and Ram Bhandari (rep 02/01/2019)
Transitional
Justice Actr: Govt undecided on amendment, by
Roshan S Nepal (ht 02/01/2019), Ganga
Maya to tell her story to the world, by Ujjwal
Satyal (ht 02/01/2019)
Bomjan’s
supporters press against ashram cases probe: Sangha
urges politicians to spare cult leader action, by
Tika R Pradhan (kp 02/01/2019)
Police
after a child rape suspect (kp 01/01/2019)
Torture,
disappearings to be moved from military to civilian
court, by Ashok Dahal (rep 01/01/2019), Bill
to amend Nepal Army Act (rep 02/01/2019)
My
disappeared father: Families who lost relatives during
the Maoist conflict are still seeking truth and
justice, by Ram Kumar Bhandari (kp 31/12/2018), Road
to
justice: Nepal’s transitional justice process failed
to pursue transformative agenda of CPA. It seems to be
moving away from socio-economic dimensions of conflict,
by Tika P. Dhakal (rep 31/12/2018), National
Reconciliation Day Celebration, by Siddhi B
Ranjitkar (km 31/12/2018)
#WhoKilledNirmala?:
When
those in power and with agency to protect the citizens
and uphold societal law and order responds with
hostility to an earnest call for accountability, it
shows how fractured the country’s justice and law
enforcement system is, by Nayak Paudel (kp
31/12/2018)
Speaking
out
and aloud: The #MeToo momentum in Nepal, while
welcome, dissipated before it could even make a dent
in Nepal’s power structures, by Alisha Sijapati
(kp 31/12/2018)
49
women rescued from rehab centre in Budhanilkantha
(kp 29/12/2018)
Kin
of missing appeal state to intervene, by Nayak
Paudel (kp 29/12/2018)
Nirmala
probe started from new hypothesis: IGP Khanal, by
Dil Bahadur Chhatyal (rep 29/12/2018)
12
years
later, justice is a mirage: A proposal to find a way
out of the transitional justice impasse splits the
victims’ movement, by Sewa Bhattarai (nt
28/12/2018),
Justice
in
transition: The international community has seen
transitional justice as a barrier to the peace process
rather than a necessary part of it, by David
Seddon (nt 28/12/2018)
‘Untouchability’
culture among Dalits weakens anti-discrimination drive,
by Menuka Dhungana (kp 28/12/2018)
Families
file complaints after people go missing from Bomjan’s
ashram, by Pratap Bista and Krishna Thapa (kp
28/12/2018), Controversial
godman: Bomjan’s actions cannot remain
overlooked for any longer (kp 31/12/2018)
Nirmala
murder case: 2nd suspect freed by DNA report, accuses
police of torture, by Sanjaya Lama (kp
27/12/2018), Freed
suspects allege torture in custody, by Ujjwal
Satyal (ht 28/12/2018),
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)
Menstruating
women still banished to sheds in 'Chaupadi-free' Jumla,
by DB Budha (rep 27/12/2018)
Throwing
caution to the wind: The authorities’ inaction
towards air pollution is inexcusable (kp
27/12/2018)
TU
vice-chancellor
‘unaware’ of sexual harassment charges against
professor: Retired Tribhuvan University professor
teaches at private colleges and is invited to speak at
prestigious forums, by Tsering D Gurung (kp
26/12/2018)
Bride
injured in gang’s attack, by Chandra Karki (kp
26/12/2018), Case
filed against 10 men for attacking bride (kp
28/12/2018)
Teacher
accused of beating student to death, by Upendra
Yadav (rep 26/12/2018), Teacher
on the run after student’s death in Kalaiya, by
Laxmi Sah (kp 27/12/2018)
Dialogue
Over Conflict, by Dev Raj Dahal (rn 25/12/2018)
Boy
arrested for stabbing a girl for refusing his love
proposal (rep 25/12/2018)
IGP
fails to shed more light on Nirmala rape, murder,
by Ujjwal Satyal (ht 25/12/2018), Protesters
submit signatures to UN country office (ht
25/12/2018)
Mystery
shrouds cop’s death: Was working as domestic help in a
DIG's house, by Ujjwal Satyal (ht 24/12/2018)
Mechanism
for
justice: If proposed high-level political mechanism
provides the space for concluding remaining tasks of
peace and justice, we need to support it, by
Rajendra Senchurey (rep 23/12/2018), Conflict-hit
women demand prompt response to their plaints (ht
23/12/2018)
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!]
Cabbies
continue to fleece passengers (ht 23/12/2018)
Chhaupadi-free
drive ineffective, by Menuka Dhungana (kp
22/12/2018)
AIG’s
report
blames senior officers for failed Nirmala murder
probe: Report says police tried to frame Dilip Singh
Bista; Probe names 18 officers for
tampering with evidence at the crime scene, by
Nayak Paudel (kp 22/12/2018)
Deepak
Manange released after SC’s order (rep 22/12/2018)
[???]
Two
men
caught with unsourced currencies, idol: Police say the
two men were arrested after they could not provide the
source for Rs 1.35 million and 4,300 yuan they
were carrying (kp 22/12/2018)
Tarai
districts in the grip of inclement weather (ht
21/12/2018), Bone-chilling
cold hits Dom community hard (ht 21/12/2018)
Justice,
interrupted: Transitional Justice will only work if
those in charge are trusted, by Mohna Ansari (kp
21/12/2018), Crippled
commissions: Victims’ long wait for justice, by
Ram Dayal Rakesh (ht 21/12/2018)
Watchmaker
promising
fire trucks has a series of dodgy financial
dealings—and a chequered past: A month-long
investigation by The Kathmandu Post shows how Michael
Kobold has used a string of lies and exaggerations to
raise funds for his fire truck campaign, while
continuing to threaten and refusing to pay Nepali
entrepreneurs, by Tsering D Gurung and Pranaya SJB
Rana (kp 21/12/2018)
Ex-UN
official in Nepal to discuss transitional justice
issues, by Binod Ghimire and Anil Giri (kp
21/12/2018)
Fake
gold business on the rise in Kathmandu Valley (rep
21/12/2018)
Cops
raid illegal brewing outlets, seize 79,054 litres of
bootleg liquor (ht 21/12/2018)
Students
vandalise far western campus (kp 20/12/2018)
Rape,
murder convict of minor gets Life sentence (kp
20/12/2018), Timely
verdict;
While the provision of life sentence till death will
act as deterrence the judicial system also needs to
impart justice prudently (ht 21/12/2018)
7-year-old
raped (kp 19/12/2018)
Locked
up mentally ill woman rescued (ht 19/12/2018)
Combating
trafficking:
There are no urban centers, in and outside Nepal,
where Nepali women and girls may not have been
forcibly trafficked, by Nilam Sangroula (rep
19/12/2018)
Playing
politics
with justice: The proposed high-level political
mechanism is believed to be yet another strategy to
award immunity to perpetrators of serious crimes
committed during conflict-era, by Charan Prasai
(rep 19/12/2018)
Smugglers’
attack
injures three cops: Fuel price is about Rs 20 more per
litre in India than in Nepal, hence fuel smugglers
have been active in the border area (kp
19/12/2018)
TRC
still clueless about Rolpa house massacre, by
Dinesh Subedi (rep 18/12/2018)
Rape
cases double in Dang, by Devendra Basnet (rep
18/12/2018)
Woman
murdered in Tokha; police arrest four suspects, by
Samuel Chettri (kp 18/12/2018)
Nirmala
rape, murder: Cops yet to release DNA test results of
suspects held recently, by Anita Shrestha (ht
17/12/2018), Nirmala
murder case: Mother files case against police for
destroying proof, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp
18/12/2018), Police
register plaints on cover-up, coercion, by Bhawani
Bhatta (kp 19/12/2018), Nirmala’s
mother files complaint against 8 cops for ‘destroying
evidence’, by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal (rep
19/12/2018), Relatives
protest for release of two ‘suspects’, by Bhawan
Bhatta (kp 20/12/2018), Police
searching for other evidences after failed DNA test,
by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal (rep 20/12/2018), Chaudhary
and Rawal are still major suspects: Police say DNA
test results alone not the basis for investigation,
by Nayak Paudel (kp 21/12/2018)
Nepalis
held
with 33kg gold in Kolkata: Sharma and Prasad are
accused by a high-level team formed to investigate
into the gold smuggling racket, by Nayak Paudel
(kp 16/12/2018), Officials
say 33kg gold seized from 2 Nepalis in Kolkata could
be that 'lost' from TIA, by Biken K Dawadi (rep
16/12/2018), Police
unsure if gold seized in India is the same that went
missing from Nepal, by Biken K Dawadi (rep
22/12/2018)
Teenager
found hanging inside NC leader’s house, by
Maheshwar Chamling Rai (rep 16/12/2018)
Trafficking
of women to Gulf countries on the rise (ht
16/12/2018)
Girl
disowned by in-laws for being Dalit, husband out of
contact since months, by Jitendra Kumar Jha (rep
16/12/2018)
Bus
committees get more time to register as company, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 16/12/2018)
Ten
arrested for cow slaughter (kp 16/12/2018) [?????]
Civil
society group protests transitional justice junket,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 15/12/2018), Disgruntled
group
calls on Swiss to stand firm on int’l standards: In
the memorandum, the dissident group has appealed to
the United Nations and Switzerland to stand
consistently for ending impunity and fulfillment of
the victims’ right to truth, justice and reparations
(rep 15/12/2018)
Women
still reluctant to register complaints against
domestic violence (ht 15/12/2018)
Oil
theft persists despite advanced locking system, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 15/12/2018)
Four
arrested for attacking police, vandalizing police
station, by Mohan Gurung (rep 15/12/2018)
SC
lets
Manange appeal against conviction: Decision means
appellate court verdict against him not final; He can
get ourt of jail if court allows him to post bail,
by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 15/12/2018) [???]
Another
key accused in 33kg gold smuggling case gets bail,
by Nayak Paudel (kp 14/12/2018) [??]
Police
arrest two suspects in Godamchaur rape case, by
Biken K Dawadi (rep 13/12/2018) [after more than one
year!]
Army
deserter turned Maoist rebel serving life term:
Implicated in surrendering army weapons to rebels,
by Prakash Timalsina (rep 13/12/2018) [But
the
one who received the arms is now officer in the army
and those who commanded the rebels and their army are
now sitting in leading positions of the government!]
Abducted
Indian boy rescued from Damak, Jhapa, by Arjun
Rajbanshi (kp 13/12/2018)
Watch
your words: Online harassment is an epidemic that
needs to be addressed more seriously (kp
13/12/2018)
Mystery
surrounds the death of a Bardiya teen, by Kamal
Panthi (kp 11/12/2018)
Laws
are not enough: A complaint panel should be formed to
deal with sexual harassment in organisations, by
Dinesh Pant (kp 11/12/2018)
More
girls being exposed to Facebook abuse, by Ujjwal
Satyal (ht 11/12/2018)
Gold
smugglers use Malagadhi route after police crackdown,
by Balram Ghimire (kp 11/12/2018)
Suspected
robber killed in police shootout, by Pradeep
Menyangbo (kp 11/12/2018)
Twist
in Nirmala murder case as new arrests don’t relate,
by Chitranga Thapa and Bhawani Bhatta (kp 10/12/2018), Women
activists stage protest with blindfolds demanding
justice for Nirmala, by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal (rep
10/12/2018), Nirmala
case remains unsolved: PM Oli (rep 11/12/2018), Relatives
of
new ‘suspects’ protest: Citizen Struggle forum
Co-ordinator says the authorities have framed innocent
people to protect the real culprits, by Mohan
Budhair and Bhawani Bhatta (kp 12/12/2018)
Reporting
of VAW cases up after operation of helpline service
(rep 10/12/2018)
Two
minors raped in the last 72 hours, by Amrita Anmol
and Birendra KC (kp 09/12/2018)
Police
arrest
rehab centre owner for torturing inmates: Thirteen out
of the 34 inmates fled the rehabilitation centre
and reported to the police the torture they
endured there (kp 08/12/2018)
Police
open fire to arrest ex-con robbery-accused (rep
08/12/2018)
Two
convicted of rape attempt (rep 08/12/2018)
Extortion
to cost cabbies six-month licence suspension (ht
08/12/2018)
Transitional
justice: There’s no confusion, says Law Minister
Dhakal (ht 08/12/2018)
With
new arrest, police say they will crack Nirmala murder
case soon, by Nayak Paudel (kp 07/12/2018)
CK
Raut remanded to judicial custody, by Shiva Puri
(kp 07/12/2018)
Rape
victims in Jumla settle cases fearing social stigma,
by DB Budha (rep 06/12/2018)
Kidnapping
cases up by 29%, by Biken K Dawadi (rep
05/12/2018)
83
pc of missing persons are women or children, by
Shuvam Dhungana (rep 05/12/2018), Where
are missing women and children? (rep 06/12/2018)
India
becoming safe haven for criminals from Nepal, by
Mithilesh Yadav (rep 05/12/2018)
Transitional
justice bodies prepare to go as term sees end, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 04/12/2018), CIEDP
refutes CVCP’s charge (ht 04/12/2018)
New
law set to seize assets of fugitive casino owners,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 04/12/2018)
Rights
activists in fresh protest demanding justice for
Nirmala, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp 04/12/2018)
Police
claim Sethi is the culprit in Thapa murder case,
by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal (rep 04/12/2018)
Nirmala
rape and murder: SP, inspector appeal for lost jobs,
by Nayak Paudel (kp 03/12/2018)
Madhesi
Muslims ‘do not report sexual crimes by male in-laws’
(kp 02/12/2018), Muslim
women facing sexual abuse by family members, fail to
raise voice (ht 02/12/2018)
Injured
conflict victim neglected by state: He has got no
justice even after a court verdict in his favor,
by Sabita Shrestha (rep 02/12/2018)
11
murders in Sunsari in four months, by Amar Khadka
(rep 02/12/2018)
Police
detain activists for pasting Nirmala posters, by
Bhawani Bhatta and Nayak Paudel (kp 01/12/2018) [The
Oli government as veto players with respect to rule of
law, justice and human rights!!], Police
disrupt peaceful protest: Arrest 12 persons for
pasting posters featuring Nirmala (ht 01/12/2018),
Hundreds
rally for justice in Nirmala case (rep
02/12/2018), Protesters
defy police warning (ht 02/12/2018)
Rise
in incidents of murder, abduction has NHRC worried
(ht 01/12/2018)
Special
rapporteur: Nirmala murder is a test case for Nepal,
by Tsering D Gurung (kp 30/11/2018), UN
official concerned about delay in providing justice to
Nirmala Panta (ht 30/11/2018), Justice
delayed and denied: Quest for truth and justice in
daughter’s murder has driven Nirmala’s father to
insanity, by Sewa Bhattarai (nt 30/11/2018)
Abducted
8-yr-old boy found murdered, man arrested, by
Shuvam Dhungana (rep 30/11/2018)
The
ageing warriors: Betrayed by the state and the
parties, it’s an endless wait for justice for the
victims, by Ram Kumar Bhandari (kp 29/11/2018)
3
arrested for allegedly raping a 22-year-old in Thamel,
by Biken K Dawadi (rep 29/11/2018)
Nirmala's
sisters fear sleeping at home in absence of mother,
by Dil BahadurChhatyal and Rajendra Bhatta (rep
29/11/2018)
Two
girls found dead in Lukla hotel (kp 28/11/2018)
6
rape cases a day in first quarter of fiscal year,
by Ashok Dahal (rep 28/11/2018)
At
home, women face worst form of violence (kp
27/11/2018)
Transitional
Justice: Leaders attend Bangkok gathering (ht
27/11/2018)
Those
littering in KMC may face up to 3 months in jail or Rs
100,000 fine, by Shuvam Dhungana (rep 27/11/2018)
Peace
by peace: Nepal requires a bottom-up, intentional and
integrated approach to peace, by Rajendra
Senchurey (kp 26/11/2018)
Movement
against
rape: When rapes happen, it is not the abuser who is
punished, rather victims are blamed, and they may even
be ostracized, by Pratap Sharma (rep 26/11/2018)
A
commitment to all women. This article was written
by the male heads of the following organisations: UNDP,
UNICEF, UNOPS, IOM, ILO, UN HABITAD, UNRCPD, FAO, WHO
UNODC, UNCDF and UNESCO (kp 26/11/2018)
Video
of police manhandling Birgunj women sparks outrage,
by Tsering D Gurung (kp 26/11/2018)
Proposed
political mechanism may derail ongoing progress: TJ
officials (rep 25/11/2018)
Nirmala’s
father
barred from flying to Capital: Yagya Raj, who has been
protesting for weeks demanding justice for the rape
and murder of his teenage daughter, shows signs of
mental illness, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp 25/11/2018)
[????], Nirmala’s
father brought to Kathmandu, doctors say no signs of
mental illness, by Nayak Paudel (kp 26/11/2018) [!!!!]
Kapilvastu
man shot dead; locals protest lax security, by
Manoj Paudel (kp 25/11/2018)
Body
of Madhesi activist who died in police custody lingers
in morgue, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
22/11/2018), Duhabi
residents protest over Hussein’s murder (kp
23/11/2018)
Police
record nine rapeS in four months in Bouddha (kp
22/11/2018)
Police
arrest rape accused In Delhi, by Ramesh Kumar
Paudel (kp 22/11/2018)
Duhabi
tense after NEA employee shot dead, by Deo Narayan
Sah and Pradeep Menyangbo (kp 22/11/2018)
12
years
on, political leadership still dithers on transitional
justice: As two commissions waste three years, leading
parties have been accused of attempting to tire the
victims, by Binod Ghimire (kp 21/11/2018) [Political
leaders who share responsibility for the crimes in one
or other way will never be interested to provide
justice!]
Woman,
73, tortured over witchcraft allegation, by
Harihar Singh Rathour (kp 20/11/2018)
Part
of the problem: As #MeToo gains prominence in Nepal,
men must check their privilege, by Bikash Gupta
(kp 20/11/2018)
Civil
right
activists call for proper investigation: Thousands of
people, who suffered at the hands of state security
forces and the Maoist insurgents have largely been
deprived of justice (kp 19/11/2018)
Nirmala’s
unsolved case: The case has stirred the public and
revealed the state’s disregard towards the law, by
Udayan Regmi (kp 18/11/2018)
27-year-old
man found murdered, by Mohan Budhair (kp
18/11/2018)
VAW,
A Henious Crime, by D.M. Thapa (rn 17/11/2018)
DNA
of 4 more suspects fails to match, by Dil Bahadur
Chhatyal (rep 17/11/2018)
Swiss
bankroll
leaders’ Bangkok junket: Second-rung leaders from the
major parties will spend six days discussing
transitional justice, by Binod Ghimire (kp
16/11/2018) [??], Conflict
victims, Army officials will join Bangkok junket,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 17/11/2018)
Pipe
bomb terror at busy Nepalgunj thoroughfare, by
Thakur Singh Thakur (kp 16/11/2018), Police arrest one
man in Nepalgunj for placing bomb, by Thakur Singh Tharu
(kp 17/11/2018)
Proposal
on political quick fix for transitional justice draws
flak (rep 15/11/2018), Give
me some truth: The government has disregarded the
courts and lied with regard to transitional justice,
by Ram Kumar Bhandari (kp 15/11/2018)
Agriculture
and Forestry University vandalised (kp
15/11/2018), Agriculture
and Forestry University in Chitwan vandalised, set
ablaze (ht 15/11/2018)
Bajura
becoming safe haven for poachers, herb smugglers
(ht 15/11/2018)
Elusive
justice: Why have we let singular narratives define
victimhood?, by Varsha Gyawali (kp 14/11/2018)
Ward
official held over witchcraft allegation, by
Amrita Anmol (kp 14/11/2018)
Man
assaults sister, nieces in Taplejung, by Ananda
Gautam (kp 14/11/2018)
Theft
cases double during Tihar, suicides down by 40 percent,
by Bikan K Dawadi (rep 14/11/2018)
Conflict
victims work on demand paper to press for justice,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 13/11/2018)
Two
men killed their wives in two days (ht 13/11/2018)
Man
arrested for raping daughter in Morang (ht
13/11/2018)
11-year-old
defiled, two Indian teens held (ht 13/11/2018)
Seven
men gang-rape two girls in Lahan, by Bharat
Jarghamagar (kp 12/11/2018), Woman,
teenage girl gang-raped (ht 12/11/2018), Two
gang raped in Siraha, police searching for accused
(rep 13/11/2018)
13-year-old
girl found dead in Udayapur, rape suspected (ht
12/11/2018), Five
held over the ‘rape and murder’ of girl, 12, by
Dilliram Khatiwada (kp 13/11/2018)
12-yo-girl
raped in Kathmandu during Tihar (ht 12/11/2018)
Cyber
crimes on the rise in Valley, by Bikan K Dawadi
(rep 12/11/2018)
Three
arrested on rape charge, by Ujjwal Satyal (ht
11/11/2018)
Transitional
body Finishes study of Complaints in 55 districts
(kp 07/11/2018), Victims
urge transitional justice mechanism backed by
political parties (rep 07/11/2018)
Shaman
scorches woman with hot spatula, by Anil Bhandari
(rep 07/11/2018)
Nepal,
first S Asian country to criminalise corporal
punishment of children, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
06/11/2018)
Gangster
Samirman’s wife arrested: Accused of involvement in
Gauchan’s murder (ht 05/11/2018)
16-year-old
girl raped in Sunsari, by Pradeep Menyangbo (kp
01/11/2018)
Impunity
must end: Judicial punishment is the only remedy and
hope for breaking the chain of impunity, by Mohna
Ansari (kp 31/10/2018), Can
“sorry”
lead to lasting peace? Without an admission that
violence may not have been necessary, there can be no
repentance or apology and, therefore, no
reconciliation, by Bishal Thapa (rep 31/10/2018)
One
dead, seven hurt in clash between party cadres, by
Om Prakash Thakur (kp 31/10/2018), Family
refuses to receive body, NC warns of protest, by
Om Prakash Thakur (kp 01/11/2018), Men
from two Sarlahi villages flee homes fearing reprisal
attacks, by Tanka Chhetri (kp 05/11/2018)
Dr
Shrestha jailed in illegal property case (kp
31/10/2018)
3
arrested in connection with Gauchan's murder (rep
30/10/2018)
Ward
chairman among 5 in custody over man's disappearance
(rep 28/10/2018)
Three
months
on, no headway in Nirmala rape, murder probe:
Investigations remain fruitless while sacked police
officers retain the chance of working at a government
office again in future, by Nayak Paudel (kp
27/10/2018), Not
enough:
Shifting narratives and sacking of two cops are the
only things that have been seen in government’s
‘efforts’ to nab the culprits in Nirmala rape and
murder (ht 29/10/2018), Nirmala’s
parents
demand punitive action against Bista and Bhatta: Say
terminating Bista and Bhatta from police service alone
is not enough punishment for what they did,
by Bhawani Bhatta (kp 30/10/2018), DNA
samples of four persons sent for test (ht
31/10/2018), 100
days and still no justice, by Arpan Shrestha and Nayak
Paudel (kp 02/11/2018)
Two
accused of murder make dramatic escape from
custody, by Hari Adhikari (ht 27/10/2018)
Murder
convict arrested after 29 years, sent to jail (ht
27/10/2018)
Intimate
partner violence: Lack of laws and weak implementation
forces young people to suffer in silence, by
Jesselina Rana (kp 26/10/2018)
Transitional
justice:
Act amendment process snail-pacedLaw ministry plans to
finalise draft before the start of winter session of
Parliament, by Roshan S Nepal (rep 26/10/2018)
Man
held on charge of attempted rape (ht 26/10/2018)
Elderly
woman force-fed excreta over minor dispute (ht
25/10/2018), Assault
on elderly: Three arrested (kp 26/10/2018)
‘Most
wanted’ foreign employment fraud held (ht
25/10/2018)
Boy,
12, rapes girl, 3, in Kanchanpur (kp 23/10/2018)
Another
minor raped in Bhimdattanagar-2, Kanchanpur (ht
23/10/2018)
Youth
arrested on charge of raping a 7 y/o girl (ht
23/10/2018)
Child
murder suspect held near Nepal-India border (kp
23/10/2018)
Transitional
justice: Ministry consults top leaders on law revision,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 23/10/2018)
Man
rapes 7-year-old girl (kp 22/10/2018)
Nirmala
rape and murder case: Process begins to sack suspended
police officers, by Nayak Paudel (kp 22/10/2018),
Fire
negligent police officers, NP headquarters recommends
(ht 22/10/2018), |