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Press articles (used media abbreviations)

‘YF violating human rights’ (kp 09/08/2008)

Standing up for their rights, by Pawan Neupane (kp 09/08/2008)

‘HR worsening in mid and far west’ (kp 08/08/2008), HR violation cases up in far west (rn 12/08/2008)

52 killed in first quarter (rn 05/08/2008)

Police bar women activists from protesting semi-nude (nn 03/08/2008) [The continued beating of unprotected persons with wooden sticvks by the police violates human dignity and is a crime that comes close to attempted murder!!!], At least six women injured, dozens arrested (kp 04/08/2008), 70 women taken in police custody (ht 04/08/2008), NHRC cautions against excessive use of force (kp 04/08/2008), We want law against “intersectionality” abuse, interview with Sapana Malla Pradhan (kp 04/08/2008), Govt forms task force to end VAW: Women denounce structure (kp 05/08/2008), Women’s demand (kp 05/08/2008), Women rights activists suspend strike (nn 05/08/2008), Women end strike (nn 06/08/2008), Women end protest after task force expanded (kp 07/08/2008)

Nepal records least human rights violation in South Asia (nn 01/08/2008)

Legitimize prostitution: sex workers (rn 29/07/2008)

HRW slams govt for assaulting Tibetans (kp 25/07/2008), Govt violating Tibetan protesters’ rights: HRW (ht 25/07/2008), HRW claims Nepal suppressing Tibetan protests under Chinese pressure (nn 25/07/2008) [see HRW report]

Kotwada Victims Await Justice: Gov't needs to take any action against those involved in grave human rights violations, by Pratibedan Baidya (on 24/07/2008)

AWC questions US firm's report (kp 15/07/2008), Don’t pardon criminals, says rights activist (ht 15/07/2008), Pardoning the perpetrators, by Mallika Aryal (nt 18/07/2008), The long, long wait: Families of the disappeared want truth and justice, by Ramkumar Bhandari (nt 18/07/2008)

OHCHR tenure over: NHRC Commissioner says it has been weakening rights movement here, by Ananta Raj Luitel (ht 12/07/2008) [???]

Daughter-in-law tortured over dowry (kp 01/07/2008), Woman thrashed, expelled from home over dowry, by Prabhat Kumar Jha (ht 01/07/2008)

HR bodies stress more efforts to end torture (kp 27/06/2008), UN Day against Torture: Torture rampant in Nepal: NHRC (ht 27/06/2008)

Culture of impunity in Nepal, by Dipendra Jha (ht 27/06/2008)

Begin at the beginning: The disappearances, impunity and terror started 23 years ago, by CK Lal (nt 20/06/2008)

OHCHR-Nepal visits Kapilvastu victims (kp 19/06/2008)

OHCHR lashes out at police highhandedness (nn 30/05/2008)

Truth and reconciliation, by Gopal Krishna Siwakoti (kp 29/05/2008), Politics of impunity, by Gauri Pradhan (kp 29/05/2008)

Human rights situation hasn't improved significantly: AI (nn 28/05/2008), YCL violating rights with impunity: AI (ht 29/05/2008), YCL, police involved in massive HR violations: AI (kp 30/05/2008)

NHRC paints grim rights scene (ht 27/05/2008)

Cops torture teens caught stealing, by Himal Dhungel (ht 17/05/2008)

SC to govt: Enact law against excessive force (kp 13/05/2008), SC fiat to criminalise excessive use of force (ht 13/05/2008)

Protect torture victim Lama: AI (kp 30/04/2008)

Rights violation of minors still rampant: UN report (nn 24/04/2008)

12 students hurt in police baton-charge (kp 23/04/2008)

Stop illegal detention of Tibetans: HRW (kp 21/04/2008),HRW concerned over illegal detention of Tibetans (nn 21/04/2008)

UML voter accidentally attacked by UML cadre! (kp 03/04/2008) [This is not a political incidence as the police claims but a crime. The offender should stop to call himself 'human rights activist'!!], Violence against women in politics alarming (kp 03/04/2008)

AI, HRW ask PM to restore rights of Tibetans (kp 02/04/2008), AI, HRW rap govt for curbing Tibetan refugees’ movement (ht 02/04/2008)

CA polls and human rights, by Navaraj Pudasaini (kp 01/04/2008)

NHRC to blacklist rights violators (ht 29/03/2008)

Why the deafening silence?, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp 19/03/2008) [on the open or silent support of attrocities against Tibetan people committed by the Chinese authorities and the Nepali police!!], Rights activists condemn police action on Tibetans' demonstrations (nn 19/03/2008), Human Rights Watch urges Nepal to stop crackdown on Tibetan protesters (iht 20/03/2008), Nepal action on Tibet 'excessive' (BBC News 20/03/2008), End Attacks, Arbitrary Arrests, and Harassment of Tibetans: Nepali Government Should Stop Doing Beijing’s Bidding, by Human Rights Watch (20/03/2008), Stop harassing Tibetans: HRW (kp 21/03/2008)

US slams Nepal human rights record (ht 13/03/2008) [see report by U.S. Department of State, 11 March 2008]

They are guilty too, by Ramesh Dahal (kp 08/03/2008)

Political developments affecting HR (kp 06/03/2008)

HR Council Meeting: Nepal committed to HR: Sahana (kp 05/03/2008)

Ensure accountability to protect HR: Arbour (kp 04/03/2008), OHCHR praises progress in human rights situation (nn 04/03/2008), No TRC through ordinance: Victims (kp 04/03/2008)

Gross HR violations in tarai: NHRC (kp 23/02/2008), NHRC says human rights situation has worsened in Terai (nn 29/02/2008)

Disappearance bill on anvil, by Kiran Chapagain (kp 21/02/2008)

514 killed in 2007 by non-state actors: INSEC (ht 20/02/2008), Human Rights Situation (rn 21/02/2008)

Maina Sunuwar, 15, Killed 4 Years Ago; Justice Denied, by Richard Bennett (Nepal Monitor 18/02/2008)

The basis of the TRC, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp 15/02/2008), ‘Political will needed to end impunity’ (kp 17/02/2008)

Impunity remains unchecked in Nepal: Kang (nn 04/02/2008)

OCHA Nepal Situation Overview Issue No. 20, 01 - 31 Jan 2007 (Relief Web 04/02/2008) [see full report]

Father repays with daughter after losing in gambling (nn 03/02/2008)

NHRC seeks action against 3 security men (kp 01/02/2008)

Overlooking TRC, by Navaraj Pudasaini (kp 01/02/2008)

Senior UN human rights official to visit Nepal (nn 29/01/2008)

Human rights and sovereignty, by Trilochan Upreti (kp 24/01/2008))

Uphold human rights: NHRC (kp 23/01/2008)

OHCHR-Nepal hands over human rights pocketbook to Nepal Police (nn 17/01/2008)

Envoys meet Sitaula to raise concern on disappearance bill (nn 15/01/2008)

'Guarantee security to human rights defenders' (nn 12/01/2008)

Western diplomats express concern over TRC bill (nn 11/01/2008)

Woman forced to sign agreement with torturers, by Jitendra Khadka (kp 09/01/2008)

OHCHR urges govt to delay TRC bill (kp 05/01/2008)

Impunity Prohibition Act, by Raj Kumar Siwakoti (kp 05/01/2008), Justice for a just society, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp 05/01/2008)

Govt neglects Maina case: Activists (kp 04/01/2008)

House panel to summon PM, army chief over Shivapuri (kp 23/12/2007), Helter-skelter (kp 24/12/2007), Shivapuri Site: Govt unwilling to probe past atrocities: HRW (kp 30/12/2007) [A 'new Nepal' will never have any chance as long as the crimes of the past are not punished!!]

HR defenders rap criminalization in politics (kp 23/12/2007)

‘Safeguard rights of Nepali workers abroad’ (kp 22/12/2007)

Fatal prejudices, by Deepa Bhatta (kp 22/12/2007)

I know my rights (kp 11/12/2007)

HR violation on the rise: NHRC (kp 09/12/2007)

‘Implement UN Resolution 1325’ (kp 08/12/2007)

Single women narrate woes: Some face sexual exploitation from in-laws (kp 06/12/2007)

Kin seek whereabouts of disappeared, by Dambar Singh Rai (kp 06/12/2007)

Is politics fuelling human trafficking, too?, by Surendra Phuyal (kp 05/12/2007)

Women forced out of home over dowry, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp 04/12/2007)

'Adopt victim centred approach to deal with sexual violence' (kp 27/11/2007)

Govt to set up 3 rehabs for trafficking victims (kp 24/11/2007)

Sexual minorities warn of agitation against 'discrimination' (nn 19/11/2007)

Thousands of students and teachers abducted in Nepal in 5 years: UNESCO report (nn 09/11/2007)

Deteriorating rights situation, by Navaraj Pudasaini (kp 08/11/2007)

No improvement in HR situation: NHRC (kp 07/11/2007)

Nepal ready to promote human rights: Acharya (nn 31/10/2007)

Women accused of witchcraft, tortured (kp 17/10/2007)

EU unveils plan to support human rights defenders in Nepal (nn 10/10/2007), EU initiative for rights defenders (kp 11/10/2007)

Statement by Richard Bennett, Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal - Delivered at a media briefing at OHCHR-Nepal, Kathmandu (Relief Web 01/10/2007)

Masculine aggression, by Sorrel Retchford (kp 21/09/2007)

HR bodies voice solidarity with Badis (kp 20/09/2007)

Human rights lawyer threatened: AI (nn 29/08/2007)

HR in Siraha, Saptari grim (kp 09/08/2007)

OHCHR concerned about Truth and Reconciliation Commission Bill (nn 03/08/2007), Truth, reconciliation bill dismays OHCHR (kp 04/08/2007)

CoAS Katawal to face human rights questions while in UK (nn 23/07/2007), Rights defenders protest Katawal’s UK visit (kp 25/07/2007), Nepal army chief's Britain visit stirs fresh controversy (wi 25/07/2007)

Govt weakening rights bodies: activists (samn 21/07/2007)

Nepal urged to ratify Rome Statute (kp 18/07/2007), Rights groups ask govt to accede to Rome Statute (nn 25/07/2007)

Torture Persists in Democratic Nepal, Say Advocates, by Haider Rizvi (One World 16/07/2007)

AI, ICJ ask govt to ratify Rome Statute (samn 07/07/2007)

OHCHR concerned over Disappearance Commission (kp 06/07/2007)

Three injured as police baton charge at army petrol pump (nn 02/07/2007) [The "security" forces will never learn to respect fundamental human rights!!], 3 hurt in police-motorists scuffle over fuel (kp 03/07/2007)

Most dangerous disappearing act, by Chris Randall (kp 30/06/2007)

Rights organisations want end to torture (nn 26/06/2007), 1,313 torture cases after April movement (kp 26/06/2007), UN asks Nepal for torture law (wi 26/06/2007), Torture still exists in Nepal: report (samn 27/06/2007), Nepal asked to curb torture (Peninsula)

Human rights and democracy, by Narayan Prasad Wagle (kp 20/06/2007)

Govt slams UNHCR on urban refugees, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp 20/06/2007)

‘Protect human rights defenders’ (kp 16/06/2007)

'Anti-trafficking efforts ineffective' (samn 14/06/2007)

APF men beat us up: locals (kp 09/06/2007)

Bennett named as new OHCHR chief in Nepal (nn 08/06/2007)

Even wars have limits: Humanitarian law still has an important role in Nepal, by Raoul Forster (nt 08/06/2007), Int'l laws being ignored in Nepal: ICRC (samn 08/06/2007)

Disappearance bill should meet int’l standards: Sundh (kp 26/05/2007)

Defending human rights at UN committee, by Trilochan Upreti (kp 21/05/2007)

NHRC laments human rights abuses during Terai agitations (nn 29/04/2007), NHRC concerned over rights violations in Terai (kp 30/04/2007)

'HR information must be communicated' (kp 26/04/2007), 80 killed in clashes in one year: report (samn 26/04/2007), ‘Rights situation better' (samn 26/04/2007), UN brings together local leaders for talks on human rights in peace process (UN News Centre  26/04/2007)

OHCHR expresses concerns over disappeared people (nn 24/04/2007)

Anti-disappearance laws in the offing, by Kiran Chapagain (kp 23/04/2007)

UN rights experts arriving today (kp 22/04/2007), UNHCR experts arrive on 6-days visit (samn 23/04/2007)

OHCHR-Nepal calls for probing disappearances (sp 20/04/2007)

Weaknesses of law enforcement agencies responsible for Gaur massacre: OHCHR (nn 20/04/2007), Police, CDO did not act on time (kp 27/04/2007)

Impunity on the rise: NHRC (kp 20/04/2007)

Carter's team finds high level of fear, violence in Nepal (wi 17/04/2007), OHCHR, NHRC discuss rights issues with leaders, civil society activists (nn 17/04/2007)

Bhairavnath probe termination likely, by Kiran Chapagain (kp 12/04/2007), Uncertainty over Bhairavnath probe draws OHCHR concern (kp 13/04/2007), UN body seeks probe into disappearances (samn 13/04/2007), Dashed hope (kp 14/04/2007)

'Planned disappearance massive' (samn 09/04/2007)

NHRC records 640 cases of human rights abuses in four months (nn 03/04/2007)

Ratify  Rome statute immediately, say experts (nn 30/03/2007)

Gyawali to attend UN Human Rights Council meeting (nn 12/03/2007)

Rights situation improving: US report (nn 07/03/2007) [see report], Some improvement in Nepal HR situation: US, by Kiran Chapagain (kp 07/03/2007)

Anti-trafficking strategy should incorporate rights-based approach, says Sundh (nn 07/03/2007)

Rights situation improved after democracy: INSEC (nn 20/02/2007), Rights situation improved after political change: OHCHR (nn 22/02/2007), Implementation of HR pacts unsatisfactory: OHCHR (kp 23/02/2007)

Refugees, asylum seekers continue sit-in (kp 31/01/2007), Refugees, asylum seekers end stir (kp 02/02/2007)

ICJ urges Nepal to ratify Convention against Enforced Disappearances (nn 29/01/2007)

56 rights violation cases in Tanahun (samn 26/01/2007)

Arbour visits Sindhupalchowk (nn 23/01/2007), Arbour's second visit, by Sushil Pyakurel (kp 23/01/2007), Arbour takes stock in Sindhupalchowk (kp 24/01/2007)

Rights situation improved markedly after April change: HRW (nn 12/01/2007), Right Turn: The latest report of Human Rights Watch (HRW) notes marked improvement in rights situation (sp 19/01/2007)

Human rights violation still on: NHRC (samn 01/01/2007)

HR abuse still on but numbers are less (samn 26/12/2006)

Louise Arbour to Visit Nepal in January (samn 25/12/2006), UN human rights chief to visit Nepal in January (nn 29/12/2006), Arbour arriving today (nn 19/01/2007), End of 11-year conflict a great achievement: Arbour (nn 19/01/2007)

AFAD 3rd congress kicked off (kp 17/12/2006)

Nepal ranks third in human rights violations (nn 14/12/2006)

OHCHR worried about violent demos, police actions (nn 05/12/2006), Over dozen agitating students injured in police action (nn 05/12/2006), 20 students, 4 cops injured (kp 05/12/2006), Cops’ highhandedness reminiscent of April: OHCHR (kp 06/12/2006), Use of force on students concerns OHCHR (samn)

Siraha’s good soldier (nt 01/12/2006)

Implement Resolution 1325 for protection and promotion of women’s rights: Sundh (nn 28/11/2006)

Rights bodies demand to stop torture in custody (nn 23/11/2006)

New OHCHR-Nepal chief arrives (nn 13/11/2006), Human rights basis for sustainable peace: Sundh (nn 15/11/2006)

After long legal battle, torture victim’s family finally receives compensation (nn 07/11/2006),  Family of torture victim recompensed years later, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp 07/11/2006)

Political parties urged to protect right (samn 04/11/2006)

Arbour tables report on Nepal at UN General Assembly (nn 19/10/2006)

Human Rights Watch honors Nepali activist  (Relief Web 18/10/2006)

Rome Treaty ends impunity, by Lalit Bahadur Basnet (kp 11/10/2006)

Landmine victims barely survive (samn 21/09/2006)

HR situation ‘improved significantly’ in Nepal: Arbour (nn 20/09/2006)

Kamlaris in Dang: Young Tharu girls sold into indentured labour are slowly being brought home, by Suman Pradhan (nt 15/09/2006)

Landmines kill nearly 1,300 in Nepal (samn 12/09/2006)

Bhairavnath detained 66: NHRC (kp 28/08/2006)

Prime minister committed to ratifying ICC Statute (kp 27/08/2006)

Girl at mental hospital wants to be rescued (kp 25/08/2006)

OHCHR demands revision in army bill, by Kiran Chapagain (kp 22/08/2006)

Tortured repeatedly, a pro-democracy activist battles for life (nn 14/08/2006)

Janakpur to Geneva: a ‘disappeared’ trail, by Kosh Raj Koirala & Guna Raj Luitel (kp 13/08/2006)

Nepal joins the cause of 'comfort women' (wi 09/08/2006)

From guns to grown-up jobs: Women and children are vulnerable to the effects of conflict, but are more resilient than expected, by Marty Logan (nt 04/08/2006)

Govt asked to ratify ICC treaty (kp 04/08/2006)

U.S. Senate Discusses Landmines: Campaigners in Nepal urge Nepalese government to sign the Ottawa Convention, by Rajan Pokhrel (on 02/08/2006)

Make torture a crime in Nepal: activists (samn 28/07/2006)

602 people still missing: Govt report ‘Form all-powerful commission’ (kp 27/07/2006)

Make whereabouts of Yadav public: HURON (samn 27/07/2006)

Nepali parliament directs gov't to sign Rome Statute (pd 26/07/2006), Importance of ICC (kp 27/07/2006)

Come back, Ian: Why has Kofi yanked off the UN’s human rights man just when Nepal needs him the most? by Kanak Mani Dixit (nt 21/07/2006)

Nepalese Circus Girls Tortured: Indian industry accused of routinely abusing workers, by Ram Hari Sapkota (Ohmy News 19/07/2006)

Nepal: Women Face Widespread Violence; Even home is not safe when laws to protect women are not seriously implemented, by Rajan Pokhrel (Ohmy News 17/07/2006)

A miracle called Nagen Sunuwar, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp 16/07/2006)

Can’t get away with torture: Torture is still not a crime in Nepal despite this country having signed the UN convention against it, by Naresh Newar (nt 14/07/2006)

Maoists torture bigamist (kp 14/07/2006), Maoists continuing atrocities; tortures one on the charge of polygamy (nn 14/07/2006)

NHRC indicts army for Kotwada killings [Political and moral responsibility goes to their then supreme commander!] (kp 10/07/2006)

NA soldiers beat locals, by Shiva Puri (kp 08/07/2006)

Torture widespread in Nepal: Report (nn 07/07/2006)

Father seeks son’s whereabouts, by Kamal Panthi (kp 06/07/2006)

Action against rights violators sought (kp 27/06/2006)

Stringent law sought to stop torture (samn 27/06/2006)

No justice for torture victims (kp 27/06/2006)

Law against enforced disappearance, by Mohan Kumar Karna (kp 27/06/2006)

Police involved in abduction: OHCHR concerned (kp 25/06/2006)

World Refugee Day being observed; UNHCR unhappy with Nepal (nn 20/06/2006), UNHCR unhappy with Nepal, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp 20/06/2006)

917 people still missing: NHRC (kp 17/06/2006)

Asian rights body concerned at Nepal HR (samn 16/06/2006)

‘Tortured’ detainee in national park dies in hospital, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 14/06/2006)

DPM Oli leaves for Switzerland (rn 13/06/2006), Oli to appraise UN on rights situation (samn 13/06/2006)

Squatters injured in evacuation drive (kp 11/06/2006)

13-yr-old girl left to fend for herself (samn 09/06/2006) [Take the king and his former army into responsibility!]

Army refutes report (kp 07/06/2006)

Govt urged to end ‘impunity’ (kp 05/06/2006)

Govt. not serious in the issue of Human Rights: Rights Activists (nn 01/06/2006)

Control small arms: AI to Govt (kp 29/05/2006)

Building Unity Of Purpose (sp 26/05/2006)

Majority of people trafficked are girls and women: Study (nn 24/05/2006)

Rights situation sharply deteriorated during King’s direct rule: AI (nn 24/05/2006), HR during king's rule grim: AI (kp 24/05/2006)

HoR forms panels to probe Nagarkot, Belbari incidents (nn 11/05/2006)

Govt, Maoists urged to respect rights (samn 05/05/2006)

Torture ‘conducted on systematic basis’ in Nepal: UN rapporteur (UN News Centre 03/05/2006), ‘Torture systematic in Nepal’ (kp 04/05/2006)

Forces grossly violated HR in Belbari: HRTMC (kp 02/05/2006)

"Will they beat us?" Nine-year-old Pratikshya Gurung finds herself in prison (nt 21/04/2006)

Rights Situation Continues to Exacerbate In 2005: INSEC (nln 10/04/2006), ‘HR situation worsned after Feb 1’ (kp 10/04/2006), Rights situation deteriorated in 2005: INSEC (nn 10/04/2006)

Trafficking survivors for life of dignity (kp 04/04/2006)

13-yr-old domestic escapes from 'hell' (samn 24/03/2006)

Sheer madness (kp 22/03/2006)

Bruised and battered, cop seeks help (kp 22/03/2006), Bagale charged with public offence (kp 23/03/2006), Court orders judicial custody to Bagale (nn 24/03/2006), Court remands sacked cop Bagale (kp 24/03/2006), Court releases Bagale (nn 29/03/2006), Bagale freed (kp 29/03/2006)

Community mediation helping poor, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (kp 15/03/2006)

AHRC concerned over safety of cop (samn 02/03/2006)

Nepal: Police on ‘Sexual Cleansing’ Drive; Transgender People Routinely Subjected to Physical and Sexual Abuse (Human Rights Watch 12/01/2006), Nepal: Police on 'Sexual Cleansing' Drive (Reuters AlertNet 12/01/2006), Letter to Nepal's Minister of Justice and Minister of Home Affairs: On the arbitrary arrest and police violence against transgender people (Human Rights Watch, 13/01/2006), Nepal cops on 'sexual cleansing drive': rights watchdog (wi 13/01/2006), Nepal gays fight for Indian peers (wi 13/01/2006), Nepal transsexual 'abuse' concern (BBC News 13/01/2006), Nepal Accused Of 'Sexual Cleansing' (364Gay.com 13/01/2006), Nepal police step up attacks on transgender people (Advocate 14/01/2006), Group petitions Nepal on transgender rights, by Christopher Curtis (Gay.com 16/01/2006), Nepal “abusing” transsexuals, by Ben Townley (Gay.com 17/01/2006)

Asylum seekers protest UNHCR (samn 11/01/2006), Resettlement process of protesting asylum-seekers underway: UNHCR (nn 16/01/2006), UNHCR Clarifies On Refugees Issue (nln 16/01/2006), UNHCR's no on written guarantee for refugees (kp 17/01/2006)

Girls sold for sexploitation in India's residential areas (kp 04/01/2006)

Declare torture as criminal offense: Activists (nn 02/01/2006), Torture widespread: Study (kp 03/01/2006)

Human Rights Resource Centre comes into operation (nn 09/12/2005)

UN panel says torture is widespread in Nepal (Peninsula 26/11/2005), Nepal troops draw UN flak for torture (samn 26/11/2005)

UN Committee against torture begins review of Nepal report (nn 10/11/2005)

The Conflict in Nepal: Gender and Human Rights Perspectives, by Geeta Pathak Sangroula (tg 09/11/2005)

45 prison stints, but still fighting for democracy (wi 09/11/2005)

15 years in Pakistani jail for no reason, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp 25/10/2005)

Role Of The OHCHR In The Protection Of Human Rights, by Lalit Bdr. Basnet (sp 02/09/2005)

Locals, police clash 18 arrested, 60 injured (kp 31/07/2005)

Beyond the risk-talk, by Anil Bhattarai (kp 16/07/2005)

Cops harass family without proof (kp 02/05/2005)

Brutal Start to Nepali New Year as Police Beat Metis, by Sunil Pant (UK Gay News 14/04/2005), Rights group accuses cops of thrashing metis (ht 20/04/2005)

Rights abuses increase by three-fold: INSEC (rn 31/01/2005)

UN rights chief urges govt, rebels to sign HR accord (kp 25/01/2005), NHRC meet urges govt, Maoists to sign HRA (kp 26/01/2005), Human rights accord (kp 26/01/2005), Human rights visitors and political will, by Seira Tamang (kp 26/01/2005), Curb impunity: Arbour (kp 27/01/2005), UN rights official asks Maoists to come to talks: Strong message sent to rebels to respect popular wish (rn 27/01/2005), Call To Respect Rights (rn 28/01/2005), RNA sore over news tainting its image (rn 29/01/2005)

Mission human rights, by Bipin Adhikari (kp 24/01/2005)

3 rearrested by police (kp 23/01/2005)

Reverse discrimination, by Prerana Marasini (kp 21/01/2005)

Rising extra-judicial killings worries AI (kp 21/01/2005), 'Govt, Maoists should sign rights accord' (rn 21/01/2005)

Breadwinner killed by RNA, family left destitute (kp 19/01/2005)

Appeal for release of arrested kin (kp 17/01/2005)

HR Watch raps army (kp 15/01/2005)

International Concerns (rn 13/01/2005)

Human rights (kp 07/01/2005)

Human rights violation, by Yadav Khanal (kp 06/01/2005)

Probe indicts RNA of killing NC cadre (kp 06/01/2005)

Safekeeping rights of people, by Binod P Bista (kp 05/01/2005)

RNA warns rights activists against falling prey to Maoist propaganda (ht 01/01/2005), Refute ‘baseless news’: Army chief to SC, by Kiran Chapagain (kp 06/01/2005)

For older links see archive

Background

Landmines Nepal, the unseen danger in Nepal

Stop dissappearnces in Nepal, a web site organized by Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), Kong Kong

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Civilians Struggle to Survive in Nepal’s Civil War, a report by Human Rights Watch (07/10/2004)

Nepal Human rights defenders under threat (Amnesty International, 28/07/2004)

Victims of conflict, press release by INSEC, 11 December 2003

Nepal: Widespread "disappearances" in the context of armed conflict (Amnesty International, 16/10/2003)

A Deepening Human Rights Crisis (Amnesty International, 19/12/2002)

A Spiralling Human Rights Crisis (Amnesty International, 04/04/2002)

Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007, by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, March 11, 2008

Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2006, by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, March 6, 2007

Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2005, by U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, 08/03/2006

Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2004, by U.S. Department of State, 28/02/2005

Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2003, by U.S. Department of State, 25/02/2004

Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2002, by U.S. Department of State, 31/03/2003

Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2001, by U.S. Department of State, March 2002

Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2000, by U.S. Department of State, February 2001

Country Report on Human Rights Practices 1999, by U.S. Department of State, 25 February 2000

Country Report on Human Rights Practices 1998, by U.S. Department of State, 26 February 1999

Human Rights and People's War in Nepal

Human Rights Watch reports and papers on Nepal

Amnesty International reports and papers on Nepal

Amnesty International Report 2004, Nepal Summary (January - December 2003)

Amnesty International Report 2003, Nepal Summary (January - December 2002)

Amnesty International Report 2002 (January - December 2001)

Amnesty International Report 2001 (January - December 2000)

amnesty international report 2000

amnesty international Jahresbericht: 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996 (in German)

Amnesty International, Nepal section

Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC), including the internet versions of the Yearbooks 2001, 2000, 1999, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992

Refugees in Nepal