गैरआवासीय
नागरिकता :
अन्योल र
अस्पष्टतामै
कति वर्ष
बिताउने ?
[Non-Resident
Citizenship:
How many years
will you spend
in confusion
and
ambiguity?]
(ka
29/10/2024)
EC
seeks details
of those
renouncing
Nepali
citizenship
(kh
17/10/2024)
PM
Oli stresses
‘serious
discussion’ on
dual
citizenship
issue (kh
09/10/2024)
Citizenship
directives
will be
reviewed: Home
Minister
Lekhak (kh
14/09/2024)
Travails
of the
orphaned,
landless and
stateless :
Ramrati Tharu,
elderly and
frail, is
denied her
elderly
allowance
because she
lacks
citizenship.
Several others
in Madi share
her plight,
by Ramesh
Kumar Paudel
(kp
04/09/2024)
726
people receive
National ID
cards in
Taplejung
(kh
03/09/2024)
The
(Anti)
National
Identity Card!,
by Akhilesh
Tripathi (rep
30/08/2024) [By the way, are only the clothes and cultural attires of
the 30 per
cent Khas Arya
part of the
Nepalese
identity or
also those of
the 70 per
cent rest of
the
population?],
The
(Anti)
National
Identity Card
- II, by
Akhilesh
Tripathi (rep
18/10/2024)
National
ID not
mandatory for
Social
Security
allowance: SC
(kh
25/08/2024)
Ideate
before
implementing :
Authorities
must first
weigh the
utility,
functionality
and safety of
the national
ID before
imposing it
(kp
21/08/2024)
State
incurs loss of
over Rs 2
billion in
passport
procurement
and
distribution,
by Tapendra
Karki (rep
14/08/2024)
Singapore
becomes
country with
most powerful
passport,
Nepal remains
at 98th
position
(rep
26/07/2024)
Government
backtracks on
plan to make
National ID
cards
mandatory for
social
security
allowance :
Cabinet
meeting
extends terms
of two
transitional
justice
commissions
until mid-July
2025 (kp
12/07/2024)
State
increases
surveillance
on citizens,
by Bhuwan
Sharma (rep
02/07/2024)
National
ID mandatory
for real
estate
transactions
starting 2025
(kh
28/06/2024) [And what about the descendants of Nepalese mothers and
foreign or
unknown
fathers in
this extremely
patriarchal
state?]
NA
Session:
Lawmakers call
for easing
process of
providing
citizenship in
mother’s name
(kh
27/06/2024)
Experts
call for more
efforts to end
discrimination
in citizenship
rights :
Meanwhile,
experts and
other
participants
called for
more media
coverage on
legal identity
issue (kp
21/06/2024)
National
ID number is
sufficient. You
don’t need a
hard copy :
Citizenship and
National ID are
fundamentally
different.
Unique digital
identity numbers
can help
drastically
decrease frauds,
interview with
Yubaraj Katel (kp
17/06/2024)
'GO AWAY' : Nepal is
undermining
international
goodwill and
losing revenue
by driving out
long-staying
foreigners,
by Sonia Awale (nt
14/06/2024)
National
ID card mandatory for social
security allowance (rn
13/06/2024) [And
what about the millions of
people who are denied
citizenship by the state for
reasons of patriarchal thinking?],
Plan
to make
National ID
cards
mandatory
draws flak :
MPs say
government has
terrorised
citizens by
introducing
the rule in
haste.
Department
official
defends the
move (kp
14/06/2024)
Dual
identity dilemma, by Animesh Ghimire (rep
08/05/2024)
Consular
services will now be available at home: DPM
Shrestha (rep 04/04/2024)
National
Identification Number to be provided at time of
birth registration (rep 15/03/2024)
Digital
identification to be assigned during birth
registration : As distribution of national ID
cards falls behind, they are yet to be made
mandatory for public services, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 04/03/202)
2024
passport rankings revealed: France leads, Nepal
holds 103rd position (rep 19/02/2024), For
A Strong Nepali Passport (rep 26/02/2024)
Two
individuals fined Rs. 50,000 each for false
citizenship information in Ilam (kh
17/02/2024)
Expedite
Distribution Of National ID Cards, by Uttam
Maharjan ((rn 30/01/2024)
Integration
of biometrics system: Passport Department to
streamline processes with National ID software
(rep 23/01/2024)
No
state for women : Nepali mothers can confer
citizenship to their children, but conditions
still apply, by Neha Gurung (nt 12/01/2024)
[Only males are real
Nepalis and they are best from the so-called
high Hindu castes! This country belongs to them!
Only men are real Nepalis and they are best from
the so-called high Hindu castes! This country
belongs to them! Therefore, they have to bear
the burden of holding all responsible posts!]
Nepali
passport ranks 8th on the list of world’s
weakest passports (rep 11/01/2024), Nepali
passport remains among world’s weakest : Experts
cite multiple reasons including a growing
propensity among Nepalis to violate visa rules,
by Anil Giri (kp 12/01/2024)
Government
revokes citizenship of six individuals over
document forgery (kh 29/12/2023)
Adding
insult to injury: Nepali women, children grapple
with statelessness : Many Nepali women and their
children are enduring the plight of
statelessness due to discriminatory politics and
government officials. Misogynistic laws,
procedural gaps, and the apathy of relevant
authorities contribute to the suppression of
their civil right to live a dignified life,
by Ajabi Poudel (ae 28/12/2023)
Lawmakers
propose to further revise Citizenship Act to end
discrimination (kh 21/12/2023) [Citizenship law is still
extremely discriminatory against women!]
National
Assembly chairman voices concern over immediate
Nepali citizenship for foreign women upon
marriage (rep 19/12/2023)
Citizenship
for NRNs: Nepal PM makes it official : NRN
citizenships allow Nepali diaspora the economic,
social and cultural rights. NRNs can apply for
such certificates from all of 77 districts of
the country (nlt 17/10/2023), Citizenship
for NRNs: PM Dahal claims credit for making it
possible : The PM also said that many issues
related to the NRNs have been addressed through
the government's policies and programs and the
budget (nlt 17/10/2023), NRN
citizenship instrumental to bring NRNs closer to
nation: President Paudel (rn 17/10/2023)
New
regulations to grant citizenship Certificates to
NRNs published in Nepal Gazette (kh
25/09/2023)
Refusing
to grant citizenship in name of mother is
unconstitutional: SC (rep 24/09/2023)
Door
opens to NRNs for Nepali citizenship, by Bal
Krishna Sah (ht 07/09/2023)
Marginalised
communities struggling to obtain citizenship
cards : The ward offices refuse to provide
recommendation resulting in minorities being
deprived of rights, by Bal Krishna Sah (ht
15/08/2023)
Nepal
to buy 2.8 million passports from IDEMIA through
negotiations : The new supply will be enough to
meet the demand for 18 months, says NP Saud, the
foreign minister, by Anil Giri (kp
11/07/2023)
Government
mulls extending passport procurement deal : With
stock depleting, France’s IDEMIA may be asked to
supply more copies as fresh tender would need
time and new set-up, by Anil Giri (kp
02/07/2023)
Noncooperation
in acquiring citizenship card punishable by
3-month jail term (rep 26/06/2023)
'New
citizenship law needs to be improved' (ht
26/06/2023)
Continuing
injustice : The citizenship question remains a
combustible issue and it would be wise to
address it on time (kp 22/06/2023), Top
court clears way for implementation of
Citizenship Act amendments : The court’s latest
order has cleared the way for thousands of
children of parents who got citizenship by birth
to acquire citizenship by descent (kp
23/06/2023)
Protesters
turn up heat over citizenship : They call for
immediate implementation of the recently
endorsed bill to amend the law, by Nishan
Khatiwada (kp 21/06/2023)
Clash
between Citizenship-less Struggle Committee and
Police at Maitighar (Photo Feature), by
Prasan Gurung (rep 20/06/2023)
Department
of Passport to issue passports from districts
for Rs 5000 (kh 17/06/2023)
Youths
ask: ‘Our parents are Nepalis. Who are we?’ They
hit the streets after the Supreme Court on June
4 prevented the enforcement of amended
citizenship law, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp
16/06/2023)
Lawmakers
stress on immediately providing citizenship
cards to Nepalis bereft of one (kh
15/06/2023)
Member
of Citizenship-less Struggle Committee attempts
self-immolation in Maitighar (rep
14/06/2023)
SC
issues interlocutory order not to implement Act
on Citizenship (rn 04/06/2023), Supreme
Court Issues Interim Order to Halt Immediate
Implementation of Amended Citizenship Act
(ht 04/06/2023), Nepal’s
Citizenship Amendment Bill explained : Why it
was blocked by the Supreme Court after the
government sent it to the president for approval,
by Shristi Karki (nt 09/06/2023)
A
home for all : If our identities are fluid,
citizenship cannot remain dictated by archaic
divisions and anxiety of otherness (kp
01/06/2023)
NRNs
elated over authentication of bill on amendment
of Citizenship Act (rep 01/06/2023), Here
are some specific provisions made by
controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill
approved by President Paudel (rep
01/06/2023) [Still
insufficient patriarchal and discriminatory
against women!]
President
Paudel authenticates Citizenship Bill (kh
31/05/2023), Wrong
timing, flawed process: Authentication
of the citizenship bill might remain a
controversial move for long : The timing
and process of a particular decision
carries important value in politics. The
move of Nepal’s president to
authenticate the citizenship bill
coinciding with the Prime Minister’s
India visit will generate controversies
in Nepal’s political sphere, by
Kishor Dahal (nlt 31/05/2023),
RPP
Nepal Chair Kamal Thapa, RSP Chair Rabi
Lamichhane oppose citizenship bill
authentication : President Paudel granted stamp
of approval to the controversial citizenship
bill few hours before Prime Minister Pushpa
Kamal Dahal embarked on four-day official visit
to India (nlt 31/05/2023)
12,000
plus citizenship certificates issued in Sunsari
(kh 28/05/2023)
Citizenship
amendment bill: Send it back to parliament
(rep 13/05/2023)
New
President can authenticate citizenship bill,
legal experts say : Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal
Dahal seeks suggestions from representatives of
Nepal Bar Association on the bill’s status
(kp 07/05/2023) [And
what are the consequences of his predecessor's
unconstitutional behaviour? After all, this had
far-reaching consequences, not only for the
persons concerned.]
'No
eligible Nepali will be without
citizenship' : DPM Shrestha also
assured the problems of usury
victims would be addressed
(ht 19/04/2023) [The question
is, who is considered eligible?
So far, children are only
considered eligible if the
father has Nepali nationality.
Only when women are seen as
fully equal citizens can the
problem with citizenship be
solved!], Citizenship
bill : The govt must reach consensus on the
citizenship bill rejected by then prez (ht
20/04/2023)
Home
Minister pledges to revive the Citizenship Bill
(kh 11/04/2023)
Ruling
alliance vows to pass new citizenship bill
(ht 31/03/2023)
uture
of 1.7 million children uncertain as they fail
to get citizenship from their mother’s name
(rep 27/03/2023)
Nepali
public questions rationale of national ID card :
Launched to integrate multiple documents, it may
be long before the card replaces the citizenship
certificate, by Anup Ojha (kp 23/03/2023), The
notional ID : The flawed national ID card scheme
suggests it was introduced for the benefit of
certain vested interests (kp 24/03/2023)
Over
500 Tibetan refugees have Nepali citizenship;
five including gang leader arrested (rep
23/03/2023)
Govt
creates five more places to apply for National
ID Card (kh 03/03/2023)
Children
with absent fathers struggle for citizenship :
Officials say their hands are tied on provision
for women to pass on citizenship to children
when fathers are absent, by Rupa Gahatraj (kp
15/02/2023) [Nothing has
changed, PM Dahal! Nepal remains a patriarchy
dominated by male delusion. Only men are true
citizens. Without them, women are nothing! It is
a big security risk for Nepal when women have
absolutely equal rights!? What was actually
celebrated there the day before yesterday?]
Gurung
who was convicted of dual citizenship nominated
as member of Town Development Committee, by
Nagendra Upadhyaya (kp 09/02/2023)
Government
preparing to push long-awaited citizenship bill
: Prime Minister Dahal plans to pass around 20
bills over the next one-and-a-half months,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 08/02/2023)
Rabi
Lamichhane and dual citizenship in Nepal : No
constitutional provision for dual citizenship,
but state offers limited citizenship rights for
non-resident Nepalis, by Binod Ghimire (kp
05/02/2023)
Lack
of citizenship pushes Musahars deep into poverty
: In 40 households of Shobhapur, more than 50
individuals above the age of 16 do not have
citizenship certificates, by Bharat Jargha
Magar (kp 02/02/2023)
Rabi
Lamchhane acquires Nepali citizenship again
(kh 29/01/2023) [This
sounds extremely fast! Millions of young
people have been waiting in vain for
this for years!]
Rabi
Lamichhane found guilty in citizenship case :
Loses posts of DPM, Home Minister and
parliamentarian (kh 27/01/2023), Rabi
Lamichhane not eligible to remain lawmaker
(nlt 23/01/2023)
65
persons acquire naturalized citizenship in
Solukhumbu (kh 22/01/2023) [Only Nepali men are
considered real citizens by the patriarchal
nationalists. Therefore, their foreign wives are
given the opportunity to acquire Nepali
citizenship. Nepali women are no longer
considered real Nepalis if they marry
foreigners. Therefore, their foreign husbands
are usually denied the opportunity to acquire
Nepali citizenship!]
The
agony of a stateless citizen : Being without a
citizenship at 21 has cost me my ambitions that
I had dreamed of since I was 16, by Vivek
Baranwal (kp 21/01/2023)
Foreign
minister joins the chorus in pledging to ease
passport woes : Officials say the number of
fresh passport books available with the
department is depleting fast as 6,000 copies are
printed daily, by Anil Giri (kp 20/01/2023)
Rasuwa
arranges for online form submission for passport
(kh 19/01/2023)
US
rights group says President Bhandari’s inaction
deprived many Nepalis of citizenship : The Human
Rights Watch expresses concerns over lack of
progress in transitional justice process (kp
13/01/2023) [The President's "inaction"
was a deliberate breach of the Constitution and
should be named as such!]
Passport
distribution disrupted till further notice
(rep 03/01/2023), Department
of Passport halts passport distribution, status
check services : Citing technical faults in the
system, the department urged service seekers not
to visit the office until further notice
(nlt 03/01/2023)
Street
children demand legal documents as they turn
adult : The street-children-turned-adults say
their miseries have compounded in lack of legal
status as a Nepali citizen (nlt 31/12/2022)
Surrendering
citizenship card: An ethical decision, by
Mahendra P Joshi (ht 29/12/2022)
Citizenship
Bill may resurface as a major agenda in
government formation : For declining to
authenticate the Bill twice, President Bhandari
was accused of failing to uphold her
constitutional duties, by Purushottam Poudel
(kp 25/12/2022)
Single
Mothers and the Proposed Citizenship Bill,
by Monal Bhattarai (rep 21/10/2022)
Beyond
the bill: What lies behind the controversy on
Nepal’s citizenship legislation? Nepal appears
to be mired in a collision between the head of
state and the government as the former refused
to sign the citizenship bill into law on
September 20, by Mahabir Paudyal (nlt
11/10/2022)
A
legion of safety concerns surrounds National ID
scheme : In order to avoid the bitter experience
of India’s controversial Aadhaar card, experts
urge government to invest in data security and
public awareness, by Anup Ojha (kp
23/09/2022)
Stateless
in Nepal : Politicisation of the citizenship
bill has deprived many of their fundamental
rights, by Tufan Neupane and Tika R Pradhan
(kp 03/09/2022), [It is not only the extreme
politicisation of all spheres of public life
with which the so-called top politicians have
been ruining the state and society for years, it
is also the patriarchal thinking anchored in the
constitution and laws that denies women the
right to transfer their citizenship to their
children.]
National
Assembly passes citizenship bill again, without
changes (rep 03/09/2022), Upper
House also passes citizenship bill as it is :
President has 15 days to give her assent to the
bill, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 03/09/2022)
Debate
on the citizenship bill: More political than
juridical, by Nishant Pokharel (ht
02/09/2022)
Citizenship
Bill : Maintain Gender Justice, Equality, by
Namrata Sharma (rn 31/08/2022)
Shun
Politics Over Citizenship Issue : The
citizenship should be a means of connecting
citizens and mustering their loyalty to the
nation but it has unfortunately divided the
political spectrum, by Ritu Raj Subedi (rn
28/08/2022) [The
Citizenship Act divides Nepal's citizens into
those with full rights (males) and those with
limited rights (females). It is the prime
example of discrimination against women in an
arch-patriarchal society!], NA
approves proposal on citizenship bill (rn
28/08/2022)
It
is hypocrisy to call Citizenship Bill
anti-national: Prachanda : Oli had refused to
take the seven-year provision proposal to the
parliament (kh 24/08/2022) [As a woman, you would see
this quite differently. Finally come down from
your patriarchal horse and treat women and men
absolutely equally!]
Decoding
the controversies over the flawed citizenship
bill : Without paying any heed to the call of
the President for review, the citizenship bill
has again been passed by the House of
Representatives. Frankly, this smacks of
political hooliganism, by Bhagirath Basnet
(nlt 22/08/2022)
The
bill that was and the bill this is: What did
King Birendra do with the bill to amend
Citizenship Act 1964 that became a topic of
discussion after President Bhandari returned the
bill to amend Citizenship Act 2006?, by Tika
R Pradhan and Tufan Neupane (kp 19/08/2022) [Whatever is being discussed
now, the fundamental problem is the unequal
treatment of Nepali women and men based on
arch-patriarchal thinking. The very
predominantly male persons of the ruling elite
do not want to change this now either. Article
18 of the constitution, as the overriding
fundamental rights article, prohibits precisely
this unequal treatment, which is still
maintained. In other words, Nepal's citizenship
law continues to be blatantly unconstitutional.
The current discussion is pure palaver.]
1st
Amendment to Nepal's Citizenship Act May Lead to
Demographic Shift, by Hari Prasad Shrestha
(rep 18/08/2022)
President
Bhandari returns citizenship bill to Parliament
calling for review : Head of state returns bill,
endorsed by both houses, listing concerns as she
stresses swift passage of citizenship law,
by Tika R Pradhan and Binod Ghimire (kp
15/08/2022), President's
letter over Citizenship Bill
read out in HoR (rep
16/08/2022),
Ruling
coalition decides to send the Citizenship Bill
to the President as it is (kh 16/08/2022) [In any case, the patriarchal
thinking enshrined in citizenship law lives on
and is against the constitution, irrespective of
the President's intentions!], Stateless
youths protest against President’s move of
returning citizenship bill to Lower House :
President Bhandari returned the citizenship bill
to the House on August 15 attaching 15 concerns
and suggestions for review (kp 17/08/2022)
Dailekh
resident having derogatory name on citizenship
submits application to change name (kh
09/08/2022)
Five
non-resident Nepalis abandon Nepali citizenship
(kh 07/08/2022)
Nepal’s
phallocentric worldview on citizenship : The
phallocentric world view that has seeped into
the power structures of Nepal for generations
explains why the citizenship bill has a
provision requiring a Nepali mother to prove
that the phallus is a Nepali, by Mukesh
Baral (nlt 06/08/2022)
History,
memory and identity : There is nothing like a
theatrical performance to capture the
absurdities of a complex life, by CK Lal (kp
03/08/2022)
Play
shown on citizenship issues in Nepal (ht
01/08/2022)
Are
women not Nepali enough?, by Sahina Shrestha
(nt 29/07/2022) [see chart
by Subin Mulmi (Twitter 24/07/2022)]
Everything
you need to know about new amendment to the
Citizenship Act : Amendment opens the door for
thousands of children of parents who got
citizenship by birth to acquire citizenship by
descent; non-resident Nepalis are also eligible
for citizenship, by Binod Ghimire (kp
25/07/2022) [A step yes,
but still stuck in patriarchal thinking!],
The
bill to amend Nepal’s Citizenship Act faces
public backlash yet again. Here is why : Instead
of allowing members of the concerned
parliamentary committee to have comprehensive
discussions, the ruling coalition chose to pass
the bill through a fast-track method (nlt
28/07/2022)
House
endorses bill to amend Citizenship Act : Once
the bill gets through upper house, children of
parents who got citizenship by birth will get
citizenship by descent, by Binod Ghimire (kp
23/07/2022), Citizenship
Bill is not in citizen’s interest: UML leader
Gyawali (kh 23/07/2022) [Only male Tagadharis decide who, when and
in what form is recognised as a Nepali citizen.
Absolutely equal rights for women and men are
out of the question! Citizenship is defined by
the birth status of men. Women are only minor
accessories!], Lower
House fast tracks citizenship bill : Foreign
women marrying Nepalis will not have to wait to
obtain matrimonial naturalisation (ht
23/07/2022) [But
citizenship continues to be based exclusively on
the birth status of men, not women, who continue
to be denied the same basic rights as men!],
NRNA
welcomes the endorsement of Citizenship Bill
(kh 24/07/2022), Newly
passed citizenship bill resolves myriad problems
(ht 24/07/2022), Upper
House approves proposal on Nepal Citizenship
Bill (rep 25/07/2022), National
Assembly passes first amendment to Citizenship
Act : Revision clears the path to citizenship by
descent for children born to Nepali parents with
citizenship by birth (kp 29/07/2022)
'Give
citizenship to foreigners married to Nepalis
only if they pass language and culture test'
(rep 22/07/2022) [Knowledge
of Nepali languages, cultures and history should
be an important prerequisite. But Prem Suwal
should please prove that he has been able to
speak and understand languages such as Limbu,
Sherpa and Gurung languages, to name a few, for
at least 20 years. These are also an essential
part of Nepali culture! If he only speaks Nepali
and has no idea about the numerous ethnic
cultures of the country, he should urgently
resign as an MP!], House
of Representatives endorses Citizenship Bill
(nlt 22/07/2022)
'Eligible
people deprived of Nepali citizenship' (ht
15/07/2022)
New
citizenship bill does away with 7 years wait
(ht 10/07/2022) [Nepal's
patriarchal high caste politicians simply do not
want to understand that all people in Nepal are
entitled to equal citizenship rights regardless
of their gender. The country does not belong to
men, but to all citizens!], Govt
registers Citizenship Bill in Parliament : Home
Minister and Law Minister in a rush seeking
consensus (kh 11/07/2022)
Nepal
among countries with gender discriminatory
nationality laws (ht 08/07/2022) [see
corresponding report
by Equality Now and Index
of related laws (Nepal pp. 63-63)]
Parliamentarians
rue over withdrawal of Citizenship related Bill
(kh 08/07/2022)
Government
decides to withdraw citizenship bill : To
register a new bill by removing some
‘controversial’ provisions in the existing
draft, a minister says (kp 05/07/2022), New
citizenship bill : Inability to solve the
citizenship problem is pushing more and more
people into statelessness (ht 07/07/2022) [The cause is the
patriarchal, high-caste machos at the top of the
state and political parties, who see only males
as the owners of the country and refuse full
equality for all genders!]
Patriarchy
blamed for suffering of mothers, kids (ht
18/06/2022)
NRNA
submits memo to Minister Paudel (rep
27/05/2022)
It
is govt responsibility to grant citizenship to
people: JSP Chairman Yadav (rep 27/03/2022)
SC
hearing on Citizenship Ordinance scheduled for
Wednesday (kh 16/03/2022)
Getting
passports is becoming too arduous a task for
many : The Department of Passports in Kathmandu
is overwhelmed as service seekers from across
the country come to the Capital, by Anup
Ojha (kp 12/03/2022)
Initiative
to conclude citizenship Act amendment with
consensus: Minister Khand (kh 10/03/2022) [After all, the citizenship
law must not contradict the corresponding
regulations of the constitution. And even its
rules on citizenship are extremely
discriminatory, especially for women.]
Forgotten
children : Woes of migrant women, by Mausam
Shah Nepali (ht 09/03/2022), Forgotten
children : A solution must be found to the
stateless children, whose problems will only
compound as they grow up (ht 10/03/2022)
Home
Minister Khand takes initiative to forge deal on
citizenship bill (kh 08/03/2022) [Completely turning away from
male bias?]
Women
lawmakers ask Home Minister to address issues of
citizenship, visit visa (rep 07/03/2022)
DoP
personalised 6,806,913 MRPs till last fiscal
(ht 21/01/2022)
Details
of more missing passports registered in database
(ht 20/01/2022)
Children
without father or born through second marriages
deprived of birth registration : Many children
are stateless as they are unable to get
citizenship certificates due to lack of birth
registration documents issued by ward office,
by Amrita Anmol (kp 18/01/2022) [How can a state that calls
itself a democratic constitutional state deny
citizenship to children because their parents
were not legally married to each other? This is
a serious violation of international law!]
Nepal
ranks 7th in list of world's weakest passports,
Japan and Singapore’s passports strongest
(rep 12/01/2022)
Distribution
of e-passports starts from today in Bhaktapur
(rep 08/12/2021)
Lawmakers
urged to pass new citizenship bill (ht
16/11/2021), Citizenship
issue : Inability to solve the citizenship issue
is only adding more and more people to the
number of stateless persons year after year
(ht 17/11/2021)
E-passports
to be issued from November 17 (kh
15/11/2021), Nepal
to start issuing e-passports from today :
Experts hope this will stop passport forgery and
diplomatic passport misuse, by Anil Giri (kp
17/11/2021), Two
weeks after launching e-passport, government
goes on issuing machine-readable ones : With
districts ‘temporarily’ halting applications,
people crowd the Passport Department, by
Anup Ojha (kp 29/11/2021)
Rights
activists urge Parliament to pass citizenship
bill (ht 11/11/2021)
Non-Nepali
children of Nepali parents demand rights (ht
26/10/2021)
Having
a Nepali passport is no fun : Every visa in a
Nepali’s travel document hides hours of
paperwork filled with anxiety and anticipation,
by Anjali Rajbhandy (nt 01/10/2021)
Hearing
on writ against the citizenship ordinance
postponed (kh 29/09/2021)
No
citizenship, no job : Young Madhesis have been
deprived of numerous opportunities as they can’t
apply for citizenship. They can’t even go abroad
for work, by Jitendra Narayan Thakur (ae
02/09/2021)
She
wrestled for the nation, but is deprived of
citizenship card : There is no provision for
issuing a citizenship in the name of mother
(ht 23/08/2021) [Nepal's
high-caste patriarchal machos at the top of the
state consider the land their property; women
are only tolerated!]
Lawmakers
press for passage of citizenship bill (ht
28/07/2021)
Denial
of citizenship due to lack of relevant law
affects thousands (ht 22/07/2021)
Lawyers
express doubt over implementation of citizenship
ordinance (ht 10/06/2021), Supreme
Court issues interim order not to implement
citizenship ordinance (kh 10/06/2021), Supreme
Court orders government not to enforce
citizenship ordinance : Constitutional Bench
says legal complications could arise if the
ordinance fails to get through Parliament,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 11/06/2021)[Extreme complications and
costs will also arise if the Supreme Court
declares the renewed dissolution of parliament
and cabinet reshuffle by caretaker Prime
Minister Oli unconstitutional, which is to be
expected given the clear wording of the
constitution!], SC stays
citizenship ordinance, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 11/06/2021() [Because
of the Hindu thinking of the ruling elite, women
continue to be discriminated against. If
children of Nepali women with foreign men do not
have an unrestricted right to citizenship, then
according to Article 18 of the Constitution this
also applies to children of Nepali men and
foreign women! However, neither is right!],
Stateless
in their own country : The ordinance gave
thousands of Nepalis who have no citizenship
hope that they could perhaps finally get one.
But with the Supreme Court declaring it void,
that hope has been lost for now, by Raksha
Ram Harijan (rec 11/06/2021) [Oli
didn't want this change either, he only
initiated it now for political reasons because
he wanted to get supporters from the Tarai with
it!], Apex
court's stay on citizenship ordinance raises
questions (ht 12/06/2021)
Prez
Bhandari issues ordinance on citizenship
(rep 23/05/2021) [In order to manipulate the JSP!],
President
issues Citizenship Ordinance : The ordinance
addresses concerns of Madhes-centric parties
(kh 23/05/2021), Oli
attempts to use citizenship ordinance for his
political gains : Timing raises questions over
intentions as bill had been pending in
Parliament for years, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
24/05/2021), Attorney
General Badal addresses concerns on citizenship
ordinance (kh 24/05/2021)
Citizen
engagement in public finance management in Nepal,
by Taranath Dahal (rep 22/04/2021)
Discriminatory
citizenship laws continue to disenfranchise
Nepalis : Despite constitutional provisions,
inaction on supporting laws has meant that
individuals are routinely denied citizenship
through their mothers, by Bimita GC (Record
16/04/2021) [Thanks to
Oli and all the other patriarchal so-called
leaders!]
Data
collection for national ID card distribution
hits snag : Against the target to collect the
details of 10 million people, the government may
only be able to collect the details of 4.4.5
million people because of Covid-19 scare,
officials say, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
28/03/2021) [And
what about the millions of Nepalis who are
denied citizenship because they do not fit into
the male Bahuns' concept of national identity?]
Musahars
deprived of land for lack of citizenship (ht
17/03/2021)
Political
siblings beyond borders : Human rights advocacy
and supremacist jingoism do not go together,
by CK Lal (kp 17/03/2021)
Many
Nepalis deprived of citizenship certificate
(ht 07/03/2021)
Why
women should be given equal rights in
citizenship : Nepal’s sovereignty will be
stronger if we empower our women and children
and weaker if we disenfranchise the children of
Nepali mothers. A nation that treats its
citizens unequally is doomed from within, by
Riti Prasai (rep 09/02/2021)
Proposed
amendment on visit visa law is deeply flawed,
by Karan Kunwar and Indu Dhungana (rep 03/01/2021)
Nepal
waits for an unequal Citizenship Law : An
international policy perspective on gender-based
discrimination in the country’s citizenship Law,
by Ajay Pradhan (nt 19/12/2020)
Nearly
four lakh MRTDs personalised last fiscal (ht
07/12/2020)
Over
100 years of life without citizenship
certificate (rep 07/12/2020)
Denied
citizenship, stateless Nepal residents recount
tales of woe (ht 09/11/2020), Pass
bill soon : The failure to enact a new law
should not be a reason for depriving so many
citizens of their inherent right (ht
10/11/2020)
Government
preparing to invite bids for supply of national
ID : Although plans to collect details of
citizens have hit a snag, officials still plan
to issue cards to those whose details have
already been collected, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 31/10/2020)
6.3
million Nepalis without citizenship (kh
05/10/2020) [A
consequence of the narrow minded patriarchal
Hindu thinking of Nepal's top Bahun
politicians!!!], NRNA
Europe Meeting urges parliament for prompt
passage of law on Nepali citizenship (kh
05/10/2020)
Plan
to collect details of 10m people for National ID
card affected by pandemic : Officials now hope
to take the programme to sparsely populated
areas in view of the health crisis in major
cities, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
01/10/2020)
Passports
department proposes a third bid for e-passports
: Officials warn of a passport shortage with the
stock likely to last just a few months, by
Anil Giri (kp 15/09/2020)
Government
urged to guarantee citizenship rights of
minorities (ht 08/08/2020)
Four
international firms in fray for
multi-million-dollar e-passport bid: The plan to
print the passports at home hit a roadblock
after Gokul Prasad Baskota, a minister in the
Oli Cabinet, was caught on tape negotiating a Rs
700 million 'commission', by Anil Giri (kp
01/08/2020)
Women
rights organisations urge Human Rights Council
to take up issue of women’s equality in
citizenship rights: National Women Coalition has
called for a revision in the constitution to
redress discriminatory citizenship law, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 12/07/2020), Institutionalising
discrimination: A society that treats its sons
and daughters differently will never achieve
prosperity, by Bina Jha (kp 12/07/2020)
Imagining
a motherland: Gender and nationalism; The
boundaries set by the nation, state, families
and societies often do not allow a woman to
become a citizen. This leads to women not
becoming the part of the nation but just a
national embodiment, by Swasti Gautam (rep
09/07/2020)
‘Citizenship
bill not inclusive’ (ht 02/07/2020), Patriarchy
and citizenship: Conspiracy theories flowed
seamlessly from Panchayat-era scholars to
politicians, by Pramod Mishra (kp
03/07/2020)
Protests
flare up in Province 2 against citizenship
amendment bill: Janata Samajbadi leaders warn of
intensifying their protests if the bill is not
withdrawn (kp 01/07/2020)
Congress
to stand against seven-year provision for
naturalised citizenship, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 01/07/2020) [The NC
should do more to combat the fundamental unequal
treatment of women in Nepalese citizenship law.
But the party does not do this, because its
leaders are similarly patriarchal and
backward-looking as the politicians of all
parties in the country!]
What
defines a Nepali citizen? Nepal needs to
understand the realities of the 21st century. It
needs to move forward, not backward, by
Sujeev Shakya (kp 30/06/2020)
Madhesis
are angry, worried and misinformed about the
citizenship law, by Jivesh Jha (rep
30/06/2020) [The authos
obviously does not understand that the real
problem is the unequal treatment of Nepali women
and men!]
What
on earth do we want on citizenship? There is a
lot of whining and crying, lot of ifs and buts,
unleashing of hate against political leaders,
nation and nationalism but there is no solution,
by Mahabir Paudyal (rep 22/06/2020), Becoming
citizens: We need to go beyond the
spatio-temporal debate on citizenship and ask
whether its ideals are being fulfilled (kp
23/06/2020) [The
question is not how many years foreign women
married to Nepali men have tom wait to obtain
Nepali citizenhip. The problem is the continued
unequal status and treatment of Nepali women as
it has been decided by a handful of male Bahuns
and some male Chhetris for centuries!!!]
NCP
decides to make foreign women married to Nepali
nationals wait for 7 years after marriage to
acquire citizenship (rep 20/06/2020) [Any unequal treatment of
women and men is a blatant violation of the
principle of equality of the Constitution and
internationally recognised human rights. The
male Tagdhari, who dominate Nepal, show here
their archaic-patriarchal way of thinking, which
denies Nepalese women a free choice of partner
and life style. Only foreign wives of Nepalese
men are entitled to naturalization, whenever,
but never the foreign husbands of Nepalese
women!]
Two
years on, parties are still undecided on
naturalised citizenship: State Affairs and Good
Governance Committee has given five days to the
parties to arrive at consensus or go for a vote,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 18/06/2020), As
parties wrestle over naturalized citizenship,
thousands don't yet have the document (repn
19/06/2020)
Ordinary
citizens won’t be be issued passports from
today: The service has been suspended following
a request from the Ministry of Home Affairs,
officials said, by Anil Giri (kp 17/06/2020)
Endorse
Citizenship Amendment Bill: MPs (ht
13/03/2020)
Department
calls global tender for e-passports, again:
Ordinary passport’s cover to be chocolate-brown
in colour, by Anil Giri /kp 03/03/2020)
2.5
million MRP booklets contract going to French
firm without bids: Yeti Holdings is local agent,
by Sunil Sapkota (rep 23/02/2020)
Nepal
faces looming passport and excise sticker
shortage: There is a stock of 570,000 ordinary
passports, enough to last nine months, according
to the Department of Passports, by Prithvi
Man Shrestha (kp 22/01/2020)
Security
printing press proposals from Germany and France
were immature and incomplete, House committee
concludes: Parliamentary Accounts Committee
wants the government to either invite a fresh
global bidding or revisit the proposals, by
Anil Giri (kp 29/01/2020)
Nepal’s
passport is among the weakest in the
world—weaker than North Korea’s: The dismal
state of the Nepali passport can largely be
attributed to Nepalis hiding out illegally in
foreign countries while on temporary visas, say
officials, by Anil Giri (kp 14/01/2020)
As
passports start running out, complaint in House
committee complicates matters: Complainant tells
the Public Accounts Committee that Nepal does
not need an expensive security printing press,
putting a hold on the procurement process,
by Anil Giri (kp 06/01/2020)
Occupy
Tundikhel Campaign: Campaigners organise story
telling session (ht 22/12/2019)
Negotiations
begin with Germany and France for setting up
security printing press: With less than 700,000
copies of passports in stock, the government is
in a hurry to reach a deal at the earliest,
by Anil Giri (kp 12/12/2019)
Government
anxious to find new vendor as passport numbers
dwindle: After cancelling a previous bids, the
government will now either call for expressions
of interest from foreign firms or an entirely
new global tender, by Anil Gii (kp
28/11/2019)
Dalit
family struggles to obtain citizenship (ht
21/11/2019)
As
passport crisis looms, government scrambles to
negotiate deal for secure printing press: With
Malaysia and Japan opening up to Nepali workers,
the current stock of passports is likely to last
only six months, officials say, by Anil Giri
(kp 18/11/2019), Nepal’s
decision to scrap security printing tenders will
have major repercussions: The government needs
to explain why it thinks an expensive and opaque
government-to-government deal is better (kp
19/11/2019)
Department
of Passports cancels e-passport bid hours before
the end of tender deadline: The bidding process
was annulled after the direct intervention of
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, officials say,
by Anil Giri (kp 09/11/2019), After
aborting passport tender, government to sign
security printing deal with French firm: In what
is set to be the biggest deal signed by the KP
Sharma Oli administration, the French government
will be providing a soft loan of 200 million
euros, by Anil Giri (kp 13/11/2019)
Mass
printer starts printing smart driving licences
after overcoming technical glitches: More than
600,000 applicants are waiting for smart driving
licences, by Shuvam Dhungana (kp 02/11/2019)
Department
of Passports once again extends e-passport bid
deadline by a week: Such constant changes to the
bid documents will erode Nepal’s credibility,
say officials who are displeased with the
government’s process regarding the passport
tender, by Anil Giri (kp 31/10/2019)
Nepalis
are flocking to make passports after US makes it
mandatory for Diversity Visa application: The
Department of Passports is printing roughly
4,000 passports every day now, compared to
around 900 earlier, officials say, by Anup
Ojha (kp 24/10/2019)
Department
of Passports modifies tender for e-passports
after reservations from Asian bidders: New
amendments to the tender have reduced
requirements regarding past experience in
printing passports so as to create a more level
playing field, by Anil Giri (kp 05/10/2019)
Around
1,600 children deprived of citizenship: Lack of
citizenship certificates has put the lives of
many youths on hold in Nawalparasi (West),
by Nabin Paudel (kp 24/09/2019)
Asian
firms oppose e-passport bid process, saying
conditions favour American and European
companies: One requirement states that only
companies that have already printed over five
million passports in at least three countries
over the last 10 years are eligible for bidding,
by Anil Giri (kp 16/09/2019), French
firm and embassy express displeasure over Nepal
government's call for passport tender
The French Embassy in Kathmandu has written two
letters to the government over the call for
tenders despite an agreement with France, by
Anil Giri (kp 18/09/2019)
Women's
battle for citizenship continues: The new
proposals regarding the Citizenship Amendment
Bill still treat women as second-class citizens
(kp 16/09/2019)
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),
Lawmakers
continue to debate marital naturalisation in
Parliament (ht 12/09/2019) [Women and men should be
legally treated absolutely equally, regardless
of whether they are foreigners or not! Nepal is
not the property of men!], Panel
to decide on naturalised citizenship (ht
13/09/2019), Government
proposes national identity cards to end
contention over naturalised citizenship: Ruling
party backs the proposal to issue ID cards until
citizenship is granted, but the opposition
Nepali Congress has sought time to reach a
decision, by Binod Ghimire (kp 14/09/2019),
Govt
floats options on naturalised citizenship,
by Jagdishor Panday (ht 14/09/2019), Panel
set to include 7-year threshold for
naturalization of foreign brides (rep
14/09/2019), Ruling
party’s indecision delays finalisation of the
bill to amend Citizenship Act: Cross-party top
leadership will discuss the matter with an aim
to find a solution, by Binod Ghimire (kp
15/09/2019)
Ongoing
Parliament session unlikely to pass citizenship
bill, by Jagdishor Panday (ht 10/09/2019)
Citizenship
amendment bill: Panel member objects to report’s
provision, by Jagdishor Panday (ht
04/09/2019)
Global
tender called for 5 million e-passports:
Department of Passports plans to issue biometric
electronic passports by the end of 2020, by
Anil Giri (kp 31/08/2019)
Naturalised
citizenship: ‘Law for foreign women married to
Nepali men shouldn’t end’ (ht 29/08/2019) [Okay, but most important is
that there ist absolutely no difference between
the legal tratment of women and men! The current
citizensip law clearly violates the fundamental
rights of the Nepali citizens!], Initiative
from speaker urged to pass bill (ht
30/08/2019)
Bill
related to national ID card endorsed (ht
28/08/2019), Decks
cleared for NIC: Chances of obtaining fake
citizenship papers will lessen once the NIC
comes into full operation within three years
(ht 29/08/2019)
End
gender discrimination in citizenship bill: NHRC
(ht 24/08/2019)
National
ID card to include biometric information:
Foreigners and NRNs to get only ID card , by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 16/08/2019), Bill
proposes including iris data on national ID
card: About 117,000 cards already distributed
will need updating, by Ashok Dahal (rep
16/08/2019)
Citizenship
based on fake documents scrapped in Jajarkot
(kp 15/08/2019)
Opposition
lawmakers demand halt to National ID card
distribution: At the parliamentary State Affairs
and Good Governance Committee, lawmakers
question the government why the cards were
issued when the bill regarding the same is being
discussed at the federal parliament, by Tika
R. Pradhan (kp 10/08/2019)
Rajendra
Mahato slams govt for giving false impression of
his citizenship being revoked, by Rajendra
Mahato (ht 06/08/2019)
Citizenship
bill stuck in SAGGC, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
04/08/2019)
With
parties still divided on Citizenship Amendment
Bill, parliamentary sub-committee fails to make
headway: The primary bone of contention remains
the provision related to obtaining
naturalised citizenship through marriage, by
Tsering D. Gurung (kp 06/07/2019) [The main problem is the male
superiority delusion of the patriarchal
high-caste political elite and their misguided
national identity thinking!]
‘Unfair
citizenship laws put children at risk of
becoming stateless’ (ht 29/06/2019)
Citizens’
enrolment for national identity cards to start
next month (ht 21/06/2019)
After
a long wait, nomadic Rautes finally getting
citizenship, by Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep
18/06/2019), Nomadic
Rautes to get citizenship cards (rep
20/06/2019)
1,358
get citizenship from mobile camps (ht
15/06/2019)
On
sex and citizenship: The debate on citizenship
goes from nationalist rhetoric to plain misogyny,
by Subina Shrestha (kp 14/06/2019)
Senior
citizens in rural areas deprived of citizenship
certificate: Without citizenship, people are
denied job opportunities and social security
allowances, by Ramesh Chandra Adhikari (kp
14/06/2019)
Govt
told to issue citizenship by descent to Birgunj
denizen (ht 08/06/2019)
State
and Citizenship: The geographical location of
Nepal between two emerging superpowers has been
used as an excuse to deny women the rights they
deserve as equal citizens of Nepal, by Swati
Gautam (rep 30/05/2019)
Kaski
DAO issues citizenship through mother’s
nationality (ht 26/05/2019) [The has to be normal
everywhere in the country!!]
Supreme
Court overturns own decision on Home Ministry’s
citizenship notice: Thousands of people continue
to be in limbo until the full court decides the
case, by Bhrikuti Rai(kp 08/05/2019), SC
stays citizenship distribution (rep
08/05/2019), ‘Apex
court creating confusion on citizenship
circular’: Divergent decisions can erode
credibility of the judiciary: Province 2 chief
attorney (ht 11/05/2019)
People
deprived of citizenship (ht 02/05/2019)
Resolve
the citizenship dispute (kp 02/05/2019)
Arrest
warrants
issued against nine people for abetting Indian
national’s bid to acquire Nepali citizenship:
Ward chairman and ward secretary among those
implicated, by Arjun Rajbanshi (kp
01/05/2019)
Party
proposes 7 yrs residency for foreign spouses
seeking citizenship (rep 01/05/2019)
They
are citizens too: Nepali mothers should be able
to pass citizenship on to their children via
their name, by Pratik Gurung (kp 30/04/2019)
A
viral video sparks a social media conversation
about misinformation, and identity, by
Tsering D Gurung (kp 30/04/2019) [on a video in the Internet
which spreads hatred and false information and
criticises even minimal changes to the still
extremely discriminatory citizenship law]
Home
ministry’s circular on citizenship protested
(ht 30/04/2019)
Citizenship
bar for children of ‘1997 citizens’: SC rules it
out for children of those who became citizens by
birth in 1997, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
27/04/2019)
Sarlahi
district office overwhelmed with
applications for citizenship by descent, by
Om Prakash Thakur (kp 24/04/2019)
Democratic
Citizenship, by Dev Raj Dahal (rn
23/04/2019)
Musahar
people deprived of citizenship certificates,
by Bharat Jarghamagar (kp 20/04/2019)
Gumba
residents deprived of citizenship certificate
(kp 19/04/2019)
People
queue up for citizenship cards (ht
19/04/2019)
Family
denied relief for lack of citizenship: None of
the family members of the deceased has Nepali
citizenship certificate, by Shankar Acharya
(kp 13/04/2019)
Meet
NCP lawmaker whose kin are stateless, by Ram
Kumar Kamat (ht 13/04/2019)
Citizenship
relief
for children of citizens by birth:
District administrative offices told to grant
them citizenship by descent, by Roshan S
Nepal (ht 04/04/2019) [The
cheering can only come from male persons!
Concerning the right to citizenship through the
mother everything remains unchanged! Women
continue to be treated as unequal and inferior
persons! Long live the patriarchal state of
Nepal!!], Supreme
Court stays govt circular allowing citizenship
by descent (ht 09/04/2019) [The circular upholds the
inequality of women either!], ‘Offsprings
of citizens by birth entitled to citizenship by
descent’ (ht 12/04/2019) [But still with patriarchal
bias!], Supreme
Court upholds Home Ministry’s decision to grant
citizenship by descent, by Bhrikuti Rai (kp
17/04/2019)
Is
Nepal’s
progressive trans rights movement bracing for a
setback? LGBTIQ community expresses reservations
about provisions in the citizenship bill which,
according to them, can result in further
discrimination against sexual minorities, by
Asmita Manandhar (kp 31/03/2019)
‘We
represent diversity’: Chauvinists can learn from
the New Zealand prime minister and change their
way, by Pramod Mishra (kp 28/03/2019), Rage
and
reason: We need to bring around every actor from
the plains as well as the hills to agree on some
basic fundamentals of citizenship. Otherwise,
citizenship debate will prolong indefinitely,
by Mahabir Paudyal (rep 28/03/2019) [There is only one solution:
Make it equal without any patriarchal fantacies
based on gender, ethnicity and region!]
22.15
million citizenship certificates distributed so
far: Home ministry (rep 27/03/2019)
His
mother
is a Nepali.He has been refused citizenship for
10 years: Between 2009 and 2017, Nepal has
issued 13 naturalised citizenships to those born
to a Nepali mother and a foreign father. Many
are waiting, hoping to be the next, by
Tsering D Gurung (kp 25/03/2019)
On
the
wrong side of history: Defending unequal
citizenship rights is defending the Khas-Arya
man’s status, not the state sovereignty, by
Amish Raj Mulmi (kp 22/03/2019)
Citizenship
bill
clause on sex change certification alarms LGBT
community: Sexual minorities fear losing hard
won victories if officials approve
amendment demanding a ‘proof’ of sex change in
the citizenship bill, by Bhrikuti Rai (kp
18/03/2019), Right
to choose: A citizenship amendment that demands
proof of gender reassignment is unfair to the
trans community (kp 19/03/2019), Allow
self-declaration (ht 21/03/2019)
Debate
on
women’s citizenship rights rages as House takes
up amendment bill: Activists say lawmakers’
reluctance to grant equal citizenship rights to
women is reflective of the deep-rooted
patriarchal beliefs in society, by Tsering D
Gurung (kp 08/03/2019), Women
are being denied equal rights in the name of
national security and sovereignty: Binda Pandey
(kp 08/03/2019) (interview)
Oli,
Dahal initiate process of building consensus on
citizenship bill, by Rewati Sapkota (ht
26/02/2019) [Women and
men as well as their descendants must be treated
equal in each an every respect!]
Citizenship
bill stuck in House panel‘: Some more
discussions needed before bill is sent to HoR’,
by Anita Shrestha (ht 24/02/2019)
They
have
a home. They don’t have a country: In a tiny
village in western Nepal, arcane laws and
government bureaucracy have left families
without citizenship and pushed them further into
poverty, by Tsering Ngodup Lama (kp
09/02/2019)
Youth
denied citizenship despite SC order (ht
05/02/2019)
No
NRN citizenships through Nepali missions abroad
(rep 05/02/2019)
Nepal
Citizenship bill: Female lawmakers decry unequal
provisions, by Jagdishor Panday (ht
30/01/2019), Nepal
Citizenship Bill faces hurdles to passage in HoR,
by Rewati Sapkota (ht 31/01/2019), Contentious
issues of citizenship bill discussed in House
committee, by Jagdishor Panday (ht
02/02/2019)
Discussion
begins on Citizenship Act (kp 25/01/2019)
SAGGC
for political consensus on citizenship, by Jagdishor Panday (ht 13/01/2019)
Address
our concerns in citizenship bill: NRN (ht
28/12/2018)
58
lakh citizens to get national ID cards (ht
25/12/2018)
Police
bust fake citizenship racket in Dhanusha: Seven
including four DAO officials arrested, vy
Suresh Yadav (rep 17/12/2018)
Call
to amend citizenship provisions (ht
10/12/2018)
House
committee seeks details of citizenships by birth
issued post-2007 (rep 08/12/2018)
Seven
Indians use fake details to get citizenship,
by Abadhesh Kumar Jha (kp 06/12/2018)
Cross-border
children in citizenship logjam, by Karishma
Chaudhary (kp 04/12/2018)
‘Foreign’
citizens
may affect security: Thapa; Defending the
proposal to amend Citizenship Act-2006, the home
minister claims that a large number of
non-nationals have got Nepali citizenship,
by Tika R Pradhan (kp 19/11/2018) [The problem is Nepal's
definition of "national", especially the
discrimination against women, ethnic and
regional groups!]
Woman
may lose citizenship taken after her marriage
with Indian national, by Dilliram Khatiwada
(kp 16/11/2018)
'Citizenship
for sale': Criminals can buy Nepali citizenship
while genuine people are deprived of the
document, by Jitendra Kumar Jha (rep
11/11/2018)
Elderly
hopeful of allowance after getting citizenship
(rep 04/11/2018)
NCP
MPs for political rights to NRNs; Demand goes
against constitutional spirit: Nembang, by
Ashok Dahal (rep 02/11/2018)
Majority
of Susta residents do not have citizenship
(kp 25/09/2018)
Locals
elated after receiving citizenship at their
doorsteps, by Mohan Gurung (rep 25/09/2018)
Manohara
squatters demand citizenship (ht 22/09/2018)
Citizenship
bill
unlikely to be passed this session: Parliament
passed 15 bills related to fundamental rights on
Sunday, but stateless people will not be able to
enjoy the fundamental rights, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 18/09/2018)
Students
deprived of higher education due to lack of
citizenship (rep 15/09/2018)
They
are citizens too: Gender equality was sacrificed
in the name of preserving social and cultural
values, by Bharati Silawal Giri (kp
14/09/2018)
Citizenship
Bill stricter than charter: Karna (ht
23/08/2018) [There must
not be any different treatment between foreign
wives of Nepali men and foreign husbands of
Nepali women! Everything else is male delusion!]
Children
of citizens by birth denied citizenship share
their plight (ht 23/08/2018)
End
inequalities:
Children of Nepali women, irrespective of who
she is married to, should unquestionably be
entitled to citizenship by descent (ht
20/08/2018)
Nepal’s
suffragette moment, by Om Astha Rai (nt
17/08/2018)
Bill
to amend citizenship act: Ruling party lawmakers
object tweaks to law, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp
14/08/2018) [The male
Tagadhari politicians will take care that women
will never be equal to men!], ‘Citizenship
bill discriminates against women’, by
Jagdishor Panday (ht 15/08/2018), Women
rights activists hit streets against
'discriminatory'provision in citizenship bill
(rep 18/08/2018), Amendments
registered to citizenship bill, by Jagdishor
Panday (ht 18/08/2018)
Good
news for NRNs, kids of citizens by birth: Govt
to amend citizenship act (ht 09/08/2018)
Province
2 govt asked to wait until Citizenship Act
amended (rep 07/08/2018)
Saptari DAO involved in fake citizenship racket:
Police probe, by Jitendra Kumar Jha (rep
07/06/2018)
Obtaining
citizenship in mother's name no more a challenge
in Myagdi, by Hari Krishna Gautam (rep
03/06/2018)
Lawmakers
raise
Madhesis’ concern about citizenship denial in
House: Say statelessness hits their studies,
chances of getting jobs (ht 19/05/2018)
Police
probe citizenship fraud by Indian man, by
Abadhesh Kumar Jha (kp 02/05/2018)
Left
alliance, government differ on NIC distribution,
by Rewati Sapkota (ht 26/04/2018)
‘5.4
million people stateless in Nepal’ (ht
22/04/2018), ‘Over
5
million people without citizenship’: Laws
governing citizenship discriminated by gender
among factors contributing to statelessness
(kp 26/04/2018)
Call
to book 450 people for taking citizenship with
fake documents, by Kamal Panthi (kp
18/04/2018)
‘Over
30 Bhutanese nationals obtained Nepali
citizenship, by Shiva Puri (kp 15/04/2018)
An
unresolved agenda: Current lawmakers have the
opportunity to end the discrimination faced by
women on citizenship rights, by Anjita
Parajuli (kp 20/03/2018)
Active
Citizenship in Democracy, by Dev Raj Dahal
(rn 13/03/2018)
Citizenship
a far cry for most Madhesi daughters-in-law
(rep 06/03/2018)
Indian
wives of Madhes: Biased citizenship laws have
been created to promote ethnic homogeneity in
Nepal, by Kalpana Jha (kp 22/02/2018)
Fake
citizenship rackets thrive in Tarai, by
Jeetendra Kumar Jha (rep 21/02/2018)
Grant
citizenship through mother’s nationality: NHRC
(ht 15/02/2018)
Quest
for citizenship hits District Office hurdle,
by Thakur Singh Tharu (kp 11/02/2018)
Supreme
Court issues show cause notice in favour of
petitioner in citizenship case (ht
10/02/2018)
Citizenship
with fake papers: Ward chief among 5 people
under probe for forgery, by Tika Prasad
Bhatta (kp 19/01/2018)
Villagers
deprived of state facilities (ht 01/01/2018)
Photo
expo on Nepalis sans citizenship (ht
24/10/2017)
Probe
into citizenships provided to non-Nepalis
getting nowhere, by Kiranman Bajracharya
(rep 12/10/2017)
Musahars
ask for citizenship with candidates seeking
votes, by Mahesh Kumar Das (rep 14/09/2017)
Interim
order against IoE, TU (ht 22/08/2017) [continued discrimination on
the basis of gender and citizenship!]
Barrier
to gender equality: Eliminating citizenship
discrimination in Nepal is essential, by
Wendy Yu (kp 20/08/2017)
Citizenship
cards distributed at people’s doorsteps (ht
13/08/2017)
Denial
of citizenship top complaint at home ministry
(ht 06/08/2017)
EC’s
voter registration boosts citizenship applicant
numbers, by Basanta Pratap Singh (kp
03/08/2017)
Children
of Nepali citizens by birth still being denied
citizenship for lack of laws (ht 01/08/2017)
Tikapur
sees rise in number of people seeking
citizenship certificates, by Yogesh Rawal
(rep 26/07/2017)
National
ID
card will be gender inclusive, says Minister
Sharma (kp 25/07/2017)
EC
for
distributing citizenship along with voter
registration, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
21/12/2016)
Citizenship
provision:
Constitution is already discriminatory, but with
this amendment, it will also become patriarchal,
by Subin Mulmi (kp 13/12/2016)
Citizenship
and
naturalisation: Madhesis do not want provisions
that might compromise their relations with
people across the border, by Praveen Kumar
Yadav (kp 29/11/2016)
Don’t
discriminate
against naturalised citizens, says Yadav (ht
22/11/2016)
‘Naturalised
citizens
cannot be allowed to hold key constitutional
posts’ (ht 20/11/2016) [Okay, but then treat children of both
Nepali men or Nepali women, who are married to
foreigners, equal!!], Govt
planning
to bring constitution amendment bill next week
(ht), Panel
fails
to send Parbat restructuring report (kp
20/11/2016)
No
solution in sight: The argument that naturalized
citizens by marriage be treated as ‘special’ is
fraught as we are dealing with people of two
different countries, by Mahabir Paudyal
(rep17/11/2016) [?? The
problem is the continued different treatment of
two genders,
men and women by
the constitution!!]
All
citizens
should have equal rights, says TMDP leader Lal
(ht), Clinging
to
creed: A diverse country cannot live in peace
and harmony by making one religion
constitutionally superior to another, by
Pramod Mishra (kp 10/11/2016)
Morcha
leaders
clear air on naturalised citizenship: Blame
major parties for ‘uncalled for controversy’,
by Roshan Sedhai (kp 09/11/2016), Ripples
Of Naturalised Citizenship Issue, by Narayan
Upadhyay (rn 09/11/2016)
Citizenship
issue
tough nut to crack: According to the new
constitution, only citizens by descent can hold
the constitutional positions (kp
08/11/2016), NC
not
for retaining interim statute provisions:
Shekhar; Says a majority of leaders are against
naturalised citizens holding key posts, by
Sarin Ghimire (kp 08/11/2016)
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