This report documents the emergence of armed civilian groups or village defence forces in several districts of Nepal. Compelling evidence is presented showing that ...
Krishna Khatri Chhetri, known as Krishna KC, is reportedly being held in incommunicado detention and has been tortured. He is reportedly in poor health, and is ...
Gagan Thapa, a student leader and former General Secretary of the Nepal Students' Union (NSU), was arrested on 27 July by security forces in plain clothes. He is ...
This report describes some of the most serious human rights abuses being experienced by children in the context of the conflict in Nepal and highlights the failure ...
For more than nine years a conflict has raged in Nepal between government security forces and fighters of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). The conflict has ...
Karna Bahadur Thapa Magar was released on 4 July on the order of the Supreme Court, but narrowly avoided being rearrested outside the court house in Kathmandu. ...
Krishna Pahadi was released on 4 July at the Kathmandu district court. He had spent nearly five months as a prisoner of conscience, detained solely for carrying ...