Krishna Khatri Chhetri (known as Krishna KC) was released on 22 September, on the orders of the Supreme Court, on the basis that his detention was illegal. However ...
Bal Krishna Dhakal was released on 13 September, and has returned home. He had been held at Bharatpur prison, in Chitwan district, central Nepal. He now has to ...
Maina Sunuwar, who had been arrested by plainclothes security forces personnel in February 2004, is now known to have died in custody shortly after her arrest, ...
Journalist Maheshwar Pahari died in custody on 4 October, after 21 months imprisoned without trial. He was reportedly seriously ill, but the prison authorities ...
This briefing summarizes Amnesty International's key concerns about the continued use of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment ( ...
After more than seven months in detention, Lok Prasad Panta was released from Surkhet Jail in the mid-western town of Birendranagar on 17 September. He is now recovering ...
On 5 September, Radha Bhusal and Geeta Nepali were re-arrested by police shortly after they were released before the district court in Kapilvastu, in southern Nepal ...
Govinda Ghimire was freed on 24 August 2005 following a second Supreme Court ruling that his detention was illegal and that he should be released immediately. However ...
Raj Kumar Pariyar was freed on 24 August following a second Supreme Court ruling that his detention was illegal and that he should be released immediately. However ...